Device, computer program product and method for providing touch control of a video conference
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1. A remote control device comprising:
- a touch screen display;
a processor communicatively connected to the touch screen display; and
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 and receive an endpoint ID from the at least one remote video conferencing endpoint;
generate at least one graphical object in response to receiving the endpoint ID;
display on the touch screen display a graphical user interface having the at least one graphical object as part of a videoconference scene used to control at least one setting on the camera;
receive touch data in response to an external input applied to a portion of the touch screen display on which the at least one graphical object is displayed and associate said touch data with a camera control instruction; and
send to the remote video conferencing endpoint the camera control instruction to remotely control the camera.
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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.
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24 Claims
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1. A remote control device comprising:
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a touch screen display; a processor communicatively connected to the touch screen display; and 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 and receive an endpoint ID from the at least one remote video conferencing endpoint; generate at least one graphical object in response to receiving the endpoint ID; display on the touch screen display a graphical user interface having the at least one graphical object as part of a videoconference scene used to control at least one setting on the camera; receive touch data in response to an external input applied to a portion of the touch screen display on which the at least one graphical object is displayed and associate said touch data with a camera control instruction; and send to the remote video conferencing endpoint the camera control instruction to remotely control the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for remotely controlling a camera at a remote video conference endpoint, said method comprising:
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establishing a communication link between a local video conference endpoint and said remote video conference endpoint; receiving an endpoint ID from the at least one remote video conferencing endpoint; generating at least one graphical object in response to receiving the endpoint ID; generating with a processor a graphical user interface on a touch screen display of the local video conference endpoint, said graphical user interface including the at least one graphical object as part of a videoconference scene used to control at least one setting on the camera; receiving touch data in response to an external input applied to a portion of the touch screen display on which the at least one graphical object is displayed and associating said touch data with a camera control instruction; and sending the camera control instruction to the remote video conferencing endpoint to remotely control the camera. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions that when executed by a processor remotely control a camera at a remote video conference endpoint, comprising:
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establishing a communication link between a local video conference endpoint and said remote video conference endpoint; receiving an endpoint ID from the at least one remote video conferencing endpoint; generating at least one graphical object in response to receiving the endpoint ID; generating with a processor a graphical user interface on a touch screen display of the local video conference endpoint, said graphical user interface including the at least one graphical object as part of a videoconference scene used to control at least one setting on the camera; receiving touch data in response to an external input applied to a portion of the touch screen display on which the at least one graphical object is displayed and associating said touch data with a camera control instruction; and sending the camera control instruction to the remote video conferencing endpoint to remotely control the camera. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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