System and Method for Dynamic Light Adjustment in Video Capture

A method for controlling lighting elements during a video communication session, comprising:

• selecting, by a processor, a lighting configuration to capture a first image by a camera for provision to a remote endpoint for display to another participant during the video communication session;
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• providing, by the processor during the video communication session and to the remote endpoint, a second image of a local participant captured under the selected lighting configuration, wherein the processor selects different lighting conditions for image capture at different points during a common video conferencing session.

A video-enabled communication system, comprising:

• a processor coupled with a camera, wherein the processor causes the camera to acquire an image of a local participant in a meeting area during a video communication session;
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• a computer readable medium comprising a lighting controller that causes the processor to discover one or more wirelessly controlled lighting elements in a meeting area and, by varying a state or setting of each of the discovered lighting elements, select a set of lighting conditions for an image to be captured by the camera for provision to a remote endpoint for display to another participant and wherein the processor selects the set of lighting conditions by identifying one or more participant faces or facial features using face detection, varying a lighting element property of the one or more wirelessly controlled lighting elements until one or more detected face images is approximately equal to a target mean color for the one or more participant faces or facial features.

(canceled)