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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2012
Rodrigo Carceroni, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wei Hua, Mountainview, CA (US);
Rodrigo Carceroni, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wei Hua, Mountainview, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for virtual camera operation is disclosed. Virtual camera operation may include identifying potential subjects of a video stream by identifying faces of participants in the input video stream. Virtual camera operation may include determining a speaking state of each participant in the input video stream based on their respective identified face. Virtual camera operation may include identifying a subject of the input video stream based on the speaking state. Virtual camera operation may include generating, using a processor, an output video stream including a portion of the input video stream based on the subject.