US 12,132,868 B2
Telepresence system
Yusuke Sakai, Tokyo (JP); Masahiro Yamaguchi, Aichi (JP); and Yosuke Fujimoto, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/781,992
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/044182
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/117503, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-225443 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007127 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 3/56 (2006.01); A61L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 13/302 (2018.01); H04N 13/354 (2018.01)
CPC H04M 3/567 (2013.01) [A61L 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); H04N 13/302 (2018.05); A61L 2209/11 (2013.01); H04N 13/354 (2018.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telepresence system, comprising:
a network configured to connect a plurality of bases; and
a plurality of telepresence apparatuses configured to:
transmit a video image and sound via the network; and
receive the video image and sound via the network,
wherein,
in each of the plurality of telepresence apparatuses, a presentation device that is configured perform presentation for prompting communication by a plurality of users at different bases is at a center of a shared communication space in which the plurality of users communicate with each other,
the presentation device includes a video output unit configured to output a stereoscopic video image visually recognizable from anywhere around the presentation device, and
the presentation device further includes a light emission and heat radiation unit configured to output light and heat matched with the stereoscopic video image output by the video output unit.