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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Logitech Europe S.a., Lausanne, CH;
Oleg Ostap, Camas, WA (US);
Henry Levak, San Mateo, CA (US);
John Scott Skeehan, San Ramon, CA (US);
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A., Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems, and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing, a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.