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US 11,388,370 B1Granted
Dual display dual facing camera video call system
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorXiaofeng Zhu
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for managing a mobile device to selectively act as a two-party endpoint in a videoconference with a remote party. The disclosed technique, by way of example, entails receiving first user video and audio from a first camera and mic located on the front of the mobile device and receiving second user video and audio from a second camera and mic located on the back of the device. Remote user video and audio are received at the device, and the remote user video and audio, and second user video and audio are conveyed via a first display screen and first speaker located on the front of the device. Similarly, the remote user video and audio, and first user video and audio are conveyed via a second display screen and second speaker located on the back of the device.
Claims20
A mobile electronic communications device for selectively acting as a two-party endpoint in a videoconference with a remote user, the mobile electronic communications device comprising:
- a housing having a front side and a back side;
- a first camera located at the front side of the housing and a second camera located at the back side of the housing;
- a first display screen located at the front side of the housing and a second display screen located at the back side of the housing;
- at least one speaker;
- at least one microphone (mic);
- a bi-directional network connection;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- present a prompt to a user to select between two-party endpoint engagement and one-party endpoint engagement during the videoconference and, only in response to a user selection engaging the mobile electronics communication device to engage as the two-party endpoint:
- facilitate the two-party endpoint in the videoconference by receiving:
- first user video from the first camera;
- first user audio from the at least one mic;
- second user video from the second camera;
- second user audio from the at least one mic;
- and
- remote user video and remote user audio from the bi-directional network connection;
- convey the remote user video, the remote user audio, the second user video, and the second user audio to a first user via the first display screen and the at least one speaker, respectively;
- convey the remote user video, the remote user audio, the first user video, and the first user audio to a second user via the second display screen and the at least one speaker respectively;
- and
- convey the first user video, the first user audio, the second user video, and the second user audio to a remote user via the bi-directional network connection;
- wherein the housing comprises a first housing having a first housing front side and a first housing back side and a second housing having a second housing front side and a second housing back side, the first housing enclosing the mobile electronic communications device, the second housing enclosing an add-on device, wherein the first housing and the second housing join at their respective back sides to form a single housing, and wherein the back side of the housing is defined by the second housing front side.
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A method for managing a mobile electronic communications device to selectively act as an endpoint in a videoconference with a remote user, the method comprising:
- prompting, in response to a user selection to begin the videoconference, for a user selection to either engage the mobile electronic communications device as a one-party endpoint in the videoconference or a two-party endpoint in the videoconference;
- receiving, in response to the prompting, a user selection engaging the mobile electronic communications device as either the one-party endpoint or the two-party endpoint;
- and
- when the user selection engages the mobile electronic communications device as the one-party endpoint:
- receiving first user video from a first camera and first user audio from a first microphone (mic), the first camera and first mic being located on a front of the mobile electronic communications device;
- receiving remote user video and remote user audio at the mobile electronic communications device from a remote device over a network connection;
- conveying the remote user video, the remote user audio, the first user video, and the first user audio to a first user via a first display screen and a first speaker, respectively, the first display screen and first speaker being located on the front of the mobile electronic communications device;
- and
- conveying the first user video and the first user audio to a remote user via the network connection;
- and
- when the user selection engages the mobile electronic communications device as the two-party endpoint:
- receiving the first user video from the first camera and the first user audio from the first mic;
- receiving second user video from a second camera and second user audio from a second mic, the second camera and second mic being located on a back of the mobile electronic communications device;
- receiving the remote user video and the remote user audio at the mobile electronic communications device from the remote device over the network connection;
- conveying the remote user video, the remote user audio, the second user video, and the second user audio to the first user via the first display screen and the first speaker, respectively;
- conveying the remote user video, the remote user audio, the first user video, and the first user audio to a second user via a second display screen and a second speaker respectively, the second display screen and second speaker being located on the back of the mobile electronic communications device;
- and
- conveying the first user video, the first user audio, the second user video, and the second user audio to the remote user via the network connection;
- wherein the mobile electronic communications device comprises a front side and back side, the back side being joined to another back side of an add-on device, such that the mobile electronic communications device and the add-on device form a single device, and a rear side of the single device is defined by another front side of the add-on device.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a mobile electronic communications device to selectively act as a two-party endpoint in a videoconference with a remote user, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving first user video from a first camera and first user audio from a first microphone (mic), the first camera and the first mic being located on a front side of the mobile electronic communications device;
- receiving second user video from a second camera and second user audio from a second mic, the second camera and the second mic being located on the front side of the mobile electronic communications device;
- receiving remote user video and remote user audio at the mobile electronic communications device from a remote device over a network connection;
- conveying the remote user video, the remote user audio, the second user video, and the second user audio to a first user via a first display screen portion and a first speaker, respectively, the first display screen portion and the first speaker being located on the front side of the mobile electronic communications device;
- conveying the remote user video, the remote user audio, the first user video, and the first user audio to a second user via a second display screen portion and a second speaker, respectively, the second display screen portion and second speaker being located on the front side of the mobile electronic communications device;
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- conveying the first user video, first user audio, second user video and second user audio to a remote user via the network connection;
- wherein the front side and back side of the mobile electronic communications device are connected at a flex axis with a flexible display screen spanning and being continuous across the flex axis, thereby defining the first display screen portion positioned to one side of the flex axis and the second display screen portion positioned to another side of the flex axis;
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- wherein the receiving the second user video from the second camera for the videoconference and the second user audio from second mic for the videoconference only occurs when the mobile electronic communications device is flexed open more than 180 degrees.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.