Method and system for optimal balance and spatial consistency

A system for assigning video signals, comprising:

• an interface operable to receive a plurality of video signals from a plurality of cameras located at one or more remote sites;
• a plurality of monitors at a local site, the plurality of monitors operable to display one or more of the plurality of video signals;
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• a processor coupled to the interface and operable to:
• determine an optimal monitor for displaying a first video signal associated with a first camera based on the location and alignment of the first camera in relation to one or more other cameras of the plurality of cameras;
• determine whether assigning the first video signal associated with the first camera to the determined optimal monitor for displaying the first video signal associated with the first camera will violate a balancing policy;
• and
• upon determining that assigning the first video signal associated with the first camera to the determined optimal monitor for displaying the first video signal associated with the first camera will not violate a balancing policy, assign the first video signal to the optimal monitor.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including code for assigning video signals, the code operable to:

• receive a plurality of video signals from a plurality of cameras located at one or more remote sites, the plurality of video signals for display on a plurality of monitors at a local site;
• determine an optimal monitor for displaying a first video signal associated with a first camera based on the location and alignment of the first camera in relation to one or more other cameras of the plurality of cameras;
• determine whether assigning the first video signal associated with the first camera to the determined optimal monitor for displaying the first video signal associated with the first camera will violate a balancing policy;
• and
• upon determining that assigning the first video signal associated with the first camera to the determined optimal monitor for displaying the first video signal associated with the first camera will not violate a balancing policy, assign the first video signal to the optimal monitor.

A system for displaying a videoconference comprising:

• means for receiving a plurality of video signals from a plurality of cameras located at one or more remote sites;
• means for displaying one or more of the plurality of video signals;
• means for determining an optimal monitor for displaying a first video signal associated with a first camera based on the location and alignment of the first camera in relation to one or more other cameras of the plurality of cameras;
• means for determining whether assigning the first video signal associated with the first camera to the determined optimal monitor for displaying the first video signal associated with the first camera will violate a balancing policy;
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• means for, upon determining that assigning the first video signal associated with the first camera to the determined optimal monitor for displaying the first video signal associated with the first camera will not violate a balancing policy, assigning the first video signal to the optimal monitor.