Automatically relocating picture-in-picture window in video calls
US9392217B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4788
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is performed by a communications device having a processor operatively coupled to a memory and a data transceiver for transmitting and receiving video data of a video call between a user of the device and one or more other parties to the call. The method entails receiving and displaying video images of the one or more other parties within a main video window on a display of the device, identifying one or more faces in the video images, determining a minimally obscuring position for a picture-in-picture (PIP) window that minimally obscures the one or more faces of the other parties, capturing video of the user with a camera on the device, and displaying a PIP window from the video of the user in the minimally obscuring position within the main video window.
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