METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING FAR END CAMERA CONTROL (FECC) MESSAGES TO IMPLEMENT PARTICIPANT AND LAYOUT SELECTION IN A MULTIPOINT VIDEOCONFERENCE

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING FAR END CAMERA CONTROL (FECC) MESSAGES TO IMPLEMENT PARTICIPANT AND LAYOUT SELECTION IN A MULTIPOINT VIDEOCONFERENCE

A method, an apparatus and a medium encoded with instructions for providing layout selection, participant selection, and/or participant-to-participant far end camera control of the selected participant for use in a continuous presence multipoint videoconference. The method includes receiving one or...

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Hauptverfasser: WU DUANPEI, SARKAR SHANTANU, ISMAIL NERMIN M, FRIEDRICH WALTER R
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Zusammenfassung:A method, an apparatus and a medium encoded with instructions for providing layout selection, participant selection, and/or participant-to-participant far end camera control of the selected participant for use in a continuous presence multipoint videoconference. The method includes receiving one or more far end camera control messages over a packet network from a first participant of a multipoint videoconference; maintaining an indication of a far end camera control mode for the first participant, the mode being one of a set of modes; and depending on the far end camera control mode and on controls possible, carrying out a control according to one ore more the camera control messages.