SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEPARATE COMMUNICATION ZONES IN A LARGE FORMAT VIDEOCONFERENCE

摘要

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure performs, for example, displaying a video image of a remote scene at a display surface, wherein the remote scene is remote from the display surface. Overlapping video images are obtained from different vantage points of a local scene observable from the display surface. A composite video image is generated of the local scene from the video images and forwarded to the remote location. A first audio signal is generated representing first sounds associated with a first region of the local scene without representing other sounds associated with a second region of the local scene. The first audio signal is forwarded to audio processing equipment at the remote location to present the first sounds at a first region of the remote scene at the remote location without presenting the first sounds at a second region of the remote scene. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a display device having a display surface to provide a video display of a remote scene at the display surface, wherein the remote scene is remote from the system; a plurality of video cameras positioned across the display surface and aimed at a local scene proximate to the display surface, wherein each video camera of the plurality of video cameras has a respective field of view to capture a respective portion of the local scene; a first microphone to generate a first audio signal, the first audio signal representing first sounds from a first region of the local scene without representing other sounds from a second region of the local scene; a first speaker to generate audio at the first region of the local scene without generating audio at the second region of the local scene, wherein the audio corresponds to sounds originating from a first region of the remote scene; a memory to store instructions; and a video processor coupled to each video camera of the plurality of video cameras and in communication with the memory, wherein the video processor, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising generating a composite image of the local scene from respective portions of the local scene.