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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mikio Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Terashima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 ;
Abstract
A MCU unit of a video-meeting control system includes a volume level detector for detecting volume levels of a plurality of meeting terminals, a speaker terminal selection block for selecting a speaker terminal having a maximum volume level, mixing the voice data based on volume levels detected, and a mixer for mixing the voice data based on a specified mixing level of the speaker terminal, and transmitting the video data and the mixed voice data to the meeting terminals. The specified mixing level of the speaker terminal emphasizes the volume level of the speaker terminal.