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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Marthinus F. DE Beer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Philip R. Graham, Milpitas, CA (US);
Randy K. Harrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ashok T. Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Philip E. Marechal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew D. Grunes, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Tark Abed, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Martin Leugers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua T. Druker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Feng Hao Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter H. J. How, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marthinus F. De Beer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Philip R. Graham, Milpitas, CA (US);
Randy K. Harrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ashok T. Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Philip E. Marechal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew D. Grunes, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Tark Abed, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Martin Leugers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua T. Druker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Feng Hao Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter H. J. How, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for preventing movement in a telepresence system, includes a plurality of cameras. Each camera has a respective field of vision for viewing one or more users. The fields of vision each have lateral boundaries. The system also includes a plurality of restrictive elements. Each restrictive element is positioned along a respective lateral boundary of a field of vision of the fields of vision of the plurality of cameras such that viewed users each positioned within a field of vision of the plurality of cameras are restricted by the plurality of restrictive elements from moving outside of the field of vision in which each viewed user is positioned.