US 12,244,770 B2
Conferencing system, server, information processing device and non-transitory recording medium
Apeksha Tadge, Toyohashi (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,821.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-086926 (JP), filed on May 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377177 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 3/00 (2024.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/566 (2013.01) [H04M 3/567 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conferencing system that is connected to multiple information processing devices over a network and provides each of the multiple information processing devices with a conference screen, the conferencing system comprising:
a participant information generator performing face detection processing to extract a face image associated with a first participant and a face image associated with a second participant based on an image captured by a first information processing device;
a first participant information obtaining unit that determines, based on the face image associated with the first participant, first participant information corresponding to the first participant, wherein the first participant, participates in a video conference by using the first information processing device;
a second participant information obtaining unit that determines, based on the face image associated with the second participant, second participant information related to the second participant, wherein the second participant indirectly participates in the video conference using the first information processing device; and
a display controller that:
displays the first participant information obtained by the first participant information obtaining unit in a first position providing first identification information on a predetermined display area on the conference screen; and
displays the second participant information obtained by the second participant information obtaining unit in a second position providing second identification information on the predetermined display area on the conference screen, wherein the second position displays the second participant, wherein the first position and second position are different.