Cheryl M. Hein - Los Angeles CA Craig A. Lee - Los Angeles CA Michael D. Howard - Westlake Village CA Tamara Lacker - Boston MA Michael J. Daily - Thousand Oaks CA
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation - El Segundo CA
International Classification:
H04N 714
US Classification:
348 1416, 348 1408, 348 1409
Abstract:
A system and method for producing and receiving electronically-mediated collaboration is presented. The electronically-mediated collaboration system and method include a high-fidelity audio system as well as application and cursor sharing, and a session manager module to synchronize among participants. In one embodiment, the system includes an eye contact collaboratory that manipulates video and eye position input to synthesize virtual camera images which simulate ordinary gaze behavior in a collaboratory system. An audio component optionally spatializes the voices of the participants to appear to coincide with their images.