Video Compliance Monitoring via Gaze Tracking and Attendance Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

In video communication sessions, hosts face challenges in monitoring attendance, participation, and compliance with policies among participants, especially in large settings, as manual tracking of multiple video feeds is difficult and ineffective.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with image capturing capabilities automatically manages compliance by identifying participants within image streams, tracking gaze direction, and communicating attendance and participation data to a host device, using a controller that processes image streams and generates alerts for non-compliance, such as inadequate attention or background noise.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual monitoring of multiple video feeds is used, then the host can directly observe participants, but the monitoring becomes difficult and ineffective in large video communication sessions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemonitoring precisionVSAvoidoperation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual monitoring system with an automated image recognition and analysis system. The electronic device captures images from video feeds, automatically identifies participants, tracks their gaze directions, and monitors compliance without human intervention, thereby resolving the contradiction between monitoring precision and operation complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service monitoring where the electronic device autonomously performs attendance tracking, participation monitoring, and compliance verification. The device independently analyzes video streams, generates reports, and notifies hosts of violations, eliminating the need for manual host monitoring while maintaining high precision

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If the host manually tracks attendance and participation, then direct control is possible, but the process is time-consuming and ineffective for large groups

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemonitoring efficiencyVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent substitutes manual tracking operations with automated electronic systems that continuously analyze video feeds. The electronic device automatically performs attendance verification, participation tracking, and compliance monitoring, dramatically improving productivity while eliminating the time loss associated with manual processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous automated monitoring throughout the video communication session. The electronic device continuously captures images, analyzes participant behavior, and updates compliance status without interruption, ensuring constant monitoring efficiency without the intermittent nature of manual tracking

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Reliability

If real-time compliance monitoring is implemented, then participant attentiveness improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompliance management reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the compliance monitoring function into separate modular components: image capture module, participant identification module, gaze direction analysis module, compliance verification module, and reporting module. Each module performs a specific function independently, improving reliability through functional separation while managing complexity through modularity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The electronic device serves as an intermediary between the video communication system and the host. It automatically processes video feeds, analyzes participant compliance, and provides structured reports to the host, thereby ensuring reliable compliance monitoring while shielding the host from system complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11888635B2Electronic device that manages compliance by a participant during a video communication session

Publication Date: 2024.01.30 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC

AI summary

An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that automatically manages compliance by a participant during a video communication session. The electronic device communicatively connects over a network to second electronic device(s) during a video communication session. The electronic device receives image stream(s) produced respectively by an image capturing device of a corresponding second electronic device. The electronic device identifies person(s) within the image stream(s) and compares to a roster of at least one person expected to join the video communication session to produce attendance data. The electronic device determines participation data related to an amount of time that the person(s) gaze toward the image capturing device of the corresponding second electronic device. The electronic device communicates, to a host output device, the attendance data and the participation data of the person(s) during a duration of the video communication session.