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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hai Xu, Beijing, CN;
Xi Lu, Beijing, CN;
Yongkang Fan, Beijing, CN;
Wenxue He, Beijing, CN;
Hailin Song, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
PLANTRONICS, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/23 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of tracking a presenter during a videoconference, comprising: detecting, in a data stream, data indicating a presence of one or more persons at a videoconferencing endpoint, the data stream comprising a plurality of frames; detecting tracker initiation data (e.g., that a person is actively talking, or that a person has raised their hand, or both) in the data stream; determining a subject of interest responsive to the tracker initiation data, and tracking the subject of interest as they move while making a presentation.