IP Library Granted Patent US 9,124,766
Granted Patent B2
US 9,124,766 · App. 14/487,466 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Video conference apparatus, method, and storage medium

Inventor: Mizuho Yasoshima (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N7/15H04L65/403H04L67/1074
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Patent No.
US 9,124,766
App. No.
14/487,466
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aspect of the present disclosure provides for connection to a video conference apparatus at a remote site. A method includes initiating transmission of an image of shared content to the video conference apparatus at the remote site, the image of the shared content representing data shared with the video conference apparatus; determining, when the transmission of the image is initiated, a first region and a second region in an output image; monitoring the shared content which is being transmitted; determining whether an instruction for full-screen display is issued regarding the monitored shared content; and causing the full-screen display of the image of the shared content to fit in the first region when the instruction for full-screen display is issued.

Claims (50)

1. A first video conference apparatus, comprising:

a communication unit configured to connect to a second video conference apparatus at another site; and

a processor configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:

transmit an image of a first application to the second video conference apparatus through the communication unit, the first application being executed in the first video conference apparatus;

determine whether an image of a second application is displayed, by the first video conference apparatus, in full-screen in response to an instruction for full-screen issued to the first application, the second application being different from the first application; and

display the image of the second application at a region including a first region and display a captured image at a second region after determining that the image of the second application is displayed, the first region being configured to display the image of the first application, the second region configured to display the captured image, the first region including at least a portion different from the second region, the captured image being received from the second video conference apparatus.

2. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:

monitor the first application.

3. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:

change a target to be monitored from the first application to the second application after determining that the image of the second application is displayed in full-screen.

4. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:

determine whether the second application is cancelled; and

change a target to be monitored from the second application to the first application after determining that the second application is cancelled.

5. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image of the second application is displayed to fit in the first region.

6. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:

determine the first region and the second region when the image of the first application has been transmitted.

7. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second application is activated from the first application.

8. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:

transmit an image of the second application to the second video conference apparatus after determining that the image of the second application is displayed in full-screen.

9. The first video conference apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the first video conference apparatus to:

determine whether the second application is cancelled; and

transmit the image of the first application instead of the image of the second application after determining that the second application is cancelled.

10. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a first video conference apparatus to:

transmit an image of a first application to a second video conference apparatus, the first application being executed in the first video conference apparatus;

determine whether an image of a second application is displayed, by the first video conference apparatus, in full-screen in response to an instruction for full-screen issued to the first application, the second application being different from the first application; and

transmit an image of the second application to the second video conference apparatus after determining that the image of the second application is displayed in full-screen.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the first video conference apparatus to:

monitor the first application.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the first video conference apparatus to:

change a target to be monitored from the first application to the second application after determining that the image of the second application is displayed in full-screen.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the first video conference apparatus to:

determine whether the second application is cancelled; and

change a target to be monitored from the second application to the first application after determining that the second application is cancelled.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the first video conference apparatus to:

display the image of the second application at a region including a first region and display a captured image at a second region after determining that the image of the second application is displayed, the first region being configured to display the image of the first application, the second region configured to display the captured image, the first region including at least a portion different from the second region, the captured image being received from the second video conference apparatus.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the image of the second application is displayed to fit in the first region.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the first video conference apparatus to:

determine the first region and the second region when the image of the first application has been transmitted.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the second application is activated from the first application.

18. The video conference apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the first video conference apparatus to:

determine whether the second application is cancelled; and

transmit the image of the first application instead of the image of the second application after determining that the second application is cancelled.

19. A method comprising:

transmitting, from a first video conference apparatus, an image of a first application to a second video conference apparatus, the first application being executed in the first video conference apparatus;

determining whether an image of a second application is displayed, by the first video conference apparatus, in full-screen in response to an instruction for full-screen issued to the first application, the second application being different from the first application;

transmit an image of the second application to the second video conference apparatus after determining that the image of the second application is displayed; and

display the image of the second application to fit in a first region and display a captured image at a second region after determining that the image of the second application is displayed, the first region being configured to display the image of the first application, the second region configured to display the captured image, the first region including at least a portion different from the second region, the captured image being received from the second video conference apparatus.

20. The first video conference apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first application is a word processing application or a presentation application, and the second application is a word processing application or a presentation application.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the first application is a word processing application or a presentation application, and the second application is a word processing application or a presentation application.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2014
From: YASOSHIMA, MIZUHO
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033749/0336 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-100069 · Apr 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13433843 · Mar 29, 2012
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