# US 11,444,982 B1 · Method and apparatus for repositioning meeting participants within a gallery view in an online meeting user interface based on gestures made by the meeting participants > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,982 B1 - Document ID: US11444982B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/737,201 - Filed: 2022-05-05 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-31 - Applicants: Benjamin Slotznick - Inventors: Benjamin Slotznick - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444982B1 ## CPC - G06T 3/02: Affine transformations (for image registration G06T3/147; for image mosaicing G06T3/4038) - H04L 65/1059: End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication - G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay} - G06T 3/60: Rotation of whole images or parts thereof - H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) - H04N 7/152: {Multipoint control units therefor} - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Automated methods and systems provide a gallery view in an online meeting user interface that is changeable by gestures of meeting participants. The gallery view displays video feeds of the meeting participants on their respective participant computers, the video feeds being camera-captured views of each of the meeting participants. Software of a video conferencing system recognizes a specific gesture of a meeting participant, wherein the specific gesture is associated with a predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view during the online meeting. The videoconferencing system electronically and automatically repositions the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture within the gallery view during the online meeting in accordance with the associated predefined directional movement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing a gallery view in an online meeting user interface that is changeable by gestures of meeting participants, the gallery view displaying video feeds of the meeting participants on their respective participant computers, the video feeds being camera-captured views of each of the meeting participants, the method comprising: (a) recognizing, by software of a video conferencing system, a specific gesture of a meeting participant, wherein the specific gesture is associated with a predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view during the online meeting, and wherein the predefined directional movement is requested by the meeting participant via the specific gesture, and wherein the specific gesture of the meeting participant is a physical body gesture of the meeting participant which is captured by the camera of the meeting participant and displayed in the meeting participant's video feed; and (b) electronically and automatically repositioning, by the videoconferencing system, the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture within the gallery view during the online meeting in accordance with the associated predefined directional movement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture is a body gesture of the meeting participant. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture is a hand gesture of the meeting participant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture is a directional gaze of the meeting participant. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view is a movement to the left or to the right with respect to a current position of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view, and wherein the repositioning of the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture implements the left or right movement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view is a movement up or down with respect to a current position of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view, and wherein the repositioning of the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture implements the up or down movement. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view is a movement along a diagonal with respect to a current position of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view, and wherein the repositioning of the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture implements the diagonal movement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the video feed of the meeting participant is a mirrored view of the meeting participant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the video feeds of all of the meeting participants are mirrored views of the meeting participants. ### Claim 10 A computer-implemented apparatus for providing a gallery view in an online meeting user interface that is changeable by gestures of meeting participants, the gallery view displaying video feeds of the meeting participants on their respective participant computers, the video feeds being camera-captured views of each of the meeting participants, the apparatus comprising: (a) a video conferencing system including software that is configured to recognize a specific gesture of a meeting participant, wherein the specific gesture is associated with a predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view during the online meeting, and wherein the predefined directional movement is requested by the meeting participant via the specific gesture, and wherein the specific gesture of the meeting participant is a physical body gesture of the meeting participant which is captured by the camera of the meeting participant and displayed in the meeting participant's video feed; and (b) a videoconferencing system that is configured to electronically and automatically reposition the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture within the gallery view during the online meeting in accordance with the associated predefined directional movement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the gesture is a body gesture of the meeting participant. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the gesture is a hand gesture of the meeting participant. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the gesture is a directional gaze of the meeting participant. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view is a movement to the left or to the right with respect to a current position of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view, and wherein the repositioning of the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture implements the left or right movement. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view is a movement up or down with respect to a current position of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view, and wherein the repositioning of the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture implements the up or down movement. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view is a movement along a diagonal with respect to a current position of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view, and wherein the repositioning of the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture implements the diagonal movement. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the video feed of the meeting participant is a mirrored view of the meeting participant. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the video feeds of all of the meeting participants are mirrored views of the meeting participants.