A New TV Conferencing System with Flexible Middleware by Omni-Directional Camera

Author

Maita, Yuya ; Hashimoto, Koji ; Shibata, Yoshitaka

Author_Institution

Fac. of Software & Inf. Sci., Iwate Prefectural Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

26-26 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

88

Abstract

In this paper, a new TV teleconference with flexible middleware for omni-directional video camera is introduced. The omni-directional image has more advantages in that it provides a wider view than a single directional camera and able to realize TV conferencing even between remotely separated small rooms. In this paper, we describe system architecture and functions of the middleware for omni-directional image control and effective video transmission system. The MidField system which we have developed so far is used for video stream transmission over IP network. The prototype system of a TV conference is constructed to evaluate our suggested omni-directional middleware. Through the functional and performance evaluation of the prototyped system, we could verify the usefulness of our proposed system

Keywords

IP networks; middleware; teleconferencing; video cameras; video streaming; IP network; MidField system; TV conference system; flexible middleware; omni-directional image control; omni-directional video camera; video stream transmission; video transmission system; Bidirectional control; Cameras; Control systems; IP networks; Middleware; Network servers; Prototypes; Streaming media; TV; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2005. Proceedings. Sixteenth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Copenhagen

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2424-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2005.22

Filename

1508250