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JP5015747B2
JP5015747B2 JP2007317629A JP2007317629A JP5015747B2 JP 5015747 B2 JP5015747 B2 JP 5015747B2 JP 2007317629 A JP2007317629 A JP 2007317629A JP 2007317629 A JP2007317629 A JP 2007317629A JP 5015747 B2 JP5015747 B2 JP 5015747B2
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本発明は、ネットワークを介して複数の地点間で行うテレビ会議に用いる遠隔テレビ会議システムに関するものである。   The present invention relates to a remote video conference system used for a video conference between a plurality of points via a network.

従来、遠隔地間でテレビ会議を行う場合、会議室間をネットワークで接続し、映像や音声を通信装置で伝送している（例えば、非特許文献１及び２を参照。）。図１は、従来の遠隔テレビ会議システムの接続ブロック図である。また、図２は、従来の遠隔テレビ会議システムの会議室内におけるデバイスの配置例を示す。カメラとディスプレイを会議室の前面に配置し、会議の出席者は、ディスプレイと対面して話をすることになる。なお、本明細書では、「会議の出席者」を「会議者」と略記する。
岡田、松下、「臨場感のある多地点テレビ会議システムＭＡＪＩＣ」、情報処理学会、ｖｏｌ．３６，ｎｏ．３，ｐｐ．７７５−７８３，Ｍａｒ．１９９５。 安田、青木、他、「文殊の知恵システム：意思決定可能な視線一致型テレビ会議システム」、情報処理学会研究報告、ｖｏｌ．１９９８，Ｎｏ．１１１，ｐｐ．３−８，Ｄｅｃ．１９９８。 Conventionally, when performing a video conference between remote locations, conference rooms are connected via a network, and video and audio are transmitted by a communication device (see, for example, Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2). FIG. 1 is a connection block diagram of a conventional remote video conference system. FIG. 2 shows an arrangement example of devices in a conference room of a conventional remote video conference system. A camera and display are placed in front of the conference room, and the attendees of the meeting will talk face to face with the display. In this specification, “conference attendee” is abbreviated as “conference attendant”.
Okada, Matsushita, “Multi-point video conference system MAJIC with a sense of reality”, Information Processing Society of Japan, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 775-783, Mar. 1995. Yasuda, Aoki, et al., “The wisdom system of Bunshu: a gaze-matching video conference system that can make decisions”, Information Processing Society of Japan Research Report, vol. 1998, no. 111, pp. 3-8, Dec. 1998.

しかし、従来の遠隔テレビ会議システムの構成では、カメラが会議室の前面に固定的に配置されているため、協調作業などを行う場合に議論の注目対象が不明確で、主会議室と副会議室にて並行して複数の課題を議論することが難しいという課題があった。ここで、主会議室とは主題となる主課題を解決するために議論をする会議室のことであり、副会議室とは主課題から派生する副課題を解決するために議論をする会議室のことである。   However, in the conventional remote video conference system configuration, since the camera is fixedly placed in front of the conference room, the subject of discussion is not clear when performing collaborative work, and the main conference room and the sub conference There was a problem that it was difficult to discuss multiple issues in parallel in the room. Here, the main conference room is a conference room that discusses to solve the main subject that is the subject, and the sub-conference room is a conference room that discusses to solve the sub-task derived from the main issue. That is.

本発明は、上記課題を解決するためになされたもので、議論の注目対象を撮像でき、主会議室と副会議室にて並行して複数の課題を議論することできる遠隔テレビ会議システムを提供することを目的とする。   The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a remote video conference system that can capture a target of discussion and can discuss a plurality of issues in parallel in a main conference room and a sub conference room. The purpose is to do.

前記目的を達成するために、本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムは、会議者が注視する領域を撮像する主会議室代表カメラを主会議室に配置することとした。   In order to achieve the above object, in the remote video conference system according to the present invention, a main conference room representative camera that captures an area to be watched by a conference person is arranged in the main conference room.

具体的には、本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムは、主会議室と少なくとも一つの副会議室との間でネットワークを介して行われるテレビ会議に用いられる遠隔テレビ会議システムであって、前記主会議室に配置され、特定の会議者が注視する領域を撮像する主会議室代表カメラと、前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室代表カメラが撮像した画像を前記ネットワークを介して受信して表示する副会議室代表ディスプレイと、を備えることを特徴とする。   Specifically, the remote video conference system according to the present invention is a remote video conference system used for a video conference performed via a network between a main conference room and at least one sub conference room, A main conference room representative camera that is arranged in a conference room and captures an area to be watched by a specific conference person, and an image that is arranged in the sub-conference room and is captured by the main conference room representative camera is received via the network. And a sub-conference room representative display.

本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムは、主会議室代表カメラが撮像した特定の会議者が注視する領域を、副会議室の副会議室代表ディスプレイに映し出すことができる。このため、遠隔テレビ会議システムは映像の効果を充分に発揮することができ、副会議室の参加者は議論の注目対象を容易に理解することができる。   The remote video conference system according to the present invention can project an area of a specific conference person, which is captured by the main conference room representative camera, on the sub conference room representative display of the sub conference room. For this reason, the remote video conference system can fully exhibit the effect of the video, and the participants in the sub conference room can easily understand the target of discussion.

従って、本発明は、議論の注目対象を撮像でき、主会議室と副会議室にて並行して複数の課題を議論することできる遠隔テレビ会議システムを提供することができる。   Therefore, the present invention can provide a remote video conference system that can capture the subject of discussion and can discuss a plurality of issues in parallel in the main conference room and the sub conference room.

遠隔テレビ会議システムの前記主会議室代表カメラは、前記特定の会議者の頭部に配置され、前記特定の会議者の前方を撮像することを特徴とする。小型のカメラを利用することで特定の会議者の頭部に主会議室代表カメラを配置することができる。主会議室代表カメラは特定の会議者が顔を向けた方向を撮像できるため、特定の会議者が注視する領域を副会議室代表ディスプレイに映し出すことができる。   The main conference room representative camera of the remote video conference system is arranged on the head of the specific conference person, and images the front of the specific conference person. By using a small camera, the main conference room representative camera can be arranged on the head of a specific conference person. Since the main conference room representative camera can capture an image of a direction in which a specific conference person faces, the area that the specific conference person watches can be displayed on the sub-conference room representative display.

