Video conference method, terminal, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9794513-B2
Application number	US-201415107465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A video conference method, includes: during a conference, a first terminal operates a first application; performs first video processing on a video signal acquired by the first terminal and a video signal received from other terminals participating in the video conference, and displays the processed video signal; when the first terminal detects that one or more other applications on the first terminal are opened, the first terminal simultaneously operates the first application and other applications on the first terminal; and performs second video processing and third video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and an interface image(s) of the other applications on the first terminal, displays a video signal after the second video processing and transmits a video signal after the third video processing to the other terminal participating in the video conference.

First claim

What we claim is:

1. A video conference method, comprising:
during a conference, operating, by a first terminal, a first application, wherein operating a first application comprises: transmitting a video signal acquired by the first terminal to another terminal participating in the video conference and receiving a video signal from the other terminal participating in the video conference; performing first video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal and the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference, and displaying the processed video signal; and
when the first terminal detects that one or more other applications on the first terminal are opened, simultaneously operating, by the first terminal, the first application and the one or more other applications on the first terminal; and performing second video processing and third video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and an interface image(s) of the one or more other applications on the first terminal, displaying a video signal obtained after the second video processing, and transmitting a video signal obtained after the third video processing to the other terminal participating in the video conference.

2. The video conference method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the method, a corresponding relation between switching instructions and video processing instructions is preset, and when the first terminal detects a switching instruction from a user, the method further comprises:
searching for a video processing instruction corresponding to the switching instruction according to the preset corresponding relation; and
performing fourth video processing and fifth video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and the interface image(s) of the one or more other applications on the first terminal according to the searched video processing instruction; and displaying a video signal obtained after the fourth video processing and transmitting a video signal obtained after the fifth video processing to the other terminal.

3. A video conference terminal, comprising:
an intelligent processing module, configured to, during a conference, operate a first application, wherein operating a first application comprises: transmitting a video signal acquired by the video conference terminal to another terminal participating in the video conference and receiving a video signal from the other terminal participating in the video conference; perform first video processing on the video signal acquired by the video conference terminal and the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference, transmit the processed video signal to a display module and transmit the video signal acquired by the video conference terminal to a connection module; and
detect that one or more other applications on the video conference terminal are opened; simultaneously operate the first application and the one or more other applications on the video conference terminal; and perform second video processing and third video processing on the video signal of the first application, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and an interface image(s) of the one or more other applications on the video conference terminal, transmit a video signal obtained after the second video processing to the display module and transmit a video signals obtained after the third video processing to the connection module;
the display module, configured to display the video signal received from the intelligent processing module; and
the connection module, configured to transmit the video signal received from the intelligent processing module to the other terminal participating in the video conference; and transmit the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference to the intelligent processing module.

4. The video conference terminal according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a storage module, configured to store a preset corresponding relation between switching instructions and video processing instructions; and
wherein the intelligent processing module is further configured to:
detect a switching instruction from a user, and search for a video processing instruction corresponding to the switching instruction according to the preset corresponding relation; and
perform fourth video processing and fifth video processing on the video signal acquired by the video conference terminal, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and the interface image(s) of the one or more other applications on the video conference terminal according to the searched video processing instruction, transmit a video signal obtained after the fourth video processing to the display module and transmit a video signal obtained after the fifth video processing to the connection module.

5. A video conference system, comprising two first terminals, wherein the first terminal is configured to:
during a conference, operate a first application, wherein operating a first application comprises: transmitting a video signal acquired by the first terminal to another terminal participating in the video conference and receiving a video signal from the other terminal participating in the video conference; performing first video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal and the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference, and displaying the processed video signal; and
when the first terminal detects that one or more other applications on the first terminal are opened, simultaneously operate the first application and the one or more other applications on the first terminal; and perform second video processing and third video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and an interface image(s) of the one or more other applications on the first terminal, display a video signal obtained after the second video processing and transmit a video signal obtained after the third video processing to the other terminal participating in the video conference.

6. The video conference system according to claim 5 , wherein the first terminal is further configured to:
store a preset corresponding relation between switching instructions and video processing instructions; detect a switching instruction from a user; search for a video processing instruction corresponding to the switching instruction according to the preset corresponding relation; and
perform fourth video processing and fifth video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and the interface image(s) of the one or more other applications on the first terminal according to the searched video processing instruction; and display a video signal obtained after the fourth video processing and transmit a video signal obtained after the fifth video processing to the other terminal participating in the video conference.

Assignees

• Zte Corp
• Xian Zhongxing New Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yang
• Ding Peng
• Shi Tinggan

Classifications

• H04L65/4015

  where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference · CPC title

• H04M3/567

  Multimedia conference systems · CPC title

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title

• H04N7/147 Primary

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