Inventors:
Marthinus F. De Beer - Los Gatos CA, US
Philip R. Graham - Milpitas CA, US
Randy K. Harrell - Los Gatos CA, US
Ashok T. Desai - Fremont CA, US
Philip E. Marechal - Mountain View CA, US
Andrew D. Grunes - Santa Cruz CA, US
Tark Abed - Palo Alto CA, US
Martin Leugers - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua T. Druker - San Francisco CA, US
Feng Hao Yu - Mountain View CA, US
Peter H. J. How - San Francisco CA, US
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA
International Classification:
H04N 7/14
A47B 57/00
US Classification:
348 1401, 348 1408, 348 1411
Abstract:
A method for preventing movement in a telepresence system, includes a plurality of cameras. Each camera has a respective field of vision for viewing one or more users. The fields of vision each have lateral boundaries. The system also includes a plurality of restrictive elements. Each restrictive element is positioned along a respective lateral boundary of a field of vision of the fields of vision of the plurality of cameras such that viewed users each positioned within a field of vision of the plurality of cameras are restricted by the plurality of restrictive elements from moving outside of the field of vision in which each viewed user is positioned.