遠隔テレビ会議システムは、前記副会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体を撮像する副会議室全体カメラと、前記主会議室の前記特定の会議者の背後に配置され、前記副会議室全体カメラで撮像された画像を表示する主会議室代表ディスプレイと、をさらに備えることを特徴とする。主会議室の会議者は副会議室にいる参加者を容易に把握することができる。   The remote video conference system is disposed in the sub-conference room and is disposed behind the specific conferee in the main conference room, and is arranged in the sub-conference room to capture the entire sub-conference room. And a main meeting room representative display for displaying an image captured by the camera. A conference person in the main conference room can easily grasp the participants in the sub conference room.

遠隔テレビ会議システムは、前記主会議室に配置され、前記特定の会議者の音声を収音する主会議室代表マイクと、前記主会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体の音声を収音する主会議室全体マイクと、前記主会議室代表マイクで集音した音声と前記主会議室全体マイクで集音した音声とをミキシングするミキサーと、前記副会議室に配置され、前記ミキサーでミキシングされた音声を前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する副会議室ミキシングスピーカと、をさらに備えることを特徴とする。   The remote video conference system is arranged in the main conference room and collects the voice of the specific conference person, and the main conference room representative microphone, and is arranged in the main conference room and collects the voice of the entire main conference room. A main conference room microphone, a mixer that mixes the sound collected by the main conference room representative microphone and the sound collected by the main conference room microphone, and the mixer arranged in the sub-conference room and mixed by the mixer And a sub-conference room mixing speaker that receives and outputs the received voice via the network.

遠隔テレビ会議システムは、前記主会議室に配置され、前記特定の会議者の音声を収音する主会議室代表マイクと、前記主会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体の音声を収音する主会議室全体マイクと、前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室代表マイクで収音された音声を前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する副会議室代表スピーカと、前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体マイクで収音された音声を前記主会議室代表マイクで収音された音声とは別チャネルで前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する副会議室全体スピーカと、をさらに備えることを特徴とする。   The remote video conference system is arranged in the main conference room and collects the voice of the specific conference person, and the main conference room representative microphone, and is arranged in the main conference room and collects the voice of the entire main conference room. A main conference room overall microphone, a sub conference room representative speaker that is arranged in the sub conference room and receives and outputs the sound collected by the main conference room representative microphone via the network, and the sub conference room A sub-conference room overall speaker that is disposed in the main conference room whole microphone and receives and outputs the voice collected by the main conference room representative microphone via the network in a channel different from the voice collected by the main conference room representative microphone; Are further provided.

特定の会議者の音声のみを収音することができ、副会議室の参加者に明瞭に伝達することができる。   Only the voice of a specific conference person can be picked up and can be clearly transmitted to the participants in the sub-conference room.

遠隔テレビ会議システムは、前記副会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体の音声を収音する副会議室全体マイク及び副会議室代表マイクと、前記主会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体マイクで収音された音声を前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する主会議室全体スピーカと、前記主会議室に配置され、前記副会議室代表マイクで収音された音声を前記ネットワークを介して前記特定の会議者に聴覚させる主会議室代表ヘッドフォンと、をさらに備えることを特徴とする。副会議室の副会議室代表マイクで副会議室の音声を主会議室にいる特定の会議者に明瞭に伝達することができる。   The remote video conference system is disposed in the sub-conference room and is disposed in the main conference room, the sub-conference room overall microphone and the sub-conference room representative microphone for collecting the sound of the entire sub-conference room, and the sub-conference room The main conference room overall speaker that receives and outputs the sound collected by the whole microphone via the network, and the voice collected by the sub conference room representative microphone is arranged in the main conference room through the network. And a main conference room representative headphone for allowing the specific conference person to hear. The sub conference room representative microphone of the sub conference room can clearly transmit the audio of the sub conference room to a specific conference person in the main conference room.

遠隔テレビ会議システムは、前記副会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体マイク又は前記副会議室代表マイクのいずれか一方を消音設定できる入力スイッチをさらに備えることを特徴とする。   The remote video conference system further includes an input switch disposed in the sub-conference room and configured to mute either one of the entire sub-conference room microphone or the sub-conference room representative microphone.

遠隔テレビ会議システムは、前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体スピーカ又は前記主会議室代表ヘッドフォンのいずれか一方を消音設定できる出力スイッチをさらに備えることを特徴とする。   The remote video conference system further includes an output switch that is disposed in the sub-conference room and that can be set to mute either the main conference room overall speaker or the main conference room representative headphones.

副会議室に入力スイッチ又は出力スイッチを備えたことにより、副会議室の音声を主会議室にいる特定の会議者のみに伝達することができる。従って、特定の会議者と副会議室の参加者とが秘話をすることができる。また、主会議室で議題にされている主課題から派生する副課題について副会議室でより詳しく議論し、その回答を主会議室にいる他の会議者に聞こえないように特定の会議者のみに伝達することができる。従って、主会議室で副課題の議論が発生する度に副会議室で主会議室の議論と並行して副課題を議論することができ、主会議室の主課題の議論を中断せずに迅速な意思決定をすることができる。   By providing an input switch or an output switch in the sub-meeting room, the sound of the sub-meeting room can be transmitted only to a specific conference person in the main meeting room. Therefore, a specific conference participant and a participant in the sub conference room can make a secret story. In addition, discussions on sub-tasks derived from the main tasks on the agenda in the main conference room will be discussed in more detail in the sub-conference room, and only certain participants will be able to hear the answers from other conference members in the main conference room. Can be communicated to. Therefore, every time a sub-task discussion occurs in the main conference room, the sub-task can be discussed in parallel with the main conference room discussion without interrupting the main task discussion in the main conference room. Make quick decisions.

