Automated privacy adjustments to video conferencing streams
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPaul Lalonde, Douglas Carmean
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Abstract
Methods and systems may involve determining a user attention level based on video stream data associated with a first participant in an always-on video conferencing session. The video stream data may be modified based on the user attention level to obtain modified video stream data that is automatically adjusted for privacy. In addition, the modified video stream data may be transmitted to one or more other participants in the video conferencing session.
Claims30
A system comprising:
- an image capture device to obtain first video stream data associated with a first participant in a video conferencing session;
- and
- logic to,
- determine a user attention level based at least on whether a front-facing face is detected in the first video stream data,
- modify the first video stream data based at least on the user attention level to obtain modified video stream data, and
- transmit the modified video stream data to a second participant in the video conferencing session,
- wherein the logic is to,
- increment an attention measure by a first gain if the user attention level indicates that the first participant is paying attention to the video conferencing session, and
- decrement the attention measure by a second gain if the user attention level indicates that the first participant is not paying attention to the video conferencing session, wherein the first video stream data is to be modified based at least on the attention measure.
A computer implemented method comprising:
- determining a user attention level based at least on whether a front-facing face is detected in video stream data associated with a first participant in a video conferencing session;
- modifying the video stream data based at least on the user attention level to obtain modified video stream data;
- transmitting the modified video stream data to a second participant in the video conferencing session;
- incrementing an attention measure by a first gain if the user attention level indicates that the first participant is paying attention to the video conferencing session;
- and
- decrementing the attention measure by a second gain if the user attention level indicates that the first participant is not paying attention to the video conferencing session, wherein modifying the video stream data includes modifying the video stream data based at least on the attention measure.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, if executed by a processor, cause a computer to:
- determine a user attention level based at least on whether a front-facing face is detected in video stream data associated with a first participant in a video conferencing session;
- modify the video stream data based at least on the user attention level to obtain modified video stream data;
- transmit the modified video stream data to a second participant in the video conferencing session;
- increment an attention measure by a first gain if the user attention level indicates that the first participant is paying attention to the video conferencing session;
- and
- decrement the attention measure by a second gain if the user attention level indicates that the first participant is not paying attention to the video conferencing session, wherein the video stream data is to be modified based at least on the attention measure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.