Video telephony system and a method for use in the video telephony system for improving image quality
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1. A video telephony system comprising:
- a camera for capturing images of a user of the system; and
a processor configured to determine lighting conditions in an environment in which the system is located and to perform one or more tasks in accordance with the determined lighting conditions to improve the quality of the images.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for determining lighting conditions in a video telephony environment, and for causing one or more tasks to be performed that will lead to an improvement in image quality. These tasks include, for example, (1) informing the user of the lighting conditions, (2) suggestion to the user ways to improve the lighting conditions, and (3) automatically compensating for the lighting conditions.
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34 Claims
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1. A video telephony system comprising:
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a camera for capturing images of a user of the system; and
a processor configured to determine lighting conditions in an environment in which the system is located and to perform one or more tasks in accordance with the determined lighting conditions to improve the quality of the images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for improving quality of images in a video telephony system, the method comprising:
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determining lighting conditions in an environment in which the video telephony system is located; and
performing one or more tasks in accordance with the determined lighting conditions to improve a quality of images captured by a camera of the video telephony system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer program for improving a quality of images in a video telephony system, the computer program being embodied on a computer-readable medium, the program comprising instructions for execution by a computer, the program comprising:
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instructions for determining lighting conditions in an environment in which the video telephony system is located; and
instructions for causing one or more tasks to be performed in accordance with the determined lighting conditions to improve the quality of images captured by a camera of the video telephony system.
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