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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2004
Bartolomeus Wilhelmus Damianus Van Geest, Eindhoven, NL;
Bartolomeus Wilhelmus Damianus Van Geest, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A 3D video conferencing station () comprises: a camera () for acquiring a first () and second () image of a first user (); and optical means for visualizing stereo images of a second user, the optical means comprising glasses for the first user (). The station () is arranged to acquire the first image () at a first moment at which the left eye of the first user () is better observable by the camera () than a second moment and to acquire the second image () at the second moment at which the right eye of the first user () is better observable by the camera () than at the first moment. The station further comprises combining means () for combining a first portion of the first image () and a second portion of the second image () into a third image () in which the left eye and the right eye of the first user () are relatively well visible.