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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ken Okaya, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Computer Corporation, Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 15 ; 348373 ; 379 9321 ; 37911001 ;
Abstract
A multimedia carousel for use in video conferencing and multimedia presentation applications is disclosed. The multimedia carousel includes a cube-shaped media unit rotatably disposed on a stationary base. Each of the four outwardly facing sides of the media unit is equipped with an active color matrix display, a voice-activated charge coupled device ('CCD') camera and a microphone. A single high fidelity speaker is disposed on the top side surface of the cube for producing high quality audio output.