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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Bruce Blumberg, Concord, MA (US);
Angela Chang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hiroshi Ishii, Boston, MA (US);
Brad Koerner, Boston, MA (US);
Benjamin Resner, Roxbury, MA (US);
Xingchen Wang, Somerville, MA (US);
Bruce Blumberg, Concord, MA (US);
Angela Chang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Hiroshi Ishii, Boston, MA (US);
Brad Koerner, Boston, MA (US);
Benjamin Resner, Roxbury, MA (US);
XingChen Wang, Somerville, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Remote, non-verbal interpersonal communication is facilitated between communication stations located remotely from each other. A first communication station registers proximity of a user thereto and communicates to a second communication station a signal indicative of the registered proximity. The first communication station also registers a physical gesture and communicates a signal indicative of the gesture to the second communication station. The second communication station, in turn, receives the signals and, in response thereto, produces a visual output indicative of proximity and of the gestural input.