System and method for using biometrics technology in conferencing
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1. A video conferencing system comprising:
- at least one video sensor that captures live video images of local video conference participants;
an image processing engine connected to receive video images from the at least one video sensor and produce processed images, the image processing engine including an image processor and a biometrics engine; and
a communication interface connected to receive the processed images and coupled to a communication network to enable transmission of the processed images over the communication network; and
wherein the biometrics engine detects and recognizes faces of one or more local video conference participants and causes the video conferencing system to set one or more video conference preferences automatically based on the one or more recognized local participants.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided which utilize biometrics technology in a conference environment. A biometrics engine detects facial images of a user, generates biometrics of the detected facial images, and compares the generated biometrics with biometrics information of authorized users. If a match is found, then the user is authorized and is automatically logged into the conference network. Once logged in, conferences may be automatically established, the user may be tracked by at least one video sensor, user preferences may be automatically set, and/or conference content may be easily accessed and shared with remote conference participants.
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1. A video conferencing system comprising:
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at least one video sensor that captures live video images of local video conference participants; an image processing engine connected to receive video images from the at least one video sensor and produce processed images, the image processing engine including an image processor and a biometrics engine; and a communication interface connected to receive the processed images and coupled to a communication network to enable transmission of the processed images over the communication network; and wherein the biometrics engine detects and recognizes faces of one or more local video conference participants and causes the video conferencing system to set one or more video conference preferences automatically based on the one or more recognized local participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A video conferencing system comprising:
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at least one video sensor that captures live video images of local video conference participants; an image processing engine connected to receive video images from the at least one video sensor and produce processed images, the image processing engine including an image processor and a biometrics engine; a communication interface connected to receive the processed images and coupled to a communication network to enable transmission of the processed images over the communication network; and wherein the biometrics engine detects and recognizes faces of one or more remote video conference participants in video images received from a remote video conference system via the communication network through the communication interface and sets video conference preferences automatically based on the recognized one or more remote video conference participants. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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