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US 9,179,098 B2Granted
Video conferencing
OwnerMark Bucklerinventor
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Abstract
A video conferencing system is provided, in which at least two cameras are used to capture images of people at a first location participating in a video conference. One or more active speakers are identified among the people at the location, and one of the at least two cameras is automatically selected based on a position or positions of the one or more active speakers. Images from the selected camera are provided to a person at a second location participating the video conference.
Claims84
A method comprising:
- identifying one or more active speakers among people at a location;
- automatically selecting a camera from at least two cameras based on positions of the one or more active speakers to capture images of the one or more active speakers;
- and
- maintaining a database of one or more active speakers, adding a person who starts to speak to the database, and removing a person who has not spoken for a predetermined period of time from the database.
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A method of conducting a video conference, comprising:
- identifying one or more clusters of active speakers;
- automatically selecting a camera from at least two cameras based on positions of the one or more clusters of active speakers to capture images of the one or more clusters of active speakers;
- and
- maintaining a database of one or more active speakers, adding a person who starts to speak to the database, and removing a person who has not spoken for a predetermined period of time from the database.
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A system comprising:
- at least two cameras to capture images of one or more people at a location;
- a data processor configured to:
- identify one or more active speakers among people at a location;
- automatically select a camera from at least two cameras based on positions of the one or more active speakers to capture images of the one or more active speakers;
- and
- maintain a database of one or more active speakers, adding a person who starts to speak to the database, and removing a person who has not spoken for a predetermined period of time from the database.
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A system for conducting a video conference, the system comprising:
- at least two cameras to capture images of one or more people at a location;
- a data processor configured to:
- identify one or more clusters of active speakers;
- automatically select a camera from at least two cameras based on positions of the one or more clusters of active speakers to capture images of the one or more clusters of active speakers;
- and
- maintain a database of one or more active speakers, adding a person who starts to speak to the database, and removing a person who has not spoken for a predetermined period of time from the database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.