Videoconferencing system having adjunct camera for auto-framing and tracking

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8842161
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13589380

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A videoconference apparatus and method coordinates a stationary view obtained with a stationary camera to an adjustable view obtained with an adjustable camera. The stationary camera can be a web camera, while the adjustable camera can be a pan-tilt-zoom camera. As the stationary camera obtains video, faces of participants are detected, and a boundary in the view is determined to contain the detected faces. Absence and presences of motion associated with the detected face is used to verify whether a face is reliable. To then capture and output video of the participants for the videoconference, the view of the adjustable camera is adjusted to a framed view based on the determined boundary. In the end, active video captured in the framed view with the adjustable camera can be sent to a far-end for the videoconference.

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  • POLYCOM, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chu, Peter L Lexington, US 64 1685
Feng, Jinwei Woburn, US 26 639
Liu, Yibo Reading, US 46 421
Wang, Xiangdong North Billerica, US 27 295

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