本発明は、議論の注目対象を撮像でき、主会議室と副会議室にて並行して複数の課題を議論することできる遠隔テレビ会議システムを提供することができる。また、本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムにおいて、特定の会議者の頭部に主会議室代表カメラを配置することで、特定の会議者の注目領域の映像が分かり、副会議室において主会議室の議論についての理解度が高まる。さらに、特定の会議者の背後に副会議室の映像が映った主会議室代表ディスプレイを配置することで、主会議室の会議者は副会議室の参加者に誰が参加しているのかが容易に判断できる。   The present invention can provide a remote video conference system that can capture an object of discussion and can discuss a plurality of issues in parallel in a main conference room and a sub conference room. In the remote video conference system according to the present invention, the main conference room representative camera is arranged on the head of a specific conference person so that an image of the attention area of the specific conference person can be understood. The degree of understanding of the discussions increases. In addition, by placing the main conference room representative display with the video of the sub-conference room behind a specific conference person, it is easy for the main conference room participants to see who is participating in the sub-conference room participants. Can be judged.

一方、特定の会議者が専用の主会議室代表マイクと主会議室代表へッドフォンを装着することで、特定の会議者は副会議室と秘話ができる。主会議室の特定の会議者と副会議室の参加者との間で秘話ができることで、主課題及び副課題をそれぞれ主会議室及び副会議室でリアルタイムに平行して議論できるため、迅速な議事進行及び意思決定が可能となる。   On the other hand, when a specific conference person wears a dedicated main conference room representative microphone and a headphone to the main conference room representative, the specific conference person can make a secret talk with the sub conference room. Since a secret story can be held between a specific conference room participant and a sub-room participant, the main and sub-tasks can be discussed in parallel in real time in the main and sub-conference rooms respectively. Proceedings and decision making are possible.

添付の図面を参照して本発明の実施の形態を説明する。以下に説明する実施の形態は本発明の構成の例であり、本発明は、以下の実施の形態に制限されるものではない。なお、本明細書及び図面において符号が同じ構成要素は、相互に同一のものを示すものとする。   Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiment described below is an example of the configuration of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment. In the present specification and drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same components.

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図３は、本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムの接続ブロック図である。本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、主会議室３１０と２つの副会議室３１１及び３１２との間でそれぞれネットワーク１０−１及びネットワーク１０−２を介して行われるテレビ会議に用いられる遠隔テレビ会議システムである。 (Embodiment 1)
FIG. 3 is a connection block diagram of the remote video conference system of the present embodiment. The remote video conference system according to the present embodiment is a remote video conference used for a video conference between the main conference room 310 and the two sub conference rooms 311 and 312 via the network 10-1 and the network 10-2, respectively. System.

図４は、本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスのうち、主会議室３１０に配置されるデバイスの配置例である。主会議室３１０には会議者Ａ、会議者Ｂ及び会議者Ｃがいる。また、図５及び図６は、本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスのうち、それぞれ副会議室３１１及び副会議室３１２に配置されるデバイスの配置例である。副会議室３１１には、参加者Ｄ及び参加者Ｅがいる。副会議室３１２には、参加者Ｆ及び参加者Ｇがいる。ここで、会議者Ａは副会議室３１１にいるメンバを代表として主会議室に出席している者である。同様に会議者Ｂは副会議室３１２にいるメンバを代表として主会議室に出席している者である。   FIG. 4 is an arrangement example of devices arranged in the main conference room 310 among the devices constituting the remote video conference system of the present embodiment. In the main conference room 310, there are a conference A, a conference B, and a conference C. 5 and 6 are examples of arrangement of devices arranged in the sub conference room 311 and the sub conference room 312 among the devices constituting the remote video conference system of the present embodiment. In the sub conference room 311, there are a participant D and a participant E. There are a participant F and a participant G in the sub conference room 312. Here, the conference person A is a person who is present in the main conference room with the members in the sub conference room 311 as representatives. Similarly, the conferee B is a person who is present in the main conference room with a member in the sub conference room 312 as a representative.

本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、主会議室３１０に配置され、会議者Ａが注視する領域を撮像する主会議室代表カメラ１２−１及び会議者Ｂが注視する領域を撮像する主会議室代表カメラ１２−２と、副会議室３１１に配置され、主会議室代表カメラ１２−１が撮像した画像をネットワーク１０−１を介して受信して表示する副会議室代表ディスプレイ１１７及び副会議室３１２に配置され、主会議室代表カメラ１２−２が撮像した画像をネットワーク１０−２を介して受信して表示する副会議室代表ディスプレイ２１７と、を備える。   The remote video conference system according to the present embodiment is arranged in the main conference room 310, and the main conference room representative camera 12-1 that captures an area watched by the conference person A and the main conference room that captures the area watched by the conference person B. A representative camera 12-2, a sub conference room representative display 117 that is arranged in the sub conference room 311 and receives and displays an image captured by the main conference room representative camera 12-1 via the network 10-1, and a sub conference room A sub-conference room representative display 217 that is arranged at 312 and receives and displays an image captured by the main conference room representative camera 12-2 via the network 10-2.

例えば、主会議室代表カメラ１２−１は、会議者Ａの頭部に配置され、会議者Ａの前方を撮像し、主会議室代表カメラ１２−２は、会議者Ｂの頭部に配置され、会議者Ｂの前方を撮像する。本実施例では、会議者の頭部に主会議室代表カメラを配置しているが、会議者の注視する対象を撮像できれば、主会議室代表カメラの配置場所や会議者の注視する対象の撮像方法は図４の例に限られない。   For example, the main conference room representative camera 12-1 is arranged on the head of the conference person A and images the front of the conference person A, and the main conference room representative camera 12-2 is arranged on the head of the conference person B. Then, the front of the conference person B is imaged. In this embodiment, the main meeting room representative camera is arranged on the head of the conference person. However, if the object to be watched by the conference person can be imaged, the location of the main conference room representative camera and the imaging of the object to be watched by the conference person are taken. The method is not limited to the example of FIG.

