Digital Court Features
Digital Courtroom
The Digital Court is a fully equipped high tech courtroom featuring:
- Digital evidence presentation systems
- Audio systems
- Videoconferencing
- Wireless touch screen control for easy operation of all technology
Design Features
Special attention was given to the décor of the courtroom to replicate the grandeur and solemnity of state and federal courts. The Digital Court features an authentic appellate sized judge's bench, modular witness stand and clerk's bench, jury box, 2 electronically "smart" counsel tables and gallery. Arched ceiling panels with recessed accent lighting, fine wood paneling and gallery rail with swinging doors entry define the space. The layout of this courtroom is well suited to training, demonstrations, mock trials and rehearsals and can accommodate a viewing audience of 100 people.
Technology Highlights
Video- Presentation podium equipped with: DOAR's Communicator 21 (document camera), VCR, Cassette player, DVD player
- Ceiling mounted high resolution cameras provide videoconferencing, webcasting and recording capability
- PC support for judge, clerk counsel and podium
- Eleven 15" flat panel display monitors provide viewing for individual jurors, judge, counsel, witness and clerk
- Two 50" plasma screens allow for presentation and videoconferencing (such as "virtual witness" appearances)
- Motorized 120" projection screen for presentation and training
- 5300 bright lumens projector Touch screen annotation for use by counsel and witness
- Internet access
- ADA compliant IR wireless audio system
- Omni directional microphones linked to white noise generators for sidebar conferencing
- Ceiling mounted high fidelity speakers
- Digital recording
- Room integrated teleconferencing
- Translation capability
- 15" Crestron IsysTM control panel with custom interface located at presentation podium offers VGA display and annotation, as well as remote control of all technologies
- 10" judge's touch screen control panel includes judge override functionality
- Additional control panels for clerk
Focus Group Suites
Three suites of focus group/conference/viewing rooms are available within the Digital Court complex. These rooms are designed to facilitate jury research and offer attorneys and jury scientists an opportunity to observe live deliberations from adjacent viewing rooms. In addition, each room is equipped with video streaming capability accommodating videotaping and video transmission. This unusual feature enables attorneys and researchers to follow the discussions occurring in all focus group rooms via a single, picture-in-picture display device.
Design Features
The suites have been engineered to meet the special requirements of focus group meetings:
- 4' x 12' one-way viewing glass
- Modular furniture accommodates variable research and viewing requirements
Technology Highlights
Focus Group Rooms- 2 high resolution ceiling cameras for dual angle viewing of deliberations
- Web casting
- 50" plasma display
- Internet access
- Audio/video feed
- DVD player
- DOAR Communicator 21 (document camera)
- VCR
- Convenient wall mounted Crestron interface offers multiple display options including PC, document camera, video and television controls.
- Wall mounted paging system ensures prompt 24/7 technical support
- Ceiling mounted television displays
- Supplemental camera feeds with picture in picture (pip) for juror deliberation, deposition and ADR
- Remote signaling capability facilitates communication between focus group participants and research observers.
- Video recording of deliberations, depositions
- Roll about videoconferencing unit featuring 32" TV, pan tilt and zoom (ptz) camera and tethered microphone available for ADR and remote deposition
Executive Boardroom
DOAR offers an "intelligent" boardroom for group meetings or strategy sessions, in the comfort of this ergonomically designed room.
Technology Highlights
- Boardroom
- Wireless Crestron touch panel controls all technologies
- Two 50" plasma screens for viewing computer and video presentation as well as cable TV
- Multiple inputs for use of PC, audio and video devices
- Internet access
- Videoconferencing with PIP multiparty viewing and recording, and multi point and bridging capability
- Room integrated teleconferencing
- DOAR's Communicator 21 (document camera)
- VCR
- DVD player