Video conferencing system and related methods

A video conferencing system, comprising a first controlling device, a first camera and a second camera, wherein the first controlling device is configured to:

• receive a first video stream from a first camera, wherein the first camera has a first field of view of a first physical environment;
• receive a second video stream from a second camera, wherein the second camera has a second field of view of the first physical environment;
• extract one or more portions from the received first video stream;
• transmit first captured video data via a first communication link to one or more electronic devices disposed within a second physical environment that is remote from the first physical environment, wherein the first captured video data includes or is derived from the one or more extracted portions and the first captured video data includes a first preview portion that includes at least a first portion of a frame of the first video stream;
• transmit the second video stream to at least one of the one or more electronic devices disposed within the second physical environment via a second communication link;
• receive a first command, wherein the first command is derived from a selection of the first preview portion of the first captured video data in the second physical environment;
• alter the second video stream based on the received first command;
• and
• transmit the altered second video stream to at least one of the one or more electronic devices disposed within the second physical environment via the second communication link.

A video conferencing system comprising a first controlling device, a first camera and a second camera, wherein the first controlling device is configured to:

• receive a first video stream from the first camera, wherein the first camera has a first field of view of a first physical environment;
• receive a second video stream from the second camera, wherein the second camera has a second field of view of the first physical environment;
• extract one or more portions from the received first video stream;
• transmit first captured video data via a first communication link to one or more electronic devices disposed within a second physical environment that is remote from the first physical environment, wherein the first captured video data includes or is derived from the one or more extracted portions and the first captured video data includes a first preview portion that includes at least a first portion of a frame of the first video stream;
• transmit the second video stream to at least one of the one or more electronic devices disposed within the second physical environment via a second communication link;
• receive a first command, wherein the first command is derived from a selection of the first preview portion of the first captured video data in the second physical environment;
• alter the first video stream by adjusting the first field of view of the first physical environment based on the received first command or alter the second video stream by adjusting the second field of view of the first physical environment based on the received first command;
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• transmit the altered first video stream or the altered second video stream to at least one of the one or more electronic devices disposed within the second physical environment via the second communication link.

A video conferencing system, comprising a controlling device and one or more cameras, wherein the one or more cameras are configured to view a first physical environment and the controlling device is configured to:

• receive a first video stream of the first physical environment from one of the one or more cameras;
• extract one or more portions from a first video stream of a first field of view of a first physical environment;
• transmit first captured video data via a first communication link to one or more electronic devices disposed within a second physical environment that is remote from the first physical environment, wherein the first captured video data includes or is derived from the one or more extracted portions and the first captured video data includes
• a first preview portion that includes at least a first portion of a first frame of the first video stream, and
• a second preview portion that includes at least a second portion of the first frame of the first video stream, wherein the first preview portion and the second preview portion are views of separate areas of the first physical environment;
• and
• transmit the first video stream or a second video stream of a second field of view of the first physical environment to at least one of the one or more electronic devices disposed within the second physical environment via a second communication link, wherein
• the first video stream or the second video stream is transmitted in response to a selection of the first preview portion of the first captured video data in the second physical environment.