US 11,900,677 B2
User-selected multi-view videoconferencing
Hui-Ling Lu, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Raul Alejandro Casas, Doylestown, PA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,045.
Prior Publication US 2023/0274544 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/41 (2022.01) [G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/225 (2022.01); G06V 10/235 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a video stream of a first participant in an online video communication session between at least the first participant at a first endpoint and a second participant at a second endpoint;
retrieving view selection preferences from at least one previous communication session;
determining a bounding region of at least one element in the video stream based on the view selection preferences;
generating a focused video stream from the video stream that includes a focused view of the at least one element within the bounding region based on the view selection preferences; and
presenting the focused video stream on the second endpoint to at least the second participant.