AUTOMATED FIELD OF VIEW ADJUSTMENT BASED ON SCREEN SIZE

• US 20150002609A1
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Zilbershtein, Itai E., Ramati, Nadav, Navon, Oren, Levy, Yaniv
• Granted Patent: US 9,088,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.07
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/085 using a television receiver, e.g. viewdata system
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for automatic adjustment to a camera field of view based on parameters negotiated during a video conference initiation.

Claims

1. A method for automatically controlling a field of view of a video conference camera, said method comprising:

initiating a video conference with a first party and a second party;

negotiating a session between the first party and the second party; and

automatically adjusting a camera field of view of at least one of the first party or the second party.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of negotiating a session comprises providing at least one additional parameter to a protocol.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the protocol is Session Description Protocol.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one additional parameter comprises one of screen size parameter and screen resolution parameter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of negotiating a session comprises providing a plurality of additional parameters to a protocol.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the protocol is Session Description Protocol.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of additional parameters comprises a screen size parameter and a screen resolution parameter.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of automatically adjusting a camera field of view comprises looking up information received in the negotiating process to determine a preferred field of view.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information is looked up in a table.

10. A system for automatically controlling a field of view of a video conference camera, said system comprising:

a first video conference endpoint; and

a second video conference endpoint;

wherein the video conference parameters are negotiated between the first and second endpoints using a protocol and at least one of a camera field of view at said first and second endpoint is automatically adjusted in accordance with the parameters negotiated.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said conference parameters comprise at least one of a screen size parameter and a screen resolution parameter.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said automatic adjustment is made in reference to a display size table.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said conference parameters comprise both a screen size parameter and a screen resolution parameter.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said automatic adjustment is made in reference to a display size table.