Video Filter Management for Conference Social Suitability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video conferencing solutions lack apparatus, methods, and program products that can manage video filters to ensure they are socially appropriate for specific environments, leading to potential social appropriateness issues in mixed personal and professional settings.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a processor and memory that detects video filters in video feeds during conferences and determines their suitability for the environment, allowing for automatic management of filters to maintain or remove them based on social appropriateness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually manage video filters in mixed personal and professional video conferencing environments, then users can maintain some control over filter usage, but social appropriateness cannot be reliably ensured and user burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects video filters and determines their social suitability without requiring user intervention. The processor autonomously analyzes the video feed, identifies applied filters, evaluates their appropriateness for the conference environment, and notifies users or removes inappropriate filters automatically, making the system self-managing rather than relying on manual user control
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides automatic feedback to users about filter appropriateness by generating notifications when potentially inappropriate filters are detected. This feedback loop allows users to be informed of social appropriateness issues without having to manually monitor their own video feeds, resolving the contradiction between reliability and ease of operation
2Reliability
If automatic video filter management is implemented, then social appropriateness is reliably ensured, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system integrates multiple functions into a unified video conferencing platform: video feed processing, filter detection, social suitability evaluation, notification generation, and automatic filter removal. By making the video conferencing system multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate dedicated systems, thereby managing complexity while achieving reliable automatic filter management
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer between the video camera and the video conferencing output. This intermediary module detects filters and determines social suitability without replacing core video conferencing functionality, allowing automatic management to be integrated incrementally into existing systems rather than requiring complete system redesign
3Reliability
If video filters are automatically removed when deemed inappropriate, then social appropriateness is maintained, but user autonomy and flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary evaluation of video filters before they become problematic in the conference environment. By detecting filters early and notifying users in advance, the system allows users to make informed decisions about whether to remove or keep filters, rather than forcibly removing them after social appropriateness issues arise, thus preserving user flexibility while maintaining reliability
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for managing video filters are disclosed. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect whether a video feed for a user participating in a video conference on a video conferencing platform includes a video filter and, in response to detecting that the video feed includes a video filter, determine whether the video filter is socially suitable for an environment of the video conference. Methods and computer program products that include and/or perform the operations and/or functions of the apparatus are also disclosed.