会議者Ａの頭部に配置された主会議室代表カメラ１２−１が撮像した映像はネットワーク１０−１を介して副会議室３１１へ送信される。同様に、会議者Ｂの頭部に配置された主会議室代表カメラ１２−２が撮像した映像はネットワーク１０−２を介して副会議室３１２へ送信される。これにより、議論の最中に会議者Ａ及び会議者Ｂが注目している対象物を副会議室３１１及び副会議室３１２に送信でき、議論の流れに合わせた映像をそれぞれの副会議室ディスプレイ１１７及び副会議室ディスプレイ２１７に表示することができる。   The video imaged by the main conference room representative camera 12-1 disposed on the head of the conference person A is transmitted to the sub conference room 311 via the network 10-1. Similarly, the video imaged by the main conference room representative camera 12-2 placed on the head of the conference person B is transmitted to the sub conference room 312 via the network 10-2. As a result, it is possible to transmit the object focused by the participants A and B during the discussion to the sub-conference room 311 and the sub-conference room 312, and display the video in accordance with the flow of the discussion in each sub-conference room display. 117 and the sub conference room display 217 can be displayed.

このように、主会議室３１０にいる会議者Ａ及び会議者Ｂは、頭部の動きと連動してそれぞれ主会議室代表カメラ１２−１及び主会議室代表カメラ１２−２を議論の注目領域に向けることができ、また、その注目領域の映像をそれぞれ副会議室３１１及び副会議室３１２に送信できる。これにより、副会議室３１１及び副会議室３１２にいる参加者は、主会議室３１０における議論に対する理解度が深まる。   As described above, the conference person A and the conference person B in the main conference room 310 are engaged in the main conference room representative camera 12-1 and the main conference room representative camera 12-2, respectively, in conjunction with the movement of the head. In addition, the video of the attention area can be transmitted to the sub conference room 311 and the sub conference room 312 respectively. As a result, the participants in the sub-conference room 311 and the sub-conference room 312 have a deeper understanding of the discussion in the main conference room 310.

本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、副会議室３１１に配置され、副会議室３１１全体を撮像する副会議室全体カメラ１１１及び副会議室３１２に配置され、副会議室３１２全体を撮像する副会議室全体カメラ２１１と、主会議室３１０の会議者Ａの背後に配置され、副会議室全体カメラ１１１で撮像された画像を表示する主会議室代表ディスプレイ１７−１及び主会議室３１０の会議者Ｂの背後に配置され、副会議室全体カメラ２１１で撮像された画像を表示する主会議室代表ディスプレイ１７−２と、をさらに備える。   The remote video conference system of this embodiment is arranged in the sub-conference room 311 and is arranged in the sub-conference room overall camera 111 and the sub-conference room 312 that images the entire sub-conference room 311, and the sub-conference room 312 is imaged. Meeting of the main meeting room representative display 17-1 and the main meeting room 310 which are arranged behind the conference room A camera 211 and the conferee A of the main meeting room 310 and display the image captured by the sub meeting room whole camera 111. And a main conference room representative display 17-2 arranged behind the person B and displaying an image captured by the sub-conference room general camera 211.

会議者Ｂ及び会議者Ｃは、主会議室代表ディスプレイ１７−１を見ることで副会議室３１１に参加者Ｄ及び参加者Ｅが出席していることを容易に知ることができる。同様に、会議者Ａ及び会議者Ｃは、主会議室代表ディスプレイ１７−２を見ることで副会議室３１２に参加者Ｆ及び参加者Ｇが出席していることを容易に知ることができる。   The conference person B and the conference person C can easily know that the participant D and the participant E are present in the sub conference room 311 by looking at the main conference room representative display 17-1. Similarly, the conference A and the conference C can easily know that the participant F and the participant G are present in the sub conference room 312 by looking at the main conference room representative display 17-2.

本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、主会議室３１０に配置され、会議者Ａの音声を収音する主会議室代表マイク１４−１及び会議者Ｂの音声を収音する主会議室代表マイク１４−２と、主会議室３１０に配置され、主会議室３１０全体の音声を収音する主会議室全体マイク１３と、副会議室３１１に配置され、主会議室代表マイク１４−１で収音された音声をネットワーク１０−１を介して受信して出力する副会議室代表スピーカ１１６及び副会議室３１２に配置され、主会議室代表マイク１４−２で収音された音声をネットワーク１０−２を介して受信して出力する副会議室代表スピーカ２１６と、副会議室３１１に配置され、主会議室全体マイク１３で収音された音声を主会議室代表マイク１４−１で収音された音声とは別チャネルでネットワーク１０−１を介して受信して出力する副会議室全体スピーカ１１５及び副会議室３１２に配置され、主会議室全体マイク１３で収音された音声を主会議室代表マイク１４−２で収音された音声とは別チャネルでネットワーク１０−２を介して受信して出力する副会議室全体スピーカ２１５と、をさらに備える。   The remote video conference system of the present embodiment is arranged in the main conference room 310, and the main conference room representative microphone 14-1 that collects the voice of the conference person A and the main conference room representative microphone that collects the voice of the conference party B. 14-2 and the main conference room microphone 13 which is arranged in the main conference room 310 and picks up the voice of the entire main conference room 310 and the sub conference room 311 and is collected by the main conference room representative microphone 14-1. The sub-conference room representative speaker 116 and the sub-conference room 312 that receive and output the audible sound via the network 10-1, and the sound collected by the main conference room representative microphone 14-2 is collected in the network 10-. The sub conference room representative speaker 216 that receives and outputs via 2 and the sub conference room 311, and the sound collected by the main conference room overall microphone 13 is collected by the main conference room representative microphone 14-1. Separate from the voice In the sub-conference room overall speaker 115 and the sub-conference room 312 that are received and output via the network 10-1, the audio collected by the main conference room overall microphone 13 is output by the main conference room representative microphone 14-2. A sub-conference room overall speaker 215 that receives and outputs via the network 10-2 on a channel different from the collected sound is further provided.

主会議室代表マイク１４−１は主会議室全体スピーカ１３とは別に会議者Ａの音声を収音し、副会議室代表スピーカ１１６は会議者Ａの音声を出力する。このため、副会議室３１１にいる出席者Ｄ及び出席者Ｅは会議者Ａの音声を明瞭に聴くことができる。同様に、副会議室３１２にいる出席者Ｆ及び出席者Ｇは会議者Ｂの音声を明瞭に聴くことができる。   The main conference room representative microphone 14-1 collects the voice of the conference person A separately from the main conference room whole speaker 13, and the sub conference room representative speaker 116 outputs the voice of the conference person A. For this reason, the attendee D and the attendee E in the sub-conference room 311 can hear the voice of the conferee A clearly. Similarly, the attendee F and the attendee G in the sub-conference room 312 can clearly hear the voice of the conference person B.

