Meeting video feed fusion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12231801-B2
Application number	US-202217710645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2022
Priority date	Mar 23, 2022
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: receiving, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants; identifying, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of devices each having at least one image capture device and within the location of the host; capturing, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices; creating, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds; and transmitting, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other than the location of the host.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, the method comprising:
receiving, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants;
identifying, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of devices each having at least one image capture device and within the location of the host;
capturing, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices;
creating, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds, wherein the creating comprises ignoring attributes of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the fused video feed based upon image areas of the plurality of video feeds, wherein identifying images areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together comprises identifying at least one attribute of a device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of video feeds based upon information captured in real-time from the device; and
transmitting, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other than the location of the host.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of devices comprises at least one user device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a position of one or more of the plurality of devices is dynamic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a position of the one or more of the plurality of devices within the location of the host is not known.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the creating comprises identifying image areas of overlap between two or more of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the video feeds together based upon the image areas of overlap.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attributes of the plurality of video feeds comprise at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of: field of view, resolution, saturation, image coloring, size, and display ratio.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the creating comprises determining image areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together by identifying one or more attributes of a device of the plurality of devices providing a corresponding of the plurality of video feeds.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capturing, creating, and transmitting occur in substantially real-time as the meeting is occurring.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising, receiving at the remote video feed fusion system and from the at least one participant, input changing a view within the fused video feed; and
changing the view within the fused video feed for the at least one participant, wherein the changing the view for the least one participant does not change a view of other participants of the meeting.

10. An information handling device, the information handling device comprising:
a plurality of devices, each having at least one image capture device;
a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of devices;
a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the information handling device to:
receive, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants;
identify, using the remote video feed fusion system, the plurality of devices within the location of the host;
capture, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices;
create, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds, wherein the creating comprises ignoring attributes of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the fused video feed based upon image areas of the plurality of video feeds, wherein identifying images areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together comprises identifying at least one attribute of a device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of video feeds based upon information captured in real-time from the device; and
transmit, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other than the location of the host.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of devices comprises at least one user device.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein a position of one or more of the plurality of devices is dynamic.

13. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein a position of the one or more of the plurality of devices within the location of the host is not known.

14. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the creating comprises identifying image areas of overlap between two or more of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the video feeds together based upon the image areas of overlap.

15. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the creating comprises determining image areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together by identifying one or more attributes of a device of the plurality of devices providing a corresponding of the plurality of video feeds.

16. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the capturing, creating, and transmitting occur in substantially real-time as the meeting is occurring.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , comprising, receiving at the remote video feed fusion system and from the at least one participant, input changing a view within the fused video feed; and
changing the view within the fused video feed for the at least one participant, wherein the changing the view for the least one participant does not change a view of other participants of the meeting.

18. A product, the product comprising:
a computer-readable storage device that stores executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the product to:
receive, at a remote video feed fusion system, an indication of a meeting facilitated through a meeting application allowing access to participants in a location other than a location of a host of the meeting and supporting video transmissions between connected participants;
identify, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of devices each having at least one image capture device and within the location of the host;
capture, using the remote video feed fusion system, a plurality of video feeds of the location of the host using the plurality of devices;
create, using the remote video feed fusion system, a fused video feed of the location of the host from the plurality of video feeds, wherein the creating comprises ignoring attributes of the plurality of video feeds and stitching the fused video feed based upon image areas of the plurality of video feeds, wherein identifying images areas of the plurality of video feeds to be stitched together comprises identifying at least one attribute of a device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of video feeds based upon information captured in real-time from the device; and
transmit, using the remote video feed fusion system, the fused video feed to at least one participant accessing the meeting from a location other

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Mengnan
• Nicholson John W
• Cromer Daryl C
• Locker Howard

Classifications

• H04N23/698

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• H04N5/2628

  Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation · CPC title

• H04L65/403

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04N7/147

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title