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Systems and methods for videoconferencing input and display management based on activity

  • US 9,491,374 B1
  • Filed: 12/11/2015
  • Issued: 11/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing a videoconference viewed by a first camera coupled to a first display, the method comprising:

  • for a face not detected by the first camera and a second camera coupled to a second display in a user environment, performing an action based on off-display analysis;

    for a face direction that is less head-on in the first camera than in the second camera, switching the videoconference to the second camera; and

    for the face direction not detectable in the first camera, and on-display user activity detected at the second display, based on a time duration that the on-display user activity will be accessed, as estimated by applying a rule based on a function of the on-display user activity accessed at the second display, being greater than a prescribed period, switching the videoconference to the second camera.

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