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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Avishay Halavy, Tel Aviv, IL (US);
Assignee:
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for videoconferencing that allows video images from two or more cameras at the same site to be displayed as a single panoramic image. Accordingly, a conferencing endpoint having a single monitor can display the panoramic image of the two or more video images from an endpoint having multiple cameras, such as a telepresence endpoint. A sliding display area can be used to define manually a zoomed portion of the panoramic image to be displayed. Alternatively, the zoomed portion may be determined automatically. The zoomed portion may be changed during the course of the conference.