なお、主会議室代表マイク１４−１で集音した音声と主会議室全体マイク１３で集音した音声とをミキシングする図示しないミキサーと、主会議室代表マイク１４−２で集音した音声と主会議室全体マイク１３で集音した音声とをミキシングする図示しないミキサーと、を備えても同様の効果を得ることができる。この場合、副会議室３１１には副会議室ミキシングスピーカとして副会議室全体スピーカ１１５のみ配置すればよい。同様に、副会議室３１２には副会議室全体スピーカ２１５のみ配置すればよい。   Note that a mixer (not shown) that mixes the sound collected by the main meeting room representative microphone 14-1 and the sound collected by the main meeting room whole microphone 13 and the sound collected by the main meeting room representative microphone 14-2. Even if a mixer (not shown) that mixes the sound collected by the microphone 13 in the entire main conference room is provided, the same effect can be obtained. In this case, only the sub-conference room overall speaker 115 may be arranged in the sub-conference room 311 as a sub-conference room mixing speaker. Similarly, only the sub-conference room overall speaker 215 may be arranged in the sub-conference room 312.

本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、副会議室３１１に配置され、副会議室３１１全体の音声を収音する副会議室全体マイク１１３及び副会議室代表マイク１１４並びに副会議室３１２に配置され、副会議室３１２全体の音声を収音する副会議室全体マイク２１３及び副会議室代表マイク２１４と、主会議室３１０に配置され、副会議室全体マイク１１３で収音された音声をネットワーク１０−１を介して受信して出力する主会議室全体スピーカ１５−１及び副会議室全体マイク２１３で収音された音声をネットワーク１０−２を介して受信して出力する主会議室全体スピーカ１５−２と、主会議室３１０に配置され、副会議室代表マイク１１４で収音された音声をネットワーク１０−１を介して会議者Ａに聴覚させる主会議室代表ヘッドフォン１６−１及び副会議室代表マイク２１４で収音された音声をネットワーク１０−２を介して会議者Ａに聴覚させる主会議室代表ヘッドフォン１６−２と、をさらに備える。   The remote video conference system according to the present embodiment is arranged in the sub conference room 311, and is arranged in the sub conference room overall microphone 113, the sub conference room representative microphone 114, and the sub conference room 312 that collect the sound of the entire sub conference room 311. The sub-conference room general microphone 213 and the sub-conference room representative microphone 214 that collect the sound of the entire sub-conference room 312 and the main conference room 310 that collects the sound collected by the sub-conference room general microphone 113 are collected in the network 10. Main conference room overall speaker 15-1 that receives and outputs the sound collected by the main conference room overall speaker 15-1 and the sub conference room overall microphone 213 via the network 10-2. -2 and the main conference room representative head which is arranged in the main conference room 310 and makes the conference person A hear the sound collected by the sub conference room representative microphone 114 via the network 10-1. Further comprising a main conference room representative headphone 16-2 to hearing the sound collected by phone 16-1 and the sub-conference representative microphone 214 to the conferees A via the network 10-2, a.

図４において、主会議室代表カメラ１２−１、主会議室代表マイク１４−１及び主会議室代表ヘッドフォン１６−１は一体型のヘッドセットとなっている。同様に、主会議室代表カメラ１２−２、主会議室代表マイク１４−２及び主会議室代表ヘッドフォン１６−２も一体型のヘッドセットとなっている。   In FIG. 4, the main conference room representative camera 12-1, the main conference room representative microphone 14-1, and the main conference room representative headphone 16-1 are an integrated headset. Similarly, the main conference room representative camera 12-2, the main conference room representative microphone 14-2, and the main conference room representative headphone 16-2 are also integrated headsets.

主会議室３１０で議題にされている主課題から副課題が派生したとき、会議者Ａは主会議室代表マイク１４−１を使用して副会議室３１１へ副課題を伝えることができる。副課題を伝えられた副会議室３１１では、主会議室の議論とは別に参加者Ｄと参加者Ｅとが副課題を議論して結論を導ける。同様に副会議室３１２でも、参加者Ｆと参加者Ｇとが会議者Ｂから伝えられた副課題を議論して結論を導ける。   When the sub-task is derived from the main task set as the agenda in the main conference room 310, the conference person A can transmit the sub-task to the sub-conference room 311 using the main conference room representative microphone 14-1. In the sub-meeting room 311 to which the sub-task is transmitted, the participant D and the participant E discuss the sub-task and draw a conclusion separately from the discussion in the main meeting room. Similarly, in the sub-conference room 312, the participant F and the participant G discuss the sub-task transmitted from the conference B and draw a conclusion.

会議者Ａが主会議室代表ヘッドフォン１６−１を装着しているため、副会議室３１１の参加者Ｄ及び参加者Ｅは、副会議室３１１での副課題の結論を会議者Ｂや会議者Ｃに聞かれることなく会議者Ａに伝えることができる。同様に、副会議室３１２の参加者Ｆ及び参加者Ｇは副会議室３１２での副課題の結論を会議者Ｂに伝えることができる。   Since the conference A wears the main conference room representative headphones 16-1, the participant D and the participant E in the sub conference room 311 conclude the sub task in the sub conference room 311 with the conference B or the conference participant. You can tell conference A without being asked by C. Similarly, the participant F and the participant G in the sub conference room 312 can inform the conference person B of the conclusion of the sub task in the sub conference room 312.

このように、主会議室３１０での議論を中断することなく、且つ他の会議者に聞かれることなく、会議者Ａや会議者Ｂは、副会議室３１１や副会議室３１２の参加者と連絡を取り、副課題に詳しい副会議室３１１や副会議室３１２の参加者からの回答を得ることができる。従って、本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、主課題と副課題をリアルタイムに並行して議論できるため、迅速な意思決定をすることができる。   Thus, without interrupting the discussion in the main conference room 310 and without being heard by other conference participants, the conference participants A and the conference participants B can join the participants in the sub conference room 311 and the sub conference room 312. You can get in touch and get answers from participants in the sub-conference room 311 and sub-conference room 312 that are familiar with the sub-task. Therefore, the remote video conference system according to the present embodiment can discuss the main issue and the sub issue in parallel in real time, and therefore can make a quick decision.

