3D VIDEO-TELECONFERENCING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EYE CONTACT AND METHOD USING THE SAME

• Main Authors: YOU, BUM JAE, CHO, JAI HI, LEE, EUN KYUNG, KIM, SHIN YOUNG, LEE, JI YONG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 19.12.2013
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

A three-dimensional teleconferencing apparatus capable of eye contact and a method using the same are disclosed. According to the present invention, a three-dimensional teleconferencing apparatus capable of eye contact comprises: an image acquisition unit which controls cameras on a real time basis in consideration of a photographed image of a video conference participant, a subject, and an image corresponding to the other party of a video conference received through networks to acquire depth images and color images; a front face generator which generates a final depth image and a final color image corresponding to the front face of the participant for eye contact by using the depth images and the color images; and a three-dimensional image generator which generates a three-dimensional image corresponding to the other party and displays the three-dimensional image on a display device. [Reference numerals] (310) Image acquisition unit;(320) Front face generator;(330) Three-dimensional image generator;(340) Gesture recognizing unit;(350) Gesture processing unit;(360) Network