Patent ID: 11909776
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. An online video distribution support apparatus comprising one or more computers, the online video distribution support apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a line-of-sight position of each of N (N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) viewers viewing an online video;
an output unit configured to output a video distribution screen including a material designated by a distributor that distributes the online video;
a detection unit configured to detect a line-of-sight position of the distributor on the video distribution screen by using a captured image obtained by capturing the distributor; and
a control unit configured to calculate and output a degree of interest of each of the viewers based on the line-of-sight position of the corresponding viewer and the line-of-sight position of the distributor.