US 11,706,384 B2
Adjusting participant gaze in video conferences
Eric Chris Wolfgang Sommerlade, Oxford (GB); Alexandros Neophytou, London (GB); and Sunando Sengupta, Reading (GB)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,849.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400228 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/144 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at computing system, image adjustment information associated with a video stream including images of a first participant;
identifying, for a display layout of a communication application, a location displaying the images of the first participant;
determining, based on the received image adjustment information, a location displaying images of a second participant for the display layout, the received image adjustment information indicating that an eye gaze of the first participant being directed toward the second participant;
computing an eye gaze direction of the first participant based on the location displaying images of the second participant according to the display layout displayed to the first participant;
generating gaze-adjusted images based on the eye gaze direction of the first participant, wherein the gaze-adjusted images include at least one of an adjusted eye gaze direction of the first participant or an adjusted head pose of the first participant according to the received image adjustment information including the eye gaze of the first participant being directed toward the second participant according to the display layout displayed to the first participant; and
replacing the images within the video stream with the gaze-adjusted images.