In one embodiment, a video-conferencing terminal (100) has a monitor (102); a non-visible-light, e.g., IR, camera (106) configured to generate an eye-contact non-visible-light, e.g., IR, image of a video-conference participant (112); one or more visible-light cameras (108), each configured to generate a non-eye-contact visible-light image of the participant; and a mirror (104) positioned in front of the monitor and configured to transmit visible light from the monitor towards the participant and reflect non-visible light from the participant towards the non-visible-light camera. The terminal generates an eye-contact visible-light image from the eye-contact non-visible-light image and the one or more non-eye-contact visible-light images and transmits the eye-contact visible-light image to a remotely located video-conferencing terminal. The eye-contact visible-light image is generated using pattern matching and color mapping processing that may be less complex than the stereoscopic analysis and image rotation processing of the prior art.
EYE CONTACT DURING VIDEO CONFERENCING