Apparatus and method of video conference to distinguish speaker from participants
US8411130B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/15
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are a system and a method that generates image data that represent a speaker to be distinguished, and enables a mobile terminal to provide a video conference service using the image data that distinguishes the speaker. A video conference apparatus may include a speaker distinguishing unit to distinguish, as a speaker, a participant who is speaking from a plurality of participants in the video conference and an image data generating unit to generate image data that represents the distinguished participant differently from other participants.
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