Methods and systems for audiovisual communication
US10565455B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2242/30
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and devices for facilitating audiovisual communication. According to embodiments, there may be provided a communication device including or otherwise functionally associated with a video camera to acquire visual information from a scene and to convert the visual information into a video stream. A video processing circuit may (a) receive the video stream, (b) extract user related features from the video stream; and (c) detect and characterize one or more user actions. A controller to receive the video processing circuit output and responsive to an indication of one or more detected events within the video stream to trigger a communication session between said communication device and an addressee device, wherein different addressee devices may be associated with different detected actions.
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