Adjusting an image for video conference display
View Patent ↗A video conferencing system contains one or more display adjusting components, whereby an object to be displayed can be adjusted to appropriately fit various sized display screens. A display adjusting component is contained within the sending client, which adjusts the image of the object to be appropriately displayed to one or more receiving clients. The receiving clients also contain a display adjusting component, which can further adjust the image of the object to be displayed, as necessary. The multimedia conferencing server of the video conferencing system also contains a display adjusting component, which negotiates parameters of the sending and receiving clients. Any of the display adjusting components can function alone, or in any combination together. A method, and computer readable media which contain computer readable instructions to perform a method, of adjusting an image for video conference display are also described.
1. A method of adjusting an image for video conference display, comprising:
receiving dimensions of one or more video conference rooms;
receiving dimensions of one or more display screens of the one or more video conference rooms, respectively;
determining an object to be displayed to the one or more display screens; and
adjusting a display size of the object to appropriately fit each of the one or more display screens via one or more display adjusting components, wherein adjusting the display size includes dynamically, inversely adjusting a display size of other elements in the video conference room that are not the object.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more display screens comprise a plurality of display screen sizes.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object comprises a portrait image of a person.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining comprises recognizing a person that is presently speaking.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said adjusting comprises displaying a proportionately smaller dimension of the object to fit a large display screen.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said adjusting comprises displaying a proportionately larger amount of background video content.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said adjusting comprises displaying a proportionately larger dimension of the object to fit a small display screen.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object comprises an inanimate object.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the display size of the object via a sending client.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the adjusting further comprises adjusting the display size of the object via a receiving client.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the display size of the object via a server.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the adjusting comprises server adjustments to overcome limitations of a camera of a sending client.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video conference display comprises an on-site video stream feed.
14. A video conference system, comprising:
a local meeting console comprising: a video conference display, a sending client, and a local display adjusting component;
one or more remote meeting consoles comprising: one or more video conference displays, one or more receiving clients, and one or more remote display adjusting components, each associated with the one or more remote meeting consoles, respectively;
one or more cameras to capture an image of an object in a video conference room for display onto the one or more video conference displays;
one or more microphones to capture audio exchanges of the local meeting console and the one or more remote meeting consoles;
a multimedia conferencing server comprising a server display adjusting component, wherein at least one of the local display adjusting component, the one or more remote display adjusting components, and the server display adjusting component adjusts a display size of the object being displayed to appropriately fit each of the video conference displays, wherein adjusting the display size includes dynamically, inversely adjusting a display size of other elements in the video conference room that are not the object; and
an interconnected computing network between the local meeting console, the one or more remote meeting consoles, and the multimedia conferencing server.
15. The video conference system of claim 14 , wherein the object comprises a person that is presently speaking.
16. The video conference system of claim 14 , wherein the object comprises an inanimate object.
17. The video conference system of claim 14 , wherein the object comprises an on-site video stream feed.
18. The video conference system of claim 14 , wherein the object comprises an electronic display of textual information or graphics.
19. One or more computer-readable storage media containing computer readable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method of adjusting an image for video conference display, the method comprising:
receiving dimensions of one or more video conference rooms;
receiving dimensions of one or more display screens of the one or more video conference rooms, respectively;
determining an object to be displayed to the one or more display screens; and
adjusting a display size of the object to appropriately fit each of the one or more display screens via at least one of a display adjusting component of a sending client, a display adjusting component of a receiving client, and a display adjusting component of a video conferencing server, wherein adjusting the display size includes dynamically, inversely adjusting a display size of other elements in the one or more video conference rooms that are not the object.