/Video Stream Scoring And Selection
Abstract

A best available video stream is determined for each of multiple conference participants within a conference room including multiple cameras based on scores determined for video streams obtained from the cameras. The scores are determined based on representations of the conference participants within the video streams, for example, based on percentages of conference participant faces visible within the video streams, directions of conference participant faces relative to the cameras, directions of eye gaze of the conference participants relative to the cameras, and/or degrees to which conference participant faces are obscured within the video streams. The best available video streams are output for rendering within separate user interface tiles of conferencing software.

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What is claimed is:

A best available video stream is determined for each of multiple conference participants within a conference room including multiple cameras based on scores determined for video streams obtained from the cameras. The scores are determined based on representations of the conference participants within the video streams, for example, based on percentages of conference participant faces visible within the video streams, directions of conference participant faces relative to the cameras, directions of eye gaze of the conference participants relative to the cameras, and/or degrees to which conference participant faces are obscured within the video streams. The best available video streams are output for rendering within separate user interface tiles of conferencing software.
Timeline
Filed
04/13/2026
Published
08/06/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(3)
H04N 7/15:Conference systems
G06V 40/10:Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
H04N 23/90:Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums