Method and system for auto configuration in a video phone system
View Patent ↗A method and system for automatic camera configuration, upon establishment of a communication session is described. A number is entered into a video phone and a first segment of a communication session is established between the video phone and a service system. The service system retrieves and stores a current default pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) setting from the video phone camera. The service system transmits the video phone's corresponding camera PTZ preset settings and the video phone configures the camera according to the preset. Upon termination of the communication session, a video relay service (VRS) transmits the default PTZ setting to the video phone and the video phone reconfigures the camera according to the original camera setting.
1. A method for establishing a communication session, comprising:
entering in a video phone a called party number of a voice phone;
establishing a first segment of the communication session between the video phone and a video relay service (VRS) system using a network address of the VRS stored within the video phone;
retrieving a video phone pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) preset corresponding to the video phone; and
configuring the video phone according to the PTZ preset.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PTZ preset contains at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom configuration values.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a default pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) setting from the video phone, the default PTZ setting identifying a current setting of the video phone.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a default PTZ setting to the video phone prior to completion of the communication session.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the default PTZ setting contains at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom configuration values.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing a second segment of the communication session between the VRS and the voice phone.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing interpretive services at the VRS according to the video phone configured with the PTZ preset.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the PTZ preset further comprises adjusting PTZ settings of the video phone to frame a user of the video phone and storing a current state of the PTZ settings as the PTZ preset.
9. A communication system, comprising:
at least one video phone reconfigurable according to pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) settings;
a video relay service (VRS) system configured to store settings corresponding to a video phone PTZ preset, the VRS further configured to transmit the PTZ preset designating a specific setting of the video phone; and
at least one communication link for transceiving between the at least one video phone and the video relay service during a communication session.
10. The communication system of claim 9 , wherein the PTZ preset contains at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom configuration values.
11. The communication system of claim 9 , wherein the VRS system is further configured to store a default pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) setting.
12. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the default PTZ setting contains at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom configuration values.
13. The communication system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one video phone is further configured to reconfigure according to a default PTZ setting prior to completion of the communication session.
14. The communication system of claim 9 , wherein the VRS system is further configured to adjust the PTZ settings of the video phone to frame a user of the video phone and store a current state of the PTZ settings as the PTZ preset.
15. A video phone, comprising:
an interface configured to receive an entered called party number of a voice phone and to transmit an outgoing call to a video relay service (VRS);
an input device configured to receive a pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) preset from the VRS corresponding to a video phone in response to the entered called party number; and
a control process for configuring a camera of the video phone according to the PTZ preset.
16. The video phone of claim 15 , wherein the PTZ preset contains at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom configuration values.
17. The video phone of claim 15 , further comprising an output device for transmitting a default camera pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) setting to the VRS.
18. The video phone of claim 17 , wherein the default PTZ setting contains at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom configuration values.
19. The video phone of claim 15 , further configured to reconfigure according to a default PTZ setting prior to completion of the communication session.
20. The video phone of claim 15 , further configured to be responsive to adjustment of the PTZ settings of the video phone to frame a user of the video phone and transmit a current state of the PTZ settings as the PTZ preset.