Video Conference Image Layouts with Position-Matched Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Participants in video conferencing often struggle to find their desired participants in an updated screen due to changes in the number or position of participants, leading to a reduced interaction efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An image display method that updates the screen with dynamic effects when changes in participant number or position occur, maintaining the relative positions of images on the screen to match the actual positions in the conferencing room.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the screen layout is updated when participant number or position changes, then the display reflects current participant positions, but participants cannot quickly locate desired participants due to layout changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-setting anchor positions for participant images before layout changes occur. When participants are added or removed, the system uses these pre-established anchor points to determine where new images should be placed, rather than randomly repositioning all images. This maintains spatial consistency and helps participants quickly locate desired participants despite layout updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by applying different update strategies to different regions of the screen. Rather than uniformly repositioning all participant images, the system selectively adjusts only those images affected by participant changes while maintaining the positions and relationships of other images. This localized approach minimizes disruption to the overall layout and helps participants maintain spatial orientation.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple participant images are displayed on the screen, then all participants are visible, but the screen becomes cluttered and interaction efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the screen into multiple regions or zones for displaying participant images. Instead of showing all participant images in a single crowded area, the system segments the display space and distributes images across different segments. This can include main discussion areas, side panels for additional participants, or hierarchical arrangements that separate active speakers from passive participants, thereby reducing visual clutter while maintaining visibility of all participants.
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AI summary
An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an image display method used in a video conferencing scenario, the method includes: displaying images and relative positions of multiple participants on a target page; when it is detected that the number of multiple participants increases, triggering an instruction for updating the target page; adding the image of a new participant to the target page in a manner of dynamic effects, adjusting the images and relative positions of multiple original participants on the target page to form a new target page, and displaying the image of the new participant and the images and relative positions of multiple original participants on the new target page. The relative positions of the image of the new participant and multiple original participants on the new target page are matched with the relative positions of the respective participants in the conferencing room. The implementation of the present disclosure can improve the interaction efficiency between the participants and multiple images.