US 12,483,674 B2
Displaying video conference participants in alternative display orientation modes
Ryan Fedyk, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Stéphane Hervé Loïc Hulaud, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,687.
Prior Publication US 2024/0388675 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/152 (2013.01) [G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); G06T 2210/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving a plurality of video streams from a plurality of client devices of a plurality of participants of a video conference;
identifying one or more visual features of one or more objects in each of the plurality of video streams;
determining, based on the identified one or more visual features, whether to use a first display mode of a plurality of display modes or a second display mode of the plurality of display modes for one or more visual items of a plurality of visual items corresponding to the plurality of video streams in a rendered composition, wherein the plurality of display modes comprises at least one of a portrait display mode or a landscape display mode; and
causing the rendered composition of the plurality of visual items to be displayed in a user interface of a client device of the plurality of client devices in accordance to the determined first display mode or second display mode of the plurality of display modes.