초록 ▼

A video telephone headset device includes a foundation which supports an image capture device, a support arm, and a convex mirror. When the foundation is held adjacent to a user's head, the support arm positions the convex mirror in a fixed position in front of the user's face. The mirror reflects t

A video telephone headset device includes a foundation which supports an image capture device, a support arm, and a convex mirror. When the foundation is held adjacent to a user's head, the support arm positions the convex mirror in a fixed position in front of the user's face. The mirror reflects the full facial image to the image capture device. This arrangement makes it possible to construct a video telephone headset which is simple and small in size yet able to capture the full face and facial expressions using very little bandwidth.

대표청구항 ▼

[I claim:] [1.]displaying an image of a remote face on a local display, said local display located in a first position;collecting an image of a local face through a camera located in a second position, said second position offset from the line of sight directed from said local face toward said first

[I claim:] [1.]displaying an image of a remote face on a local display, said local display located in a first position;collecting an image of a local face through a camera located in a second position, said second position offset from the line of sight directed from said local face toward said first position; and,shifting the viewing perspective point of said camera in said collected image from said second position to a third position, said shift including a lateral component such that said third position is adjacent to said line of sight from said local face to said first position,whereby said camera can remain visually unobtrusive and said lateral shift in perspective allows the view collected by said visually unobtrusive camera to appear to be from a perspective point located on said line of sight such that eye-to-eye contact is simulated.