Cisco Technology, Inc.

Andrew D Grunes

Philip Roland Graham

Tark Abed

Ashok T Desai

Peter H J How

Randy K Harrell

Philip E Marechal

Richard Thayer Wales

Michael J Dhuey

Pete Lombrozo

Joshua T Druker

Martin A Leugers

Marthinus F De Beer

Feng Hao Yu

Peter HJ How

A system for enhancing eye gaze in a telepresence system includes a plurality of local cameras coupled to at least one local display. Each local camera is directed to at least one respective local user section and operable to generate an image of the respective local user section. The system also includes a plurality of remote displays. Each remote display is operable to reproduce the local video image of the local user section. Within the system the plurality of remote displays and the plurality of local cameras are aligned such that when a first local user within a local user section looks at a target at least one remote display is operable to reproduce the local video image of the first user section comprising the first local user such that the eye gaze of the reproduced image of the first local user is directed approximately at a corresponding target.

System and method for enhancing eye gaze in a telepresence system

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.

System and method for preventing movement in a telepresence system

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Andrew D Grunes