System and method for managing a presentation
The system and method capture an image of a presenter of a presentation. The image of the presenter may be a still image or a video stream. In one embodiment, the image of the presenter has the background removed. An image of the presentation is captured. The image of the presentation may be a still image or a video stream. A transition, such as a gesture or movement of the presenter is detected. In response to the detection of the transition, an image of the presenter is superimposed on the image of the presentation to create a combined image. Alternatively, in response to the transition, the image of the presenter is removed from the presentation. The combined image or the image of the presentation with the image of the presenter removed is then sent to participants viewing the presentation.
1. A method for managing a presentation comprising:
capturing an image of a presenter of the presentation;
capturing an image of the presentation;
detecting a transition related to the presentation; and
in response to detecting the transition related to the presentation, determining an empty space within the image of the presentation;
superimposing the image of the presenter onto the empty space within the image of the presentation into a combined image.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the superimposed image of the presenter is a video stream with a background removed and the combined image is a video stream.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein superimposing the image of the presenter further comprises increasing or decreasing a size of the superimposed image of the presenter based on the presenter walking toward an audience or walking away from the audience.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the superimposed image of the presenter comprises at least one of:
a full image of the presenter;
a full video image of the presenter;
a facial image of the presenter;
a facial video image of the presenter;
an image of the hands of the presenter;
a video image of the hands of the presenter;
a partial video image of the presenter; and
a partial image of the presenter.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a size of the superimposed image of the presenter is determined based on a size of the empty space within the image of the presentation.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image of the presentation changes and further comprising:
determining a new empty space within the changed image of the presentation;
determining a new size of the superimposed image of the presenter based on a size of the new empty space within the changed image of the presentation; and
superimposing the image of the presenter in an area associated with the new empty space within the changed presentation.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presenter comprises a plurality of presenters and wherein superimposing the image of the presenter comprises superimposing images of the plurality of presenters into the combined presentation.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presenter comprises a plurality of presenters and wherein superimposing the image of the presenter comprises superimposing an image of one of the plurality of presenters based on one of the plurality of presenters speaking.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transition is at least one of the following:
where the presenter walks toward an audience;
where the presenter walks away from the audience;
where the presenter walks away from a display of the presentation;
where the presenter walks toward the display of the presentation;
where the presenter points to the presentation;
where the presenter points to a specific area of the presentation;
where the presenter makes a gesture;
where the presenter walks off a stage;
where the presenter walks on the stage;
an action of a second presenter; and
an action by a person in the audience.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: in response to detecting a second transition related to the presentation, removing the superimposed image of the presenter from the image of the presentation and wherein the transition is a gesture of the presenter that has been defined in a configuration file.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:
decreasing the resolution of the image of the presentation when the presenter walks toward an audience;
increasing the resolution of the image of the presentation when the presenter walks away from the audience;
increasing the resolution of the image of the presentation when the presenter points to the presentation; and
increasing the resolution of the image of the presentation when the presenter walks toward the presentation.
12. A system for managing a presentation comprising:
a presentation module configured to capture an image of a presenter of the presentation;
a presenter module configured to capture an image of the presentation;
a transition detector configured to detect a transition related to the presentation; and
an image manager configured to determine an empty space within the image of the presentation and superimpose the image of the presenter onto the empty space within the image of the presentation into a combined image in response to detecting the transition related to the presentation.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein superimposing the image of the presenter further comprises increasing or decreasing a size of the superimposed image of the presenter based on the presenter walking toward an audience or walking away from the audience.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the superimposed image of the presenter comprises at least one of:
a full image of the presenter;
a full video image of the presenter;
a facial image of the presenter;
a facial video image of the presenter;
an image of the hands of the presenter;
a video image of the hands of the presenter;
a partial video image of the presenter; and
a partial image of the presenter.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the transition detector is configured to detect that the image of the presentation has changed and the image manager is further configured to determine a new empty space within the changed image of the presentation, determine a new size of the superimposed image of the presenter based on a size of the new empty space within the changed image of the presentation, and superimpose the image of the presenter in an area associated with the new empty space within the changed presentation.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the transition is at least one of the following:
where the presenter walks toward an audience;
where the presenter walks away from the audience;
where the presenter walks away from a display of the presentation;
where the presenter walks toward the display of the presentation;
where the presenter points to the presentation;
where the presenter points to a specific area of the presentation;
where the presenter makes a gesture;
where the presenter walks off a stage;
where the presenter walks on the stage;
an action of a second presenter; and
an action by a person in the audience.
17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the image manager is further configured to: in response to detecting a second transition related to the presentation, remove the superimposed image of the presenter from the image of the presentation and wherein the transition is a gesture of the presenter that has been defined in a configuration file.
18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:
instructions to capture an image of a presenter of the presentation;
instructions to capture an image of the presentation;
instructions to detect a transition related to the presentation; and
in response to detecting the transition related to the presentation, instructions to determine an empty space within the image of the presentation; and
instructions to superimpose the image of the presenter onto the empty space within the image of the presentation into a combined image.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein superimposing the image of the presenter further comprises increasing or decreasing a size of the superimposed image of the presenter based on the presenter walking toward an audience or walking away from the audience.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein a size of the superimposed image of the presenter is determined based on a size of the empty space within the image of the presentation.