Method and system for preparing video communication image for wide screen display
First Claim
1. A method of preparing an image for an endpoint of a video conference, the endpoint capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3 and being associated with a wide screen display, the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and capable of being set to a zoom mode or a wide mode, the method comprising;
a) creating an original image with an aspect ratio of about 16;
9;
b) changing the aspect ratio of the original image from about 16;
9 to about 4;
3 by increasing an original height of the original image by adding one or more segments to the original height, the one or more segments having a combined height of about one third of the original height of the original image;
or by distorting the original height by a factor of about 4/3; and
c) transmitting the altered image to the endpoint,wherein the wide screen display set to the zoom mode or wide mode is capable of substantially displaying the original image with the aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and without the altered height.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for preparing video conference images. An endpoint has a wide screen display. The disclosed system creates an image with an aspect ratio of about 16:9 for the endpoint. The image is altered or modified to change the aspect ratio to about 4:3. In one example, two portions can be added to the image to increase the overall height of the image. The wide screen display is set to a zoom mode and is capable of substantially displaying the image without the added portions. Alternatively, the image is stretched along its height by a factor of 4/3. The wide screen display is set to the wide mode and is capable of substantially displaying the image without the stretched height. The disclosed system and method can receive signals that the endpoint has a wide screen display and can also inform a user at the endpoint to set the wide screen display to the wide or zoom modes.
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51 Claims
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1. A method of preparing an image for an endpoint of a video conference, the endpoint capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3 and being associated with a wide screen display, the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and capable of being set to a zoom mode or a wide mode, the method comprising;a) creating an original image with an aspect ratio of about 16;
9;b) changing the aspect ratio of the original image from about 16;
9 to about 4;
3 by increasing an original height of the original image by adding one or more segments to the original height, the one or more segments having a combined height of about one third of the original height of the original image;
or by distorting the original height by a factor of about 4/3; andc) transmitting the altered image to the endpoint, wherein the wide screen display set to the zoom mode or wide mode is capable of substantially displaying the original image with the aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and without the altered height.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- 3 and being associated with a wide screen display, the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
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7. A method of preparing image data from a plurality of endpoints, at least one endpoint capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3 and being associated with a display having an aspect ratio other than 4;
3, the method comprising the steps of;a) creating a composite image for the at least one endpoint associated with the display, the composite image including image data from the plurality of endpoints and having an aspect ratio substantially equal to that of the display; b) changing the aspect ratio of the composite image to about 4;
3 by increasing an original height of the composite image by adding one or more segments to an original height of the composite image or by scaling the composite image asymmetrically by increasing an original height of the composite image; andc) transferring the changed composite image to the at least one endpoint associated with the display, wherein the display is capable of displaying the composite image with the aspect ratio other than 4;
3 and without the composite image being substantially cropped or stretched on the display.- View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- 3 and being associated with a display having an aspect ratio other than 4;
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16. A method of using a control unit to prepare image data from a plurality of endpoints, at least one endpoint capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3 and being associated with a display having an aspect ratio other than 4;
3, the method comprising the steps of;a) informing the control unit that the at least one endpoint is associated with a display having an aspect ratio other than 4;
3;b) creating an image with the control unit for the at least one endpoint associated with the display, the image having an aspect ratio substantially equal to that of the display; c) changing the aspect ratio of the image to about 4;
3 by increasing an original height of the image by adding one or more segments to an original height of the image; andd) transferring the changed image from the control unit to the at least one endpoint associated with the display. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- 3 and being associated with a display having an aspect ratio other than 4;
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29. A system of processing image data from a plurality of endpoints, at least one end point associated with a wide screen display and capable of processing images with an aspect ratio of 4:
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the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and capable of being set to a zoom mode or a wide mode, the system comprising;a control unit configured to receive image data from the plurality of endpoints, create an original image with an aspect ratio of about 16;
9 for the at least one end point,alter an original height of the original image to change the aspect ratio from about 16;
