IP Library Granted Patent US 8,750,678
Granted Patent B2
US 8,750,678 · App. 14/103,542 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Conference recording method and conference system

Inventors: Kai Li (Shenzhen, CN); Pulin Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Xiaofei Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04N7/15H04N7/147
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Patent No.
US 8,750,678
App. No.
14/103,542
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a conference recording method and a conference system. The conference recording method includes: extracting, based on a configuration file, key information of each site at each time point of multiple time points in a conference timeline, where the conference timeline is associated with a conference time, and the configuration file is used to define the key information of the conference and a format of a conference abstract; combining the key information of each site into a key index point, where the key index point is used as an index point for interacting with or editing a conference abstract; and integrating multiple key index points corresponding to multiple time points to form the conference abstract.

Claims (40)

1. A conference recording method, comprising:

extracting, based on a configuration file, key information of each site at each time point of multiple time points in a conference timeline, wherein the conference timeline is associated with a conference time, and the configuration file is used to define the key information of the conference and a format of a conference abstract;

combining the key information of each site into a key index point, wherein the key index point is used as an index point for interacting with or editing the conference abstract; and

integrating multiple key index points corresponding to the multiple time points to form the conference abstract.

2. The method according to claim 1 , before the extracting, based on the configuration file, the key information of each site, further comprising: generating and storing the configuration file, so that the configuration file is acquired by one or more other sites.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration file comprises an audio/video detection and recognition module, a key information extraction module, or an event determination and analysis module.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the key information comprises one or more of the following: a face image, a voice, a body movement, a key frame, a speech draft, and a self-defined event.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the combining the key information of each site into the key index point comprises:

Combining the key information of each site into key index points corresponding to all information comprised in the key information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the format of the conference abstract is a text file, an audio file, a video file, a flash file, or a PPT file.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the conference abstract is presented in the form of a picture or an icon.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: interacting with or editing the conference abstract according to the key information in the conference abstract.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the interacting with the conference abstract according to the key information in the conference abstract comprises:

when the key information comprises a face image, obtaining information of a participant corresponding to the face image, and learning a conference speech of the participant or communicating with the participant;

when the key information comprises a speech draft, obtaining file information of the speech draft; and

when the key information comprises a voice or a body movement, obtaining information related to an object of the voice or the body movement.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the editing the conference abstract according to the key information in the conference abstract comprises at least one of the following (a), (b) and (c):

(a) adding, according to face information comprised in the key information, a body movement description, a background knowledge description, and a speech condition description for a character, or classifying participants;

(b) performing, according to a movement comprised in the key information, an editing operation based on an automatic study result of a body movement of a major speaker; and

(c) associating and arranging the key information, and then defining a switch motion for the key index points generated according to the key information.

11. A conference system, comprising:

an extraction unit, configured to extract, based on a configuration file, key information of each site at each time point of multiple time points in a conference timeline, wherein the conference timeline is associated with a conference time, and the configuration file is used to define the key information of the conference and a format of a conference abstract;

a combination unit, configured to combine the key information of each site into a key index point, wherein the key index point is used as an index point for interacting with or editing the conference abstract; and

an integration unit, configured to integrate multiple key index points corresponding to the multiple time points to form the conference abstract.

12. The conference system according to claim 11 , further comprising a generation and storage unit, configured to generate and store a configuration file before the key information of each site is extracted based on a configuration file, so that the configuration file is acquired by one or more other sites.

13. The conference system according to claim 11 , wherein the configuration file comprises an audio/video detection and recognition module, a key information extraction module, or an event determination and analysis module.

14. The conference system according to claim 11 , wherein the key information comprises one or multiple of the following: a face image, a voice, a body movement, a key frame, a speech draft, and a self-defined event.

15. The conference system according to claim 11 , wherein the combination unit is further configured to:

combine the key information of each site into key index points corresponding to all information comprised in the key information.

16. The conference system according to claim 11 , wherein the format of the conference abstract is a text file, an audio file, a video file, a flash file, or a PPT file.

17. The conference system according to claim 11 , further comprising a display unit, configured to present the conference abstract in the form of a picture or an icon.

18. The conference system according to claim 11 , further comprising: an interacting and editing unit, configured to interact with or edit the conference abstract according to the key information of the conference.

19. The conference system according to claim 18 , wherein the interacting and editing unit is configured to:

if the key information comprises a face image, obtain information of a participant corresponding to the face image, and learn a conference speech of the participant or communicate with the participant;

if the key information comprises a speech draft, obtain file information of the speech draft; and

if the key information comprises a voice or a body movement, obtain information related to an object of the voice or the body movement.

20. The conference system according to claim 18 , wherein the interacting and editing unit is configured to implement at least one of the following (a), (b) and (c):

(a) adding, according to a face information comprised in the key information of the conference, a body movement description, a background knowledge description, and a speech condition description for a character, or classify participants;

(b) performing, according to a movement comprised in the key information of the conference, an editing operation based on an automatic study result of a body movement of a major speaker; and

(c) associating and arranging the key information of the conference, and then define a switch motion for the key index points generated according to the key information of the conference.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2013
From: LI, KAI; WANG, PULIN; WANG, XIAOFEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031768/0937 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0012814 · Jan 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
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