Video Call Session Management via Gesture Detection and Server Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users engaging in video calls with multiple counterparts often face the inconvenience of being unable to exclude unwanted participants, leading to uncomfortable situations with improper video or sound exposure.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allow users to easily replace or switch video call counterparts by detecting user input, such as swipe gestures or eye direction, to manage multiple video call sessions and establish one-to-one video calls, using a server to mediate connections and manage display areas on terminals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user maintains video call with multiple counterparts simultaneously, then the user can communicate with more people at once, but the user cannot exclude unwanted participants and is exposed to improper video or sound
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the unwanted video call session from the multiple concurrent sessions. When a predetermined event occurs (such as detecting improper content), the system identifies and terminates the specific problematic session while preserving other legitimate sessions, thereby removing the harmful element without affecting the overall multi-call capability
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that mediates between the user terminal and multiple counterpart terminals. The server receives video call requests, manages session establishment, and controls session termination based on predetermined events, providing a layer of control that protects the user from harmful content while maintaining versatile communication
2Stability of the object's composition
If a user is forced to maintain video call with unpreferable counterpart, then the system maintains connection stability, but the user experiences uncomfortable situation and cannot exclude the counterpart
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes predetermined events and termination conditions before the video call sessions begin. These pre-defined rules (such as detecting improper content or user-initiated gestures) are set in advance, allowing the system to automatically terminate unwanted sessions without requiring complex real-time user intervention, thus maintaining both stability and user control
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service mechanisms where the video call management operates automatically based on predetermined conditions. The terminal or server can autonomously detect improper content, identify problematic sessions, and terminate them without requiring continuous user input, enabling the system to serve itself in managing call quality and user comfort
3Ease of operation
If the system allows easy switching between video call counterparts, then the user can exclude unwanted participants, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video call management into distinct, manageable components: session establishment, session monitoring for predetermined events, and session termination. Each function is handled by specific modules (terminal or server), breaking down the complex task of managing multiple video calls into simpler, independent operations that can be executed systematically
Data Source
AI summary
The video call method includes establishing, by a first terminal, a first video call session with a second terminal; establishing, by the first terminal, a second video call session with a third terminal; displaying, by the first terminal, a first video received from the second terminal through the first video call session and a second video received from the third terminal through the second video call session on a first display area and on a second display area, respectively; detecting, by the first terminal, a predetermined event; terminating, by the first terminal, one video call session among the plurality of video call sessions in response to the detecting the predetermined event; establishing, by the first terminal, a third video call session with a fourth terminal; displaying, by the first terminal, a third video received from the fourth terminal through the third video call session on a third display area.