- Patent Title: Tracker activation and deactivation in a videoconferencing system
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Application No.: US17593957Application Date: 2020-06-10
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Publication No.: US11805225B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Hai Xu , Xi Lu , Yongkang Fan , Wenxue He , Hailin Song
- Applicant: PLANTRONICS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
- Current Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Agency: QUARLES & BRADY LLP
- International Application: PCT/CN2020/095293 2020.06.10
- International Announcement: WO2021/248348A 2021.12.16
- Date entered country: 2021-09-29
- Main IPC: H04N7/14
- IPC: H04N7/14 ; G06V40/20 ; G06V40/16 ; H04N7/15

Abstract:
A method of tracking a presenter during a videoconference, comprising: detecting, in a data stream, data indicating a presence of one or more persons at a videoconferencing endpoint, the data stream comprising a plurality of frames; detecting tracker initiation data (e.g., that a person is actively talking, or that a person has raised their hand, or both) in the data stream; determining a subject of interest responsive to the tracker initiation data, and tracking the subject of interest as they move while making a presentation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220329755A1 Tracker Activation and Deactivation in a Videoconferencing System Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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