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Abstract

The present invention provides a remote face-to-face communication apparatus in which the user can exchange glance with other users and can check self-facial expression, connected to other communication apparatus to be used in the communication system for transmitting the images of the users between each communication apparatus comprising: shooting means disposed in the direction of the user's sight line, first display means for displaying the image received from other communication apparatuses, second display means for displaying the image shot by the shooting means, image transmitting means for distributing and transmitting the image shot by the shooting means to other communication apparatus and the second display means, wherein a half mirror being disposed on the optical axis of the shooting means and a mirror being disposed at the position opposing to the half mirror, whereby the image of the user passed through the half mirror is shot and the image displayed on the first display means is reflected off the mirror and the half mirror to make it visible to the user. According to the remote face-to-face communicating apparatus, the users of the video conference apparatus or the like can exchange glance with each other and can check their own facial expression to be transmitted to the other party, so that a natural conversation with realistic sensation is realized.

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First Claim