Video conference system, band control method, conference control device, video conference terminal device and recording medium recording program
First Claim
1. A conference control device comprising:
- a communication processing unit which is configured to perform transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the conference control device and a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network;
an information collecting unit which is configured to collect information on connection paths between the conference control device and the respective video conference terminal devices;
a grouping unit which is configured to sort the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on information on the connection paths collected by the information collecting unit;
a band monitoring unit which is configured to monitor a use band of the communication processing unit in accordance with every group; and
a bandwidth control unit which is configured to, when the presence of the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is detected by the band monitoring unit, control the bandwidth of the video conference terminal devices which belong to the group.
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Abstract
A conference control device includes: a communication processing unit which performs transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the conference control device and a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network; an information collecting unit which collects information on connection paths between the conference control device and the respective video conference terminal devices; a grouping unit which sorts the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on information on the connection paths collected by the information collecting unit; a band monitoring unit which monitors a use band of the communication processing unit in accordance with every group; and a bandwidth control unit which is, when the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is detected by the band monitoring unit, controls the bandwidth of the video conference terminal devices belonging to the group.
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14 Claims
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1. A conference control device comprising:
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a communication processing unit which is configured to perform transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the conference control device and a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network; an information collecting unit which is configured to collect information on connection paths between the conference control device and the respective video conference terminal devices; a grouping unit which is configured to sort the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on information on the connection paths collected by the information collecting unit; a band monitoring unit which is configured to monitor a use band of the communication processing unit in accordance with every group; and a bandwidth control unit which is configured to, when the presence of the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is detected by the band monitoring unit, control the bandwidth of the video conference terminal devices which belong to the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A recording medium for recording a computer readable program, the program allowing the computer to execute the steps of:
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performing transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the computer and a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network using a communication processing part; collecting information on connection paths between the computer and the respective video conference terminal devices; sorting the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on collected information on the connection paths; monitoring a use band of the communication processing part in accordance with every group; and controlling, when the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is present, the bandwidth of the respective video conference terminal devices which belong to the group.
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12. A band control method in a conference control device comprising the steps of:
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performing transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between a conference control device and a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network using a communication processing unit; collecting information on connection paths between the conference control device and the respective video conference terminal devices; sorting the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on collected information on the connection paths; monitoring a use band of the communication processing unit in accordance with every group; and controlling, when the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is present, the bandwidth of the respective video conference terminal devices which belong to the group.
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13. A video conference system comprising:
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a plurality of video conference terminal devices; and a conference control device which is connected to the video conference terminal devices through a network and is configured to control communication between the conference control device and the video conference terminal devices, wherein the conference control device comprises; a communication processing unit which is configured to perform transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the conference control device and the video conference terminal devices through a network; an information collecting unit which is configured to collect information on connection paths between the conference control device and the respective video conference terminal devices; a grouping unit which is configured to sort the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on information on the connection paths collected by the information collecting unit; a band monitoring unit which is configured to monitor a use band of the communication processing unit in accordance with every group; and a bandwidth control unit which is configured to, when the presence of the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is detected by the band monitoring unit, control the bandwidth of the video conference terminal devices which belong to the group.
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14. A video conference terminal device in a video conference system which is connected to a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network and performs conference communication between the video conference terminal devices, the video conference terminal device comprising:
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a communication processing unit which is configured to perform transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the video conference terminal device which constitutes an own device and a video conference terminal device which constitutes a communication partner through the network; an information collecting unit which collects information on connection paths between the own device and the video conference terminal device which constitutes the communication partner; a grouping unit which is configured to sort the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on information on the connection paths collected by the information collecting unit; a band monitoring unit which is configured to monitor a use band of the group which includes the own device out of the groups formed by grouping; and a bandwidth control unit which is configured to, when the presence of the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is detected by the band monitoring unit, control a bandwidth of the communication processing unit or a bandwidth of the video conference terminal devices which belong to the group to which the own device belongs.
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Specification