Multi-User Video Conference Using Head Position Information
OwnerW. Bruce Culbertson, Ian N. Robinsoninventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for rendering a video conference. The method includes the steps of: creating a visual representation of a plurality of participants in the video conference, wherein the plurality of participants are divided into two or more subsets; and creating a compact version of the visual representation of at least one of the two or more subsets, wherein the choice of which subsets have a compact version of the visual representation created and displayed is based on the head position of a local participant.
Claims20
A method for rendering a video conference, comprising the steps of:
- creating a visual representation of a plurality of participants in the video conference, wherein the plurality of participants are divided into two or more subsets;
- and
- creating a compact version of the visual representation of at least one of the two or more subsets, wherein the choice of which subsets have a compact version of the visual representation created and displayed is based on the head position of a local participant.
The method recited in claim 5, wherein the participants in the two or more subsets are changed by the local participant changing his head position.
A system comprising:
- A processor:
- A display device configured to display a video conference of a plurality of participants;
- One or more input devices configured to track a head position of a local participant viewing the video conference;
- and
- A video conference application executable by a processor from a computer readable memory and configured to
- create a visual representation of the plurality of participants in the video conference, wherein the plurality of participants are divided into two or more subsets;
- and
- creating a compact version of the visual representation of at least one of the two or more subsets, wherein the choice of which subsets have a compact version of the visual representation created and displayed is based on the head position of a local participant.
A computer-readable program in a computer-readable medium comprising:
- a video conference application configured to
- Create a visual representation of a plurality of participants in the video conference, wherein the plurality of participants are divided into two or more subsets;
- and
- Create a compact version of the visual representation of at least one of the two or more subsets, wherein the choice of which subsets have a compact version of the visual representation created and displayed is based on the head position of a local participant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.