9 to about 4;
3, andtransfer the altered image to the at least one end point; and one or more of a builder capable of adding one or more segments to an original height of the original image to change the aspect ratio from about 16;
9 to about 4;
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or a scaler capable of increasing an original height of the original image by a factor of about 4/3 to change the aspect ratio from about 16;
9 to about 4;
3;wherein the wide screen display set to the wide mode or the zoom mode is capable of substantially displaying the original image with the aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and without the altered height.- View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A control unit for processing image data from a plurality of endpoints, at least one endpoint associated wit a wide screen display and capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3, the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and capable of being set to a zoom mode or a wide mode, the unit comprising;an input module receiving image data from the endpoints; an output module in communication with the input module, the output module creating an original image from the image data, the original image having an aspect ratio of about 16;
9, the output module comprising a builder capable of altering an original height of the original image to change the aspect ratio from about 16;
9 to about 4;
3 by adding one or more segments to an original height of the original image, the one or more segments having a combined height of about one third of the original height of the original image, the output module in communication with the at least one end point and transferring the altered image to the at least one end point;wherein the wide screen display set to the wide mode or the zoom mode is capable of substantially displaying the original image with the aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and without the altered height.- View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
- 3, the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
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36. A system of processing image data from a plurality of endpoints, at least one end point capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3 and associated with a display having an aspect ratio of other than 4;
3, the system comprising;a control unit configured to receive image data from the plurality of endpoints and information about the display associated with the at least one endpoint, create a composite image from the image data, the composite image having the aspect ratio other than 4;
3 for the at least one end point,alter an original height of the composite image to change the aspect ratio to about 4;
3 by adding one or more segments to an original height of the original image, the one or more segments having a combined height of about one third of the original height of the original image, andtransfer the altered composite image from the control unit to the at least one endpoint associated with the at least one display, wherein the display is capable of substantially displaying the composite image with the aspect ratio other than 4;
3 and without the composite image being substantially cropped or stretched on the display.- View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- 3 and associated with a display having an aspect ratio of other than 4;
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42. A control unit for processing image data from a plurality of endpoints, at least one endpoint capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3 and associated with a display and capable of handling an aspect ration other than 4;
3, the display having the aspect ratio of other than 4;
3, the system comprising;an input module receiving the image data from the plurality of endpoints; an output module in communication with the input module, the output module creating a composite image of the image data from the plurality of endpoints, the composite image having the aspect ratio other than 4;
3, the output module altering an original height of the composite image to change the aspect ratio to about 4;
3, the output module in communication with the at least one endpoint and transferring the altered composite image to the at least one end point;wherein the output module comprises, either; a builder capable of adding one or more portions to an original height of the composite image to change the aspect ratio to about 4;
3, the one or more segments having a combined height of about one third of the original height of the composite image;
ora scaler capable of increasing an original height of the composite image by a factor of about 4/3 to change the aspect ratio to about 4;
3; andwherein the display is capable of displaying the composite image with the aspect ratio other than 4;
3 and without the composite image being substantially cropped or stretched on the display.- View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
- 3 and associated with a display and capable of handling an aspect ration other than 4;
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51. A control unit for processing image data from a plurality of endpoints, at least one endpoint associated with a wide screen display and capable of handling an aspect ratio of about 4:
- 3, the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and capable of being set to a zoom mode or a wide mode, the unit comprising;an input module receiving image data from the endpoints; an output module in communication wit the input module, the output module creating an original image from the image data, the original image having an aspect ratio of about 16;
9, the output module comprising a scaler for increasing an original height of the image by a factor of about 4/3 to change the aspect ratio from about 16;
9 to about 4;
3, the output module in communication with the at least one end point and transferring the altered image to the at least one end point;wherein the wide screen display set to the wide mode or the zoom mode is capable of substantially displaying the original image with the aspect ratio of about 16;
9 and without the altered height.
- 3, the wide screen display having an aspect ratio of about 16;
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