At+t Corp.

At&t Bell Laboratories

Avaya Technology LLC

Robert L Beecher

Louis D Vining

Michael P Zambelli

John N McGarvey

Bryan Scott Moffitt

Anthony J Grewe

Jonathan A Marks

Ellen Anne Keen

Daniel M Iaria

Michael R Groesch

A modular communication plug for terminating a cable having a plurality of conductors disposed therein. The communication plug comprises a substantially hollow housing forming a chamber and having a conductor alignment region disposed at one end and an opening to the chamber at the other end. A carrier for orienting the conductors for reception in the alignment region is carried in the chamber. The carrier is inserted under the cable jacket and receives and organizes the conductors in channels formed therein to maintain a consistent routing of the conductors as they exit the end of the cable jacket. Furthermore, the carrier maintains this organization while an anchor bar or similar strain relief mechanism is tightened over the jacket. For adjusting the crosstalk generated in the plug, a crosstalk fixing member is interposed between the orienting member and the alignment region. A plurality of conductive terminals are disposed proximal to the alignment region for establishing electrical contact with the conductors.

Communication cable termination

A two-way video telephone station includes a television screen for displaying an image transmitted by a distant party to a telephone conversation, a video camera for electronically photographing a human subject and periodically transmitting his picture to the distant party, and position-indicating apparatus for keeping the subject within the camera's field of view. The position-indicating apparatus includes a pair of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)--one on each side of the camera. The LEDs are visible to the subject when he is out, or almost out, of the camera's field of view. Because the LEDs can only be seen when the subject needs to take corrective action, they act as passive restraints that are completely unnoticed when the subject is properly positioned. Red LEDs are used to indicate that movement should stop if the subject wishes to be centered in the picture transmitted to the distant party. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, a third LED is added which is green in color and is only visible to the subject when he is within the camera's field of view. Advantageously, the subject sees yellow light when he is at the edge of the camera's field of view.

Camera field-of-view indicator

Video telephone set

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Fishers, IN, United States of America

Robert L Beecher