本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、副会議室３１１に配置され、副会議室全体マイク１１３又は副会議室代表マイク１１４のいずれか一方を消音設定できる図示しない入力スイッチ、あるいは主会議室全体スピーカ１５−１又は主会議室代表ヘッドフォン１６−１のいずれか一方を消音設定できる図示しない出力スイッチをさらに備える。副会議室３１２にも同様に入力スイッチ又は出力スイッチを備える。   The remote video conference system of the present embodiment is arranged in the sub conference room 311 and can be set to mute either the sub conference room overall microphone 113 or the sub conference room representative microphone 114 or an unillustrated input switch or main conference room speaker. It further includes an output switch (not shown) that can set mute for either 15-1 or the main conference room representative headphone 16-1. Similarly, the auxiliary conference room 312 includes an input switch or an output switch.

図７は、入力スイッチの切替えアルゴリズムを説明したフローチャートである。開始ステップＳ１後、マイク電源確認ステップＳ２を行う。マイク電源とは、副会議室代表マイク及び副会議室全体マイクへ供給する電源である。マイク電源がＯＦＦの場合、アルゴリズムを終了ステップＳ７となる。マイク電源がＯＮの場合、切替えボタン押下ステップＳ３で副会議室代表マイクと副会議室全体マイクとを切替える。副会議室代表マイクＯＮステップＳ４と副会議室全体マイクＯＮステップＳ５との切替えは、副会議室の参加者が手動で行う。最後にマイク電源確認ステップＳ６を行い、マイク電源がＯＦＦならば終了ステップＳ７となる。マイク電源がＯＮならば、再び切替えボタン押下ステップＳ３を行う。   FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an input switch switching algorithm. After the start step S1, a microphone power supply confirmation step S2 is performed. The microphone power source is a power source supplied to the sub conference room representative microphone and the sub conference room overall microphone. When the microphone power source is OFF, the algorithm is terminated at step S7. When the microphone power supply is ON, the sub-conference room representative microphone and the sub-conference room overall microphone are switched in the switch button pressing step S3. Switching between the sub conference room representative microphone ON step S4 and the sub conference room overall microphone ON step S5 is manually performed by a participant in the sub conference room. Finally, the microphone power supply confirmation step S6 is performed, and if the microphone power supply is OFF, the end step S7 is performed. If the microphone power is ON, the switching button pressing step S3 is performed again.

例えば、副会議室３１１において入力スイッチで副会議室全体マイク１１３を消音設定にし、副会議室代表マイク１１４からのみ音声を収集する設定とすることで、会議者Ａは、主会議室３１０の他の会議者に副会議室３１１の音声を全く聞かれずに副会議室３１１と秘話をすることができる。入力スイッチではなく、出力スイッチで主会議室３１０の全体スピーカ１５−１の音声を消音設定しても同様の効果を得ることができる。会議者Ｂと副会議室３１２についても同様である。   For example, in the sub-conference room 311, the sub-conference room overall microphone 113 is set to mute with an input switch, and the conference A is set to collect sound only from the sub-conference room representative microphone 114. It is possible to make a secret story with the sub-conference room 311 without listening to the audio of the sub-conference room 311 by any of the conference participants. The same effect can be obtained even if the sound of the entire speaker 15-1 in the main conference room 310 is set to mute with the output switch instead of the input switch. The same applies to the conference B and the sub conference room 312.

なお、本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムは、副会議室は２つに限らず、１つでもよいし、３以上でもよい。   Note that the remote video conference system of the present embodiment is not limited to two sub-conference rooms, and may be one or three or more.

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図３から図７で説明した実施の形態１の遠隔テレビ会議システムに、主会議室３１０全体を撮像する主会議室全体カメラを主会議室３１０に配置してもよい。図８は、主会議室３１０に主会議室全体カメラ１１を配置した遠隔テレビ会議システムの接続ブロック図である。図９は、本実施形態の遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスのうち、主会議室３１０に配置されるデバイスの配置例である。また、副会議室３１１及び副会議室３１２に配置されるデバイスの配置例は、図５及び図６と同様である。 (Embodiment 2)
In the remote video conference system according to the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7, a main conference room overall camera for imaging the entire main conference room 310 may be arranged in the main conference room 310. FIG. 8 is a connection block diagram of a remote video conference system in which the main conference room overall camera 11 is arranged in the main conference room 310. FIG. 9 shows an arrangement example of devices arranged in the main conference room 310 among the devices constituting the remote video conference system of the present embodiment. Moreover, the example of arrangement | positioning of the device arrange | positioned in the subconference room 311 and the subconference room 312 is the same as that of FIG.5 and FIG.6.

本実施例の遠隔テレビ会議システムと実施の形態１の遠隔テレビ会議システムとの違いは、主会議室３１０に主会議室全体カメラ１１が配置され、図５の副会議室３１１及び図６の副会議室３１２にそれぞれ図示しないカメラスイッチが配置されていることである。副会議室代表ディスプレイ１１７及び副会議室代表ディスプレイ２１７は、主会議室全体カメラ１１が撮像した画像をネットワーク１０−１又はネットワーク１０−２を介して受信して表示できる。具体的には、副会議室３１１の参加者Ｄや参加者Ｅは、副会議室代表ディスプレイ１１７に、主会議室全体カメラ１１が撮像した画像を表示させるか、主会議室代表カメラ１２−１が撮像した画像を表示させるか、をカメラスイッチで選択できる。副会議室代表ディスプレイ１１７に両画像を表示させてもよい。副会議室３１２も同様である。   The difference between the remote video conference system of the present embodiment and the remote video conference system of the first embodiment is that the main conference room overall camera 11 is arranged in the main conference room 310, and the sub conference room 311 in FIG. That is, camera switches (not shown) are arranged in the conference room 312. The sub conference room representative display 117 and the sub conference room representative display 217 can receive and display images captured by the main conference room general camera 11 via the network 10-1 or the network 10-2. Specifically, the participant D and the participant E in the sub conference room 311 display the image captured by the main conference room general camera 11 on the sub conference room representative display 117 or the main conference room representative camera 12-1. The camera switch can be used to select whether to display an image captured by the camera. Both images may be displayed on the sub-conference room representative display 117. The same applies to the sub conference room 312.

