Teleconferencing Eye Contact Using a Virtual Camera
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چکیده
To preserve eye contact in teleconferencing both the camera and the monitor need to be positioned on the same optical axis which, in practice, is usually not possible. We propose a method to construct the view from a virtual coaxial centered camera given two cameras mounted on either side of the monitor. Stereoscopic analysis of the two camera views provides a partial three-dimensional description of the scene. With this information it is possible to “rotate” one of the views to obtain a centered coaxial view that preserves eye contact.
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