Video conferencing display device
View Patent ↗A video conferencing display device a display panel, at least one imaging device and processing structure. The at least one imaging device has a field of view aimed at an inner surface of the display panel and captures images through the display panel such that when a user is positioned adjacent an outer surface of the display panel, the user appears in the captured images. The processing structure communicates with the at least one imaging device and processes the captured images to create a direct eye image for transmission to a remote device over a network.
1. A video conferencing display device comprising:
a display panel;
an illumination source providing illumination through the display panel such that when a user is positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the display panel, the user's eyes reflect illumination from the illumination source back through the display panel;
at least one first imaging device having a field of view aimed at an inner surface of the display panel, each first imaging device capturing images through the display panel including illumination reflected by the user's eyes through the display panel;
at least one second imaging device having a field of view such that when a user is positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the display panel, an image of the user appears in the captured images of each second imaging device; and
processing structure in communication with the at least one first and at least one second imaging devices, said processing structure processing the images captured by each first imaging device to obtain eye tracking data and processing the images captured by each second imaging device using the eye tracking data to create a direct eye image for transmission to a remote device over a network.
2. The video conferencing display device of claim 1 wherein the processing structure is configured to receive images from the remote device over the network, displays the received images being displayed on the display panel.
3. The video conferencing display device of claim 1 wherein the at least one first imaging device is an infrared imaging device.
4. The video conferencing display device of claim 3 wherein the illumination source is an infrared illumination source.
5. The video conferencing display device of claim 1 wherein the at least one second imaging device is a visible light imaging device.
6. The video conferencing display device of claim 1 wherein the at least one second imaging device comprises two second imaging devices, the two second imaging devices capturing images of the outer surface of the display panel from different vantages.
7. A method comprising:
providing illumination towards an outer surface of a display device using a first illumination source;
capturing images of a user positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the display device using at least one first imaging device having a field of view aimed at an inner surface of the display panel including illumination from the first illumination source reflected by the user's eyes towards the first imaging device;
capturing images of the user positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the display using at least one second imaging device having a field of view such that when the user is positioned to the outer surface of the display panel, an image of the user appears in the captured images; and
processing images captured by the at least one first imaging device to obtain eye tracking data and processing the images captured by the at least one second imaging device using the eye tracking data to create a direct eye image for transmission to a remote device over a network.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising receiving images from the remove device over the network, and displaying the received images on the display device.
9. A video conferencing system comprising at least two video conferencing display devices communicating over a network, at least one of the video conferencing display devices being in accordance with claim 1 .