New high-definition videoconference system for remote lectures connecting 18 National Universities in Japan

This paper describes construction of a high-definition videoconference system which is connected 18 National Universities. This system is supported two screens with high-definition, to provide videos and sounds in high quality. We can operate a videoconference device, high definition camera, audio and video equipment (an audio amplifier and data projectors, etc.) from a wireless touch panel. A wireless touch panel is connected to an administration system of reservation through a network. This system can reduce a burden of a user, because the user can use it with simple operation for reservation from Web, and a system starts automatically in reservation time and sets it. This system is a beginning in Japan, as for the remote lecture using a high-definition picture connected Japanese universities from the north to the south.