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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Osamu Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Hagiya, Tokyo, JP;
Terumasa Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Engineering Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A TV conference apparatus includes a main body, a plurality of monitors, arms for connecting the monitors to the main body such that they are free to turn about a vertical axis, and a camera disposed to an upper portion of the main body to pick up an image of an entire circumference. The plurality of monitors and the camera are disposed integrally with the main body. The TV conference apparatus can switch a first state, in which the plurality of monitors are disposed forward of the main body in line with each other, with a second state, in which the plurality of monitors are disposed sideward of the main body.