Remote Conference System and Method of Performing Remote Conference

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016353059-A1
Application number	US-201514912686-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 9, 2015
Priority date	Jan 9, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The embodiments of the present invention disclose a remote conference system and a method of performing the remote conference. The remote conference system includes a first image-displaying system, at a first conference location, configured to display images of a plurality of audiences; a detection system configured to detect motions or poses of at least part of heads of persons in the first conference location; a judgment system configured to judge whether a person who is talking is talking to a certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or is talking to all the audiences based on the motions or poses detected by the detection system; a second image-displaying system, at a second conference location, configured to display special images to the certain audience or some the audiences of the plurality of audiences when the judgment system has judged that the person who is talking is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, such that the certain audience or some of the plurality of audiences is/are aware that the person who is talking is talking to him or them. Whereby, target audience(s) in the remote conference may know the person who is talking is talking to him or them.

First claim

1 . A remote conference system, comprising:
a first image-displaying system, at a first conference location, configured to display images of a plurality of audiences; a detection system configured to detect motions or poses of at least part of heads of persons in the first conference location; a judgment system configured to judge whether a person who is talking is talking to a certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or is talking to all the audiences based on the motions or poses detected by the detection system; a second image-displaying system, at a second conference location, configured to display special images to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences when the judgment system has judged that the person who is talking is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, such that the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences is/are aware that the person who is talking is talking to him or them.

2 . The remote conference system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a voice tracking system, at the first conference location, configured to determine which person from the persons in the first conference location is talking.

3 . The remote conference system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second image-displaying system is further configured to display common images to all the audiences when the judgment system had judged that the person who is talking is talking to all the audiences, or is further configured to display the common images to the rest of the audiences while displaying the special images to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the pluarality of audiences.

4 . (canceled)

5 . The remote conference system according to claim 1 , wherein:
in addition to the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, other person(s) is/are further included in the first conference location, and the special images only include images of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or only include images of face of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences.

6 . The remote conference system according to claim 3 , wherein:
in addition to the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, other person(s) is/are further included in the first conference location, and the special images only include images of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or only include images of face of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, while the common images include the images of the person who is talking and at least one of the other person(s), or the images of faces of the person who is talking and at least one of the other person(s).

7 . The remote conference system according to claim 3 , wherein:
in addition to the images of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, the common images include more images of scene than the special images.

8 . The remote conference system according to claim 3 , wherein:
the images of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences have a larger size in the special images than in the common images.

9 . The remote conference system according to claim 3 , wherein:
the images of the face of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences have a larger size in the special images than in the common images.

10 . The remote conference system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the detection system is an eyeball tracking system configured to detect motions of eyeballs of persons in the first conference location, and the judgment system judges whether the person who is talking is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, or is talking to all the audiences, based on the motions of eyeballs detected by the eyeball tracking system.

11 . A method of performing a remote conference, comprising:
displaying, by means of a first image-displaying system, images of a plurality of audiences in a first conference location; detecting, by means of a detection system, motions or poses of at least part of heads of persons in the first conference location; judging, by means of a judgment system, whether a person who is talking is directed to a certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or is directed to all the audiences based on the motions or poses detected by the detection system; displaying, by means of a second image-displaying system at a second conference location, special images to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences when the judgment system has judged the person who is talking is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, such that the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences is/are aware that the person who is talking is talking to him or them.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
determining, by means of a voice tracking system, which person from the persons in the first conference location is talking, before the judgment of whether the person who is talking is directed to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or is directed to all the audiences.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
displaying, by means of the second image-displaying system, common images to all the audiences when the judgment system had judged that the person who is talking is talking to all the audiences. or displaying, by means of the second image-displaying system, common images to the rest of the audiences while displaying the special images to the certain audicence or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences.

14 . (canceled)

15 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein:
in addition to the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, other person(s) is/are further included in the first conference location, and the special images only include images of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or only include images of face of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences.

16 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein:
in addition to the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, other person(s) is/are further included in the first conference location, and the special images only include images of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or only include images of face of the person who is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences while the common images include images of the person who is talking and at least one of other person(s), or images of faces of the person who is talking and at least one of other person(s).

17 . The method according t

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Naifu
• Niu Bei
• Wei Wei
• Wu Kun
• Wang Tao
• Lin Chia-Chiang
• Zhou Chunmiao

Classifications

• G06F3/013

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G10L17/005

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N7/15 Primary

  Conference systems · CPC title

• H04N7/142

  Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display · CPC title

• G06F3/012

  Head tracking input arrangements · CPC title