副会議室３１１の参加者は、主会議室全体カメラ１１が撮像する画像から主会議室３１０に会議者Ａ、会議者Ｂ及び会議者Ｃが出席していることを容易にすることができるとともに、カメラスイッチを主会議室代表カメラ１２−１が撮像する画像に切替えて議論の理解度を高めることができる。副会議室３１２の参加者も同様である。   The participants in the sub-meeting room 311 can easily make the attendees A, B, and C attend the main meeting room 310 from the image captured by the main meeting room whole camera 11. The switch of the camera switch can be switched to an image captured by the main conference room representative camera 12-1 to enhance the understanding of the discussion. The same applies to the participants in the sub-conference room 312.

次に実施例を挙げて本発明をより具体的に説明するが、本発明はこれによって限定されるものではない。   EXAMPLES Next, although an Example is given and this invention is demonstrated more concretely, this invention is not limited by this.

（実施例１）
政治的な国際会議が行われている主会議室で外国の代表メンバから質問された場合に、主会議室にいる日本代表メンバは、主会議室代表マイク及び主会議室代表ヘッドフォンを用いて副会議室にいる各担当者（政治、経済、法律などの専門家）と秘話モード（ヘッドセットでの会話）でリアルタイムに調整しながら意思決定を行う。日本代表メンバは意思決定に従い、質問を持ち帰ることなく、その場で回答できる。 Example 1
When a foreign representative member asks a question in a main conference room where a political international conference is held, the Japanese representative member in the main conference room uses the main conference room representative microphone and the main conference room representative headphones. Make decisions while adjusting in real time with each person in the conference room (politics, economics, law, etc.) and secret mode (headset conversation). Japanese representative members can respond on the spot without taking back questions according to their decisions.

（実施例２）
大規模サーバのトラブルが発生した場合、迅速にトラブル解決を行う必要がある。トラブル対策会議のため、主会議室に集まったサービス提供会社代表者、開発メーカ代表者、運用部門代表者等の会議者に対し、副会議室にいるメンバは主会議室代表カメラで撮像された資料を見ながら対策案を回答できる。このため、主会議室の会議者は、副会議室にいるメンバとリアルタイムに調整をしながら意思決定を行う。疑問点などの持ち帰りがないため迅速な意思決定ができ、緊急のトラブル対応に迅速に対応できる。 (Example 2)
When trouble occurs on a large-scale server, it is necessary to solve the problem quickly. For trouble-shooting meetings, members in the sub-conference room were imaged by the main meeting room representative camera against the service provider representative, developer manufacturer representative, operations department representative, etc. who gathered in the main meeting room You can answer the plan while looking at the materials. For this reason, a conference person in the main conference room makes a decision while coordinating in real time with the members in the sub conference room. Since there are no questions to take home, quick decision making is possible, and urgent troubles can be handled quickly.

本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムのネットワークとして公衆通信網、専用網、ＬＡＮ（Ｌｏｃａｌ Ａｒｅａ Ｎｅｔｗｏｒｋ）等を利用することができる。   A public communication network, a dedicated network, a LAN (Local Area Network), or the like can be used as the network of the remote video conference system according to the present invention.

従来の遠隔テレビ会議システムの接続ブロック図である。It is a connection block diagram of the conventional remote video conference system. 従来の遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスの配置例である。It is an example of arrangement | positioning of the device which comprises the conventional remote video conference system. 本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムの接続ブロック図である。It is a connection block diagram of the remote video conference system according to the present invention. 本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスのうち、主会議室に配置されるデバイスの配置例である。It is the example of arrangement | positioning of the device arrange | positioned in the main meeting room among the devices which comprise the remote video conference system which concerns on this invention. 本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスのうち、それぞれ副会議室に配置されるデバイスの配置例である。It is an example of arrangement | positioning of the device each arrange | positioned among sub-conference rooms among the devices which comprise the remote video conference system which concerns on this invention. 本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスのうち、それぞれ副会議室に配置されるデバイスの配置例である。It is an example of arrangement | positioning of the device each arrange | positioned among sub-conference rooms among the devices which comprise the remote video conference system which concerns on this invention. 本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムの入力スイッチの切替えアルゴリズムを説明したフローチャートである。It is the flowchart explaining the switching algorithm of the input switch of the remote video conference system according to the present invention. 本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムの接続ブロック図である。It is a connection block diagram of the remote video conference system according to the present invention. 本発明に係る遠隔テレビ会議システムを構成するデバイスのうち、主会議室に配置されるデバイスの配置例である。It is the example of arrangement | positioning of the device arrange | positioned in the main meeting room among the devices which comprise the remote video conference system which concerns on this invention.

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１０、１０−１、１０−２：ネットワーク
１１：主会議室全体カメラ
１２−１、１２−２：主会議室代表カメラ
１３：主会議室全体マイク
１４−１、１４−２：主会議室代表マイク
１５−１、１５−２：主会議室全体スピーカ
１６−１、１６−２：主会議室代表ヘッドフォン
１７−１、１７−２：主会議室代表ディスプレイ
２０、１２０、２２０：通信装置
５１：カメラ
５３：マイク
５５：スピーカ
５９：ディスプレイ
１１１、２１１：副会議室全体カメラ
１１３、２１３：副会議室全体マイク
１１４、２１４：副会議室代表マイク
１１５、２１５：副会議室全体スピーカ
１１６、２１６：副会議室代表スピーカ
１１７、２１７：副会議室代表ディスプレイ
３０１、３０２：会議室
３１０：主会議室
３１１、３１２：副会議室
Ｓ１：開始ステップ
Ｓ２：マイク電源確認ステップ
Ｓ３：切替えボタン押下ステップ
Ｓ４：副会議室代表マイクＯＮステップ
Ｓ５：副会議室全体マイクＯＮステップ
Ｓ６：マイク電源確認ステップ
Ｓ７：終了ステップ 10, 10-1, 10-2: Network 11: Main meeting room camera 12-1, 12-2: Main meeting room representative camera 13: Main meeting room microphone 14-1, 14-2: Main meeting room representative Microphones 15-1, 15-2: Main conference room speakers 16-1, 16-2: Main conference room representative headphones 17-1, 17-2: Main conference room representative displays 20, 120, 220: Communication device 51: Camera 53: Microphone 55: Speaker 59: Display 111, 211: Sub conference room overall camera 113, 213: Sub conference room overall microphone 114, 214: Sub conference room representative microphone 115, 215: Sub conference room overall speaker 116, 216: Sub conference room representative speakers 117, 217: Sub conference room representative displays 301, 302: Conference room 310: Main conference room 311, 312: Sub conference room S1: Start step Flop S2: microphone power status confirmation Step S3: switch button pressed Step S4: sub Meeting Representative microphone ON Step S5: sub Meeting whole microphone ON Step S6: microphone power status confirmation Step S7: end step

