Online Meeting Video Feed Replacement with Recorded Loop

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional web conference methods do not effectively allow participants to temporarily pause their live video feed without distracting others, as pausing results in a blank screen that can draw attention and disrupt the conference.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a method to replace live video with recorded video during an online meeting, allowing seamless transitions between live and recorded video feeds, enabling participants to address personal situations without disrupting the conference.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a participant pauses their live video by replacing it with a blank screen, then the participant can address personal situations, but other participants become distracted and the conference may be derailed

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAbility to pause videoVSAvoidDistraction to other participants

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a copy of the participant's video feed and plays it back as a loop during the pause period. This recorded video copy maintains the visual presence of the participant, preventing distraction while allowing the participant to address personal matters.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The video feed is structured as a periodic loop that repeats continuously during the pause. This creates a stable, predictable visual pattern that doesn't draw attention, unlike a blank screen which creates a noticeable absence.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

2Object-affected harmful factors

If live video is replaced with recorded video, then participant privacy is maintained, but the transition between live and recorded video must be seamless to avoid distraction

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovePrivacy exposureVSAvoidVideo transition management

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-renders and buffers the recorded video loop before the pause begins. This preliminary preparation ensures that the transition to recorded video is smooth and immediate, without noticeable delays or artifacts that would draw attention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses an intermediary video processing layer that seamlessly blends the transition between live and recorded video feeds. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of synchronization and matching, shielding the participant from managing the technical details.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9888211B1Replacing live video of a meeting participant with recorded video of the meeting participant during an online meeting

Publication Date: 2018.02.06 GOTO GRP INC

AI summary

A technique involves electronically providing live video of a first participant of the online meeting to a set of other participants of the online meeting. The live video displays live physical movement of the first participant. The technique further involves receiving a live video replacement command from the first participant after electronically providing the live video of the first participant of the online meeting to the set of other participants of the online meeting. The technique further involves electronically providing recorded video of the first participant of the online meeting to the set of other participants of the online meeting in place of the live video in response to the live video replacement command. The recorded video displays recorded physical movement of the first participant. Such operation affords the first participant with a period of privacy during the online meeting without calling attention to the video's change in state.