VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM

摘要

A video conferencing method utilizes video data from cameras situated at the respective locations of user terminals. The video data from each of the cameras is provided to a user terminals, where it is processed into a compressed video data stream by software installed and executed in the user terminal. The compressed video data streams are provided to a multi-point control unit that switches them into output video data streams without decompressing them. Each user terminal receives, decompresses and displays a selected combination of said decompressed output video data streams according to a selection by the user of the user terminal.