Title
Multi-view lenticular display for group teleconferencing.
Abstract
We present a prototype display system for group teleconferencing that delivers the proper views to multiple local viewers in different locations. While current state-of-the-art commercial teleconferencing systems can provide highdefinition video, and proper placement and scaling of remote participants, they cannot support correct eye gaze for multiple users. A display capable of providing multiple simultaneous views to each local observer and multiple aligned cameras are required for generating a distinct and spatially-appropriate image for each local participant. If each local participant can observe the remote participants from an appropriate angle, then it becomes possible for viewers to properly identify where other participants are looking. Our system provides view-appropriate imagery for multiple users by spatially multiplexing the output of the display. We achieve this by placing a lenticular sheet over the surface of the display, which directs light from different pixels in different directions. With knowledge about the subset of the display surface each participant can see, it is possible to combine each of the remote cameras' images into a single composite image. This image, when viewed though the multiplexing layer, appears to be the appropriate camera image for each local participant. The prototype system uses a camera-based display calibration technique capable of properly evaluating which pixels are visible from an arbitrary viewpoint without a physical model of the display.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2009
IMMERSCOM
multiple simultaneous view,camera-based display calibration technique,multiple local viewer,local observer,remote participant,local participant,multi-view lenticular display,display surface,prototype display system,appropriate camera image,multiple user,group teleconferencing
Field
DocType
Citations 
Computer vision,Teleconference,Computer graphics (images),Composite image filter,Eye tracking,Artificial intelligence,Pixel,Camera image,Observer (quantum physics),Multiplexing,Geography
Conference
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.63
4
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter Lincoln1925.76
Andrew Nashel2534.74
Adrian Ilie316615.20
Herman Towles438139.97
Gregory Welch540.63
Henry Fuchs641661248.53