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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING HAVING DYNAMIC LAYOUT BASED ON KEYWORD DETECTION

  • US 20070285505A1
  • Filed: 05/29/2007
  • Published: 12/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of conferencing comprising:

  • connecting at least two sites to a conference;

    receiving at least two video signals and two audio signals from the connected sites;

    consecutively analyzing the audio data from the at least two sites connected in the conference by converting at least a part of the audio data to acoustical features and extracting keywords and speech parameters from the acoustical features using speech recognition;

    comparing said extracted keywords to predefined words, and deciding if said extracted keywords are to be considered a call for attention based on said speech parameters;

    defining an image layout based on said decision;

    processing the received video signals to provide a video signal according to the defined image layout; and

    transmitting the processed video signal to at least one of the at least two connected sites.

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