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主会議室と少なくとも一つの副会議室との間でネットワークを介して行われるテレビ会議に用いられる遠隔テレビ会議システムであって、
前記主会議室に配置され、特定の会議者が注視する領域を撮像する主会議室代表カメラと、
前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室代表カメラが撮像した画像を前記ネットワークを介して受信して表示する副会議室代表ディスプレイと、
前記副会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体の音声を収音する副会議室代表マイクと、
前記主会議室に配置され、前記副会議室代表マイクで収音された音声を前記ネットワークを介して前記特定の会議者に聴覚させる主会議室代表ヘッドフォンと、
前記副会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体を撮像する副会議室全体カメラと、
前記主会議室の前記特定の会議者の背後に配置され、前記副会議室全体カメラで撮像された画像を表示する主会議室代表ディスプレイと、
を備えることを特徴とする遠隔テレビ会議システム。 A remote video conference system used for a video conference performed via a network between a main conference room and at least one sub conference room,
A main conference room representative camera that is arranged in the main conference room and captures an area that a specific conference person gazes at;
A sub-conference room representative display that is arranged in the sub-conference room and receives and displays an image captured by the main conference room representative camera via the network;
A sub-conference room representative microphone that is disposed in the sub-conference room and picks up the audio of the entire sub-conference room;
Main conference room representative headphones that are arranged in the main conference room and make the specific conference person hear the sound collected by the sub conference room representative microphone via the network;
A sub-conference room overall camera which is arranged in the sub-conference room and images the entire sub-conference room;
A main conference room representative display that is arranged behind the specific conference person in the main conference room and displays an image captured by the entire sub conference room camera;
A remote video conference system comprising: 前記主会議室代表カメラは、前記特定の会議者の頭部に配置され、前記特定の会議者の前方を撮像することを特徴とする請求項１に記載の遠隔テレビ会議システム。   The remote video conference system according to claim 1, wherein the main conference room representative camera is arranged on a head of the specific conference person and images the front of the specific conference person. 前記主会議室に配置され、前記特定の会議者の音声を収音する主会議室代表マイクと、
前記主会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体の音声を収音する主会議室全体マイクと、
前記主会議室代表マイクで集音した音声と前記主会議室全体マイクで集音した音声とをミキシングするミキサーと、
前記副会議室に配置され、前記ミキサーでミキシングされた音声を前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する副会議室ミキシングスピーカと、
をさらに備えることを特徴とする請求項１又は２に記載のいずれかの遠隔テレビ会議システム。 A main conference room representative microphone that is arranged in the main conference room and picks up the voice of the specific conference person;
An entire main conference room microphone that is disposed in the main conference room and picks up the audio of the entire main conference room;
A mixer that mixes the sound collected by the main meeting room representative microphone and the sound collected by the whole main meeting room microphone;
A sub-conference room mixing speaker which is arranged in the sub-conference room and receives and outputs the audio mixed by the mixer via the network;
One of the remote video conference system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a. 前記主会議室に配置され、前記特定の会議者の音声を収音する主会議室代表マイクと、
前記主会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体の音声を収音する主会議室全体マイクと、
前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室代表マイクで収音された音声を前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する副会議室代表スピーカと、
前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体マイクで収音された音声を前記主会議室代表マイクで収音された音声とは別チャネルで前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する副会議室全体スピーカと、
をさらに備えることを特徴とする請求項１又は２に記載のいずれかの遠隔テレビ会議システム。 A main conference room representative microphone that is arranged in the main conference room and picks up the voice of the specific conference person;
An entire main conference room microphone that is disposed in the main conference room and picks up the audio of the entire main conference room;
A sub-conference room representative speaker that is arranged in the sub-conference room and receives and outputs the sound collected by the main conference room representative microphone via the network;
A sub-conference arranged in the sub-conference room and receiving and outputting the sound collected by the whole main meeting room microphone via the network on a channel different from the sound collected by the main meeting room representative microphone The whole room speaker,
One of the remote video conference system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a. 前記副会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体の音声を収音する副会議室全体マイクと、
前記主会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体マイクで収音された音声を前記ネットワークを介して受信して出力する主会議室全体スピーカと、
をさらに備えることを特徴とする請求項３又は４に記載の遠隔テレビ会議システム。 A sub-meeting room overall microphone arranged in the sub-meeting room and collecting the sound of the whole sub-meeting room;
An entire main conference room speaker that is arranged in the main conference room and receives and outputs the sound collected by the sub-conference room overall microphone via the network;
The remote video conference system according to claim 3 or 4 , further comprising: 前記副会議室に配置され、前記副会議室全体マイク又は前記副会議室代表マイクのいずれか一方を消音設定できる入力スイッチをさらに備えることを特徴とする請求項５に記載の遠隔テレビ会議システム。 6. The remote video conference system according to claim 5 , further comprising an input switch arranged in the sub conference room and configured to mute either one of the entire sub conference room microphone or the sub conference room representative microphone. 前記副会議室に配置され、前記主会議室全体スピーカ又は前記主会議室代表ヘッドフォンのいずれか一方を消音設定できる出力スイッチをさらに備えることを特徴とする請求項５に記載の遠隔テレビ会議システム。 6. The remote video conference system according to claim 5 , further comprising an output switch disposed in the sub-conference room and capable of setting a mute setting for either the main conference room overall speaker or the main conference room representative headphones.
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