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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:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Georges Buchner, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Georges Buchner, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns an interactive audio-visual system between a local scene and a remote scene, comprising at least a device () for producing images of the local scene and a device () for reproducing the image of the remote scene in an image plane (). The image sensing device () comprises at least a camera () and a mirror () capable of reflecting on said camera () the parallel rays derived from the local scene and perpendicular to the image plane (). Preferably, the mirror () is concave and has a focal point and the camera () is located in the proximity of the focal point of said mirror ().