US 12,244,771 B2
Automatic multi-camera production in video conferencing
Samuel Lum, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoom Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,322.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036861 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/56 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/568 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01); G10L 2025/783 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, from a first camera facing a first direction, a first host video feed of a conference host;
obtaining, from a second camera facing a second direction, a second host video feed of the conference host;
simultaneously displaying, to a conference, the first host video feed from the first camera in a primary area of a display and the second host video feed from the second camera in a secondary area of the display;
determining a first relevance score for the first host video feed and a second relevance score for the second host video feed, the first relevance score and the second relevance score are each associated with a participant engagement score based on a video analysis of participant video feeds from cameras of respective participant devices; and
automatically displaying, to the conference, the second host video feed of the second camera in the primary area of the display when the second relevance score is greater than the first relevance score.