Interference-free audio pickup in a video conference

    公开(公告)号:US10134414B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15640385

    申请日:2017-06-30

    Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

    Abstract: A videoconference apparatus at a first location detects audio from a location and determines whether the sound should be included in an audio-video stream sent to a second location, or excluded as an interfering noise. Determining whether to include the audio involves using a face detector to see if there is a face at the source of the sound. If a face is present, the audio data from the location will be transmitted to the second location. If a face is not present, additional motion checks are performed to determine whether the sound corresponds to a person talking, (such as a presenter at a meeting), or whether the sound is instead unwanted noise.

    Optimal view selection method in a video conference

    公开(公告)号:US10091412B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15640358

    申请日:2017-06-30

    Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

    Abstract: A system for ensuring that the best available view of a person's face is included in a video stream when the person's face is being captured by multiple cameras at multiple angles at a first endpoint. The system uses one or more microphone arrays to capture direct-reverberant ratio information corresponding to the views, and determines which view most closely matches a view of the person looking directly at the camera, thereby improving the experience for viewers at a second endpoint.

    Lossy channel video blur avoidance
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    公开(公告)号:US10080032B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-18

    申请号:US15601947

    申请日:2017-05-22

    Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

    Inventor: Edmund Thompson

    CPC classification number: H04N19/53 H04N19/86

    Abstract: Blurriness in a video image transmitted over a lossy network can be reduced by filtering the decoder output to determine whether updating of the reference frame based on the current video data is indicated. An update may be appropriate if the decoder output is sharper than the contents of the display buffer after the last update. Additionally, an update may be appropriate if there was a significant change to the underlying image, and thus to the encoder's input. Whether such a change has occurred can be determined by analyzing the prediction mode, motion vectors, and pixel data of the output image.

    Method and system for sharing content in videoconferencing

    公开(公告)号:US09729822B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-08

    申请号:US14283691

    申请日:2014-05-21

    Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04N7/15

    Abstract: Content presented in association with a transmitting endpoint is obtained by the transmitting endpoint and transmitted to a receiving endpoint of a videoconference, along with associated information regarding interaction of a presenter with the content at the transmitting side. The receiving endpoint presents the presented content obtained from the transmitting endpoint similar to the presentation format at the transmitting side. Where the original presentation format is not suitable for transmission, a video image of the content in the original presentation format may be transmitted. An intermediate control unit, such as a multipoint control unit, may relay content and associated information between transmitting and receiving endpoints.

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