| CPC H04L 12/1831 (2013.01) [G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A method at a first client conferencing system associated with a first participant of a videoconference and operably in communication with at least a second client conferencing system and a third client conferencing system associated with a second participant and a third participant, respectively, of the videoconference, wherein the first client conferencing system comprises at least a first display, and wherein the second client conferencing system comprises a first video camera and a second display, the method comprising:
receiving, from the second client conferencing system, at least one first video frame of a first video signal acquired by the first video camera, said at least one first video frame including an image of the second participant looking at the third participant on the second display, and first metadata associated with said at least one first video frame and including an identity of the third participant, wherein the first metadata includes information that associates the first participant, the second participant, and the third participant with an adjusted eye gaze for the first participant based on a location of the second participant and the third participant on the first display;
modifying the image of the second participant in said at least one first video frame so that said at least one first video frame is displayed on a first area of the first display configured for displaying the first video signal with the second participant looking at a second area of the first display configured for displaying a second video signal of the third participant identified by the first metadata; and
displaying the modified at least one first video frame on the first area of the first display.
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