Multi-user camera switch icon during video call
A computer-implemented method shares data feeds among devices. The method includes identifying a plurality of devices including a first device, where each device of the plurality of devices is within a vicinity of the first device. The method also includes forming an ad hoc network that includes each device of the plurality of devices. The method further includes determining a plurality of available data feeds, where each data feed is associated with one device of the plurality of devices. The method includes building a switch icon, where the switch icon includes a view of each available data feed, and the switch icon is configured to allow access to any feed of the plurality of feed and display a selected feed from the switch icon. The method includes sending the switch icon to each device in the ad hoc network.
1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying, by a first device, a plurality of devices including the first device, wherein each device of the plurality of devices is within a communicable vicinity of the first device;
forming an ad hoc network that includes each device of the plurality of devices;
determining, by the first device, a plurality of available data feeds, wherein each available data feed is associated with a respective device of the plurality of devices, including a first data feed by the first device;
generating, by the first device and in response to forming the network and identifying the plurality of devices, a switch icon, wherein the switch icon includes an expanded view, wherein the expanded view is configured to display a location of each device in the ad-hoc network relative to each other device associated with each available feed including all available data feeds of the plurality of available data feeds, and the switch icon is configured to allow access to any feed of the plurality of feeds and display a selected feed from the switch icon;
identifying a common subject of the plurality of available data feeds;
updating, by the first device, the switch icon to indicate a relative location of each of the data feeds with respect to the identified common subject; and
sending, by the first device and through the ad hoc network, the switch icon to each device in the ad hoc network.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting from the switch icon, on the first device of the plurality of devices, a second data feed associated with a second device of the plurality of devices; and
displaying the second data feed on the first device.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
displaying the switch icon on each device of the plurality of devices; and
displaying, in response to selecting a third data feed on the second device, the third data feed on the second device.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the ad hoc network is a mesh network.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each device of the plurality of devices in the ad-hoc network provides at least one of the plurality of available data feeds.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein each device of the plurality of devices includes an additional data feed from a heat sensor on an outside of each device.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a new device in the communicable vicinity of the first device;
adding the new device to the ad hoc network; and
updating, based on a new data feed, the switch icon.
8 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first device is a primary device, the primary device is configured to select a data feed from the switch icon to be displayed on each device; and
the method further comprising:
updating the switch icon to indicate the first device is the primary device.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the designation of the first device as the primary device is based on a highest observed temperature from a heat sensor, wherein the heat sensor is a thermometer on the outside of the device.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the expanded view includes a direction indicator for each data feed indicating a feed direction from which each available data feed is obtained.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the common subject is an object.
12 . A system comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor and storing program instructions which, when executed by the processor, are configured to cause the processor to:
identify, by a first device, a plurality of devices including the first device, wherein each device of the plurality of devices is within a communicable vicinity of the first device;
form an ad hoc network that includes each device of the plurality of devices;
determine, by a first device, a plurality of available data feeds, wherein each available data feed is associated with a respective device of the plurality of devices;
generate, by the first device and in response to forming the network and identifying the plurality of devices, a switch icon, wherein the switch icon includes an expanded view, wherein the expanded view is configured to display a location of each device in the ad-hoc network relative to each other device associated with each available feed including all available data feeds of the plurality of available data feeds, and the switch icon is configured to allow access to any feed of the plurality of feed and display a selected feed from the switch icon;
identify a common subject of the plurality of available data feeds;
update, by a first device, the switch icon to indicate a relative location of each of the data feeds with respect to the identified common subject; and
send, by the first device and through the ad hoc network, the switch icon to each device in the ad hoc network.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
select from the switch icon, on the first device of the plurality of devices, a second data feed associated with a second device of the plurality of devices; and
display the second data feed on the first device.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
display the switch icon on each device of the plurality of devices; and
display, in response to selecting a third data feed on the second device, the third data feed on the second device.
15 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the ad hoc network is a mesh network.
16 . The system of claim 12 , wherein each device of the plurality of devices in the ad-hoc network provides at least one of the plurality of available data feeds which includes a video data feed generated from a camera and a microphone.
17 . A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing unit to cause the processing unit to:
identify a plurality of devices including a first device, wherein each device of the plurality of devices is within a communicable vicinity of the first device;
form an ad hoc network that includes each device of the plurality of devices;
determine a plurality of available data feeds, wherein each available data feed is associated with a respective device of the plurality of devices and each device of the plurality of devices includes an additional data feed from a thermometer to measure the temperature around each device;
generate a switch icon, wherein the switch icon includes an expanded view, wherein the expanded view is configured to display a location of each device in the ad-hoc network relative to each other device associated with each available feed, and the switch icon is configured to allow, for each device, access to any feed of the plurality of feeds to all devices in the ad hoc network;
identify a common subject of the plurality of available data feeds;
update the switch icon to indicate a relative location of each of the data feeds with respect to the identified common subject;
send the switch icon to each device in the ad hoc network; and
designate the first device as a primary device, wherein the primary device is configured to select a data feed from the switch icon to be displayed on each device, wherein the designation of the first device as the primary device is based on a highest observed temperature from a heat sensor, on the outside of the first device; and
update the switch icon to indicate the first device is the primary device.
18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the processing unit to:
select from the switch icon, on the first device of the plurality of devices, a second data feed associated with a second device of the plurality of devices; and
display the second data feed on the first device.
19 . The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the processing unit to:
display the switch icon on each device of the plurality of devices; and
display, in response to selecting a third data feed on the second device, the third data feed on the second device.
20 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein each device of the plurality of devices includes a video data feed generated from a camera and a microphone.