Method and apparatus for video conferencing in mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJi Hwan Choe
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for video conferencing in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes receiving audio-visual signals comprising a video signal and a voice signal from participating users, selecting one of the audio-visual signals associated with a currently talking user based on properties of the audio-visual signals, decoding all frames of a video signal from the selected audio-visual signal and selectively decoding frames of video signals of the remaining audio-visual signals, and reproducing the decoded frames of the video signals.
Claims18
A method for video conferencing by multiple participating users using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving audio-visual signals comprising a video signal and a voice signal from the participating users;
- selecting one of the audio-visual signals associated with a currently talking user based on properties of the audio-visual signals;
- decoding all frames of a video signal from the selected audio-visual signal and selectively decoding frames of video signals of remaining audio-visual signals;
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- reproducing the decoded frames of the video signals.
An apparatus for video conferencing by multiple participating users in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a radio communication unit for receiving audio-visual signals comprising a video signal and a voice signal from the participating users;
- a control unit for selecting one of the audio-visual signals associated with a currently talking user based on properties of the audio-visual signals, decoding all frames of a video signal from the selected audio-visual signal and selectively decoding frames of video signals from remaining audio-visual signals;
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- a display unit for reproducing the decoded frames of the video signals.
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