US 11,949,529 B2
Camera format selection
Karthick Santhanam, Campbell, CA (US); Eric L. Chien, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Christopher M. Garrido, Santa Clara, CA (US); Kyle W. Horn, Chicago, IL (US); Ian J. Baird, San Jose, CA (US); Qian Sun, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and David L. Biderman, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,764.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,616, filed on Oct. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117540 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [H04N 23/951 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a local device, a requested camera format based on specifications of a display associated with a remote device, the requested camera format including a first resolution, the local device and the remote device participating in a video conference, a first display of the local device having a first orientation, a second display of the remote device having a second orientation different from the first orientation;
determining, at the local device, camera formats supported by a camera associated with the local device;
determining whether a second resolution of a first camera format among the camera formats matches with the first resolution;
in response to a determination that the second resolution matches the first resolution, selecting the first camera format at the local device for capturing a video stream; and
in response to a determination that none of the camera formats match the requested camera format, determining a second camera format among the camera formats for capturing the video stream, the second camera format maximizing a field of view of the video stream relative to other camera formats supported by the camera associated with the local device.