MULTI-POINT CONFERENCE CONNECTION SYSTEM AND MULTI-POINT CONFERENCE CONNECTION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the so-called screen division of simultaneously displaying pictures sent from a plurality of terminals on one screen even in the case that they are connected by a plurality of different communication systems.;SOLUTION: The multi-point conference connection system has; a plurality of transmission/reception units corresponding to video conference terminals provided at a plurality of conference sites; a screen division means which receives image data outputted from the plurality of transmission/reception units and generates and outputs image data of divided screen pictures; and a video switch means which receives image data of the divided screen pictures and image data outputted from the plurality of transmission/reception units and selectively outputs one of these image data. Each transmission/reception unit transmits image data outputted from the video switch means, to a corresponding video conference terminal.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI