US 10,708,490 B2Granted

Apparatus and method for controlling video call, and video calling system

AssigneeBoe Technology Group Co., Ltd.

InventorsBingchuan Shi, Baoyin Yang

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Abstract

An apparatus and method for controlling a video call, and a video calling system are disclosed. The apparatus for controlling a video call includes: a transceiver configured to receive, in a display time period, video information of a remote party and transmit video information of a local party; a processor communicatively connected to the transceiver; and a memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: control, at least in a collection time period, the video collector to collect the video information of the local party, and control, in the collection time period, the video collector to be aligned with a face of the local party; and control, in the collection time period, the display apparatus to be in a non-display state, and control, in the display time period, the display apparatus to display a video of the remote party according to the video information of the remote party. The video calling system includes the apparatus for controlling a video call described above.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An apparatus for controlling a video call, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, in a display time period, video information of a remote party and transmit video information of a local party;
a processor communicatively connected to the transceiver;
and
a memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
control, at least in a collection time period, a video collector to collect the video information of the local party, and control, in the collection time period, the video collector to be aligned with the face of the local party;
and
control, in the collection time period, a display apparatus to be in a non-display state, and control, in the display time period, the display apparatus to display a video of the remote party according to the video information of the remote party, wherein the display apparatus comprises:
a scattering screen configured to be in a scattering state in the display time period, and be in a transparent state in the collection time period, wherein a display surface of the scattering screen faces opposite to a projection surface of the scattering screen, and the video collector is located on one side of the scattering screen where the projection surface is located;
and
a projection unit configured to convert, in the display time period, the video information of the remote party into the video of the remote party, and project a displayed picture onto the projection surface of the scattering screen.

7 more elements

A method for controlling a video call comprising a plurality of call periods, each of the call periods comprising a display time period and a collection time period, the method comprising, in each of the call periods:

receiving video information of a remote party;
controlling, in the display time period, a display apparatus to display a video of the remote party according to the video information of the remote party, wherein the display apparatus comprises:
a scattering screen configured to be in a scattering state in the display time period, and be in a transparent state in the collection time period, wherein a display surface of the scattering screen faces opposite to a projection surface of the scattering screen, and the video collector is located on one side of the scattering screen where the projection surface is located;
and
a projection unit configured to convert, in the display time period, the video information of the remote party into the video of the remote party, and project a displayed picture onto the projection surface of the scattering screen;
controlling, in the collection time period, the display apparatus to be in a non-display state;
controlling, at least in the collection time period, a video collector to collect video information of a local party;
and controlling, in the collection time period, the video collector to be aligned with the face of the local party;
and
transmitting the video information of the local party.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/409,743Filed 10 May 2019
Priority: CN 2018 1 115232929 Sep 2018
Published: US 2020/0106954 A12 Apr 2020
Granted: 7 Jul 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04N 7/144
Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display: camera and display on the same optical axis,…
H04N 23/611
Based on recognised objects: where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
G06T 7/70
Image analysis: determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
H04N 7/142
Between two video terminals, e.g. videophone: constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display