US 11,888,635 B2Granted

Electronic device that manages compliance by a participant during a video communication session

AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC

InventorsAmit Kumar Agrawal, Jyothsna Bandameedipalli

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Abstract

An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that automatically manages compliance by a participant during a video communication session. The electronic device communicatively connects over a network to second electronic device(s) during a video communication session. The electronic device receives image stream(s) produced respectively by an image capturing device of a corresponding second electronic device. The electronic device identifies person(s) within the image stream(s) and compares to a roster of at least one person expected to join the video communication session to produce attendance data. The electronic device determines participation data related to an amount of time that the person(s) gaze toward the image capturing device of the corresponding second electronic device. The electronic device communicates, to a host output device, the attendance data and the participation data of the person(s) during a duration of the video communication session.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

at least one network interface that communicatively connects the electronic device over a network to one or more second electronic devices during a video communication session;
and
a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one network interface, and which:
receives at least one image stream, each image stream produced respectively by an image capturing device of a corresponding second electronic device;
identifies at least one person within the at least one image stream;
produces attendance data by comparing the at least one person that is identified with a roster of at least one person expected to join the video communication session;
determines participation data related to an amount of time that the at least one person is gazing toward the image capturing device of the corresponding second electronic device;
determines the participation data in part based on accuracy of a response to a quiz question for a corresponding person associated with a particular second electronic device, the quiz question comprising at least one of:
(i) a correct answer extracted from at least one of a speech and a written content of the host participant and (ii) at least one incorrect answer that is not extracted from at least one of the speech and the written content;
communicates, to a host output device, the attendance data and the participation data of the at least one person during a duration of the video communication session;
and
communicates an alert to the corresponding second electronic device in response to determining that the at least one person is not gazing toward the corresponding image capturing device and has gazed away for a period of time that exceeds a threshold amount.

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A method comprising:

communicatively connecting an electronic device over a network to one or more second electronic devices during a video communication session;
receiving at least one image stream, each image stream produced respectively by an image capturing device of a corresponding second electronic device;
identifying at least one person within the at least one image stream;
producing attendance data by comparing the at least one person that is identified with a roster of at least one person expected to join the video communication session;
determining participation data related to an amount of time that the at least one person is gazing toward the image capturing device of the corresponding second electronic device;
determining the participation data in part based on accuracy of a response to a quiz question for a corresponding person associated with a particular second electronic device, the quiz question comprising at least one of:
(i) a correct answer extracted from at least one of a speech and a written content of the host participant and (ii) at least one incorrect answer that is not extracted from at least one of the speech and the written content;
communicating, to a host output device, the attendance data and the participation data of the at least one person during a duration of the video communication session;
and
communicating an alert to the corresponding second electronic device in response to determining that the at least one person is not gazing toward the corresponding image capturing device and has gazed away for a period of time that exceeds a threshold amount.

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A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device;
and
program code on the computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor associated with an electronic device, the program code enables the electronic device to provide functionality of:
communicatively connecting an electronic device over a network to one or more second electronic devices during a video communication session;
receiving at least one image stream, each image stream produced respectively by an image capturing device of a corresponding second electronic device;
identifying at least one person within the at least one image stream;
producing attendance data by comparing the at least one person that is identified with a roster of at least one person expected to join the video communication session;
determining participation data related to an amount of time that the at least one person is gazing toward the image capturing device of the corresponding second electronic device;
determining the participation data in part based on accuracy of a response to a quiz question for a corresponding person associated with a particular second electronic device, the quiz question comprising at least one of:
(i) a correct answer extracted from at least one of a speech and a written content of the host participant and (ii) at least one incorrect answer that is not extracted from at least one of the speech and the written content;
communicating, to a host output device, the attendance data and the participation data of the at least one person during a duration of the video communication session;
and
communicating an alert to the corresponding second electronic device in response to determining that the at least one person is not gazing toward the corresponding image capturing device and has gazed away for a period of time that exceeds a threshold amount.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/514,477Filed 29 Oct 2021
Published: US 2023/0140607 A14 May 2023
Granted: 30 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H04L 12/1831
For computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms: tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or…
G06V 10/255
Image preprocessing: detecting or recognising potential candidate objects based on visual cues, e.g. shapes
G06V 10/60
Extraction of image or video features: relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
G06V 20/41
In video content: higher-level, semantic clustering, classification or understanding of video scenes, e.g. detection, labelling or Markovian…