Selective image broadcasting in a video conference
AssigneeAvaya Management L.P.
InventorsPushkar Yashavant Deole, Valentine C. Matula, Sandesh Chopdekar, Navin Daga
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Abstract
Video conferencing systems are popular means for remote parties to interact in real-time. A user may wish to emphasize certain visual elements of the video conference, for example, a company's logo or the contents of a whiteboard may be important to remain clearly seen by the viewers of the video conference. As elements are obscured, a previously captured image of the obscured visual element may be overlaid on top of the obscuring image to visual remove the obscuring object. Additionally, certain visual elements may be enhanced, such that a small visual element may appear larger or clearer within the video image.
Claims20
A system for presenting a modified video image, comprising:
- a camera;
- a processor;
- a network interface to a network;
- a data storage;
- and
- wherein the processor:
- receives a video image comprising a number of visual elements captured within the field of view of the camera;
- accessing a record in the data storage comprising indicia of important visual elements;
- upon determining that a first element of the number of visual elements matches the record, accessing an enhancement operation associated with the first element;
- enhancing the video image to produce an enhanced video image comprising the first element, as enhanced by the enhancement operation, and wherein the enhancement is not applied to the entirety of the video image;
- and
- transmitting, via the network interface, the enhanced video image to at least one recipient device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a video image comprising a number of visual elements captured within a field of view of a camera;
- accessing a record in a data storage comprising indicia of important visual elements;
- upon determining that a first element of the number of visual elements matches the record, accessing an enhancement operation associated with the first element;
- enhancing the video image to produce an enhanced video image comprising the first element, as enhanced by the enhancement operation, and wherein the enhancement is not applied to the entirety of the video image;
- and
- transmitting, via a network interface to a network, the enhanced video image to at least one recipient device.
A video conferencing system, comprising:
- a communication interface to a camera;
- a processor;
- a network interface to a network;
- a data storage;
- and
- wherein the processor:
- receives, from the camera, a video image comprising a number of visual elements captured within the field of view of the camera;
- accessing a record in the data storage comprising indicia of important visual elements;
- upon determining that a first element of the number of visual elements matches the record, accessing an enhancement operation associated with the first element;
- enhancing the video image to produce an enhanced video image comprising the first element, as enhanced by the enhancement operation, and wherein the enhancement is not applied to the entirety of the video image;
- and
- transmitting, via the network interface, conference content to at least one recipient device, wherein the conference content comprises the enhanced video image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.