DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TOUCH CONTROL OF A VIDEO CONFERENCE

• US 20140146125A1
• Filed: 11/20/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kristiansen, Ivan Marius, Hammer, Vegard, Bjune, Geir
• Granted Patent: US 9,172,911 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.03
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/695 Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/152 Multipoint control units therefor

Abstract

A device, computer program product, and method control the operation of one or more cameras associated with a video conference endpoint in a video conference call. A camera control unit (remote control) includes a touch enabled end user component that presents to the user graphical objects representing video conference endpoints currently connected in a conference call, and/or one or more live video feeds currently captured by the video conference endpoint'"'"'s cameras, and allows the user to manipulate a camera'"'"'s pan, tilt and zoom using a touch screen display embedded in said camera control unit.

Claims

1. A remote control device comprising:

a touch screen display;

a processor communicatively connected to the touch screen display;

a non-transitory computer readable memory having instructions that when executed by said processor configure the processor to

establish a communication link with at least one remote video conferencing endpoint having a camera;

displaying on the touch screen display a graphical user interface having at least one graphical object used to control at least one setting on the camera;

receive touch data in response to an external input applied to the touch screen display and associate said touch data with a camera control instruction;

send to the remote video conferencing endpoint the camera control instruction to remotely control the camera.