Telepresence Controller Queue Management for Cross-Talk Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video conferencing systems face challenges such as cross-talk, speaker interruptions, and distractions due to bandwidth issues, content compression, audio signal delays, and synchronization problems, which disrupt the flow and order of communication in remote meetings.
Innovation Solution
A video conference telepresence controller that uses coded instructions on a server to create a queue structure, monitor audio/video feeds, detect precursor events to disturbances, and perform interventions such as feed interruption or redirection, leveraging optical recognition and speech detection technologies to maintain order and efficiency in virtual meetings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If all participants are allowed to speak freely in a video conference, then communication freedom is improved, but cross-talk and interruptions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes a queue structure before the conference session begins, pre-defining the order in which participants will speak. This preliminary arrangement prevents cross-talk and interruptions by ensuring participants wait their turn, thus maintaining communication freedom while eliminating disruptive behavior.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary between participants, managing the queue and controlling who speaks when. This mediator enforces speaking order without preventing participants from having their say, thus resolving the contradiction between communication freedom and preventing cross-talk.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the controller monitors and intervenes in feeds to prevent disruptions, then communication order is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller automatically monitors feeds, detects precursor events, and performs interventions without requiring manual moderator input. This self-service approach maintains communication order while minimizing the operational complexity for human users, as the system handles monitoring and intervention autonomously based on predefined rules.
3Reliability
If the system detects and flags precursor events in real-time, then disruption prevention is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system detects and flags precursor events (such as raised hands or preparatory gestures) before actual disruptions occur. By identifying these early indicators in real-time, the system can take preventive action, improving reliability while minimizing processing time by addressing issues before they fully develop into disruptions.
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AI summary
A video conference telepresence controller includes a first set of instructions commanding a server to create and maintain a queue structure for clients of a video conference telepresence session, a second set of instructions commanding the server to monitor audio/video feeds of the clients of the video conference telepresence sessions and identify the clients of those feeds, a third set of instructions commanding the server to detect precursor events to a session disturbance or flow interruption in one or more of the monitored feeds and flagging the feeds harboring the events for action, and a fourth set of instructions commanding the server to perform an interruption, redirect, or deletion of the one or more feeds and for providing notification thereof to one or more clients.