US 12,323,726 B2
Method and system for automatic camera switching
Haren H. Patel, Alpharetta, GA (US); Sourabh Khire, San Jose, CA (US); and Nithin A. Prakash, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,000.
Prior Publication US 2024/0179268 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 5/268 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 5/268 (2013.01) [G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
establishing, by a device, a video-based communication session with end devices associated with users;
receiving, by the device, camera feeds associated with cameras and a first user of the users participating in the video-based communication session;
analyzing, by the device, the camera feeds based on one or multiple criteria;
selecting, by the device based on the analyzing, a first camera feed and a second camera feed, which differs from the first camera feed, of the camera feeds; and
transmitting, by the device simultaneously, the first camera feed to a first subset of the end devices and the users and the second camera feed to a second subset of the end devices and the users, wherein the first subset and the second subset differ.