Visual control of a video conference
US10645330B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 5, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/167
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A control unit and a method for a video conferencing system, the method performed by a control unit in a video conferencing system during an ongoing video conference, comprising a plurality of endpoints, comprising receiving at least one input media stream from at least one endpoint, detecting a first pointer event in the at least one input media stream, providing a first graphical item associated with the first pointer event, encoding the first graphical item in an output media stream, transmitting the output media stream to the at least one endpoint, detecting a second pointer event in the at least one input media stream from the at least one endpoint, and perform an action associated with the second pointer event, where one of a group consisting of a first and second pointer event includes one of a group consisting of a light signal, a gesture, and a sound signal.
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