IP Library Granted Patent US 12,231,801
Granted Patent B2
US 12,231,801 · App. 17/710,645 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Meeting video feed fusion

Inventors: Mengnan Wang (Chapel Hill, NC); John W Nicholson (Rougemont, NC); Daryl C Cromer (Raleigh, NC); Howard Locker (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04N5/265H04L65/403H04N5/2628H04N23/698
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Patent No.
US 12,231,801
App. No.
17/710,645
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: receiving, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants; identifying, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of devices each having at least one image capture device and within the location of the host; capturing, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices; creating, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds; and transmitting, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other than the location of the host.

Claims (39)

1. A method, the method comprising:

receiving, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants;

identifying, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of devices each having at least one image capture device and within the location of the host;

capturing, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices;

creating, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds, wherein the creating comprises ignoring attributes of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the fused video feed based upon image areas of the plurality of video feeds, wherein identifying images areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together comprises identifying at least one attribute of a device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of video feeds based upon information captured in real-time from the device; and

transmitting, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other than the location of the host.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of devices comprises at least one user device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a position of one or more of the plurality of devices is dynamic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a position of the one or more of the plurality of devices within the location of the host is not known.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the creating comprises identifying image areas of overlap between two or more of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the video feeds together based upon the image areas of overlap.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attributes of the plurality of video feeds comprise at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of: field of view, resolution, saturation, image coloring, size, and display ratio.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the creating comprises determining image areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together by identifying one or more attributes of a device of the plurality of devices providing a corresponding of the plurality of video feeds.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capturing, creating, and transmitting occur in substantially real-time as the meeting is occurring.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising, receiving at the remote video feed fusion system and from the at least one participant, input changing a view within the fused video feed; and

changing the view within the fused video feed for the at least one participant, wherein the changing the view for the least one participant does not change a view of other participants of the meeting.

10. An information handling device, the information handling device comprising:

a plurality of devices, each having at least one image capture device;

a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of devices;

a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the information handling device to:

receive, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants;

identify, using the remote video feed fusion system, the plurality of devices within the location of the host;

capture, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices;

create, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds, wherein the creating comprises ignoring attributes of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the fused video feed based upon image areas of the plurality of video feeds, wherein identifying images areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together comprises identifying at least one attribute of a device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of video feeds based upon information captured in real-time from the device; and

transmit, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other than the location of the host.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of devices comprises at least one user device.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein a position of one or more of the plurality of devices is dynamic.

13. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein a position of the one or more of the plurality of devices within the location of the host is not known.

14. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the creating comprises identifying image areas of overlap between two or more of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the video feeds together based upon the image areas of overlap.

15. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the creating comprises determining image areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together by identifying one or more attributes of a device of the plurality of devices providing a corresponding of the plurality of video feeds.

16. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the capturing, creating, and transmitting occur in substantially real-time as the meeting is occurring.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , comprising, receiving at the remote video feed fusion system and from the at least one participant, input changing a view within the fused video feed; and

changing the view within the fused video feed for the at least one participant, wherein the changing the view for the least one participant does not change a view of other participants of the meeting.

18. A product, the product comprising:

a computer-readable storage device that stores executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the product to:

receive, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants;

identify, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of devices each having at least one image capture device and within the location of the host;

capture, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices;

create, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds, wherein the creating comprises ignoring attributes of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the fused video feed based upon image areas of the plurality of video feeds, wherein identifying images areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together comprises identifying at least one attribute of a device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of video feeds based upon information captured in real-time from the device; and

transmit, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other than the location of the host.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2022
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 061880/0110 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: WANG, MENGNAN; NICHOLSON, JOHN W; CROMER, DARYL C; LOCKER, HOWARD
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 059464/0885 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 17701958 · Mar 23, 2022
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