Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple video camera processing for teleconferencing
- Patent Title (中): 用于电话会议的多种摄像机处理
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Application No.: US12275119Application Date: 2008-11-20
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Publication No.: US08358328B2Publication Date: 2013-01-22
- Inventor: Joseph T. Friel , J. William Mauchly
- Applicant: Joseph T. Friel , J. William Mauchly
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Inventek
- Agent Dov Rosenfeld
- Main IPC: H04N7/15
- IPC: H04N7/15

Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a storage medium with executable code to execute a method including accepting camera views of at least some participants of a teleconference, each view from a corresponding video camera, with the camera views together including at least one view of each participant. The method includes accepting audio from a plurality of microphones, and processing the audio from the plurality of microphones to generate audio data and direction information indicative of the direction of sound received at the microphones. The method further includes generating one or more candidate people views, with each people view being of an area enclosing a head and shoulders view of at least one participant. The method also includes making a selection, according to the direction information, of which at least one of the candidate people views are to be transmitted to one or more remote endpoints.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100123770A1 MULTIPLE VIDEO CAMERA PROCESSING FOR TELECONFERENCING Public/Granted day:2010-05-20
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