Method, server, and terminal for conducting a video conference
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorSigurd Van Broeck
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Abstract
A method for conducting a video conference, said method comprising: visualizing representations of a plurality of conference participants on a display of a terminal; detecting a gazing direction of a user of said terminal; determining a first observation relationship between said user and a first one of said conference participants (U1), said first one of said conference participants (U1) being identified by correlating said detected gazing direction with a presently observed one of said visualized representations; and visually differentiating said representation of said first one of said conference participants (U1).
Claims13
A method for conducting a video conference, said method comprising:
- visualizing representations of a plurality of conference participants on a display of a terminal;
- detecting a gazing direction of a user of said terminal;
- determining a first observation relationship between said user and a first one of said conference participants,
- said first one of said conference participants being identified by correlating said detected gazing direction with a presently observed one of said visualized representations;
- visually differentiating said representation of said first one of said conference participants;
- obtaining a second observation relationship between said first one of said conference participants and a second one of said conference participants that is presently being observed by said first one of said conference participants;
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- if said second one of said conference participants is not said user, visually differentiating said representation of said second one of said conference participants.
A terminal for conducting a video conference, said terminal comprising:
- a display adapted to visualize representations of a plurality of conference participants;
- an eye gaze tracker, configured to repeatedly detect a gazing direction of a user of said terminal;
- a processor, operatively coupled to said eye gaze tracker, said processor being configured to determine a first observation relationship between said user and a first one of said conference participants, said first one of said conference participants being identified by correlating said detected gazing direction with a presently observed one of said visualized representations said terminal being configured to visually differentiate said representation of said first one of said conference participants;
- an input interface adapted to receive a second observation relationship between said first one of said conference participants and a second one of said conference participants that is presently being observed by said first one of said conference participants;
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- said terminal being configured to visually differentiate said representation of said second one of said conference participants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.