Patent ID: 11949529
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a local device, a requested camera format based on specifications of a display associated with a remote device, the requested camera format including a first resolution, the local device and the remote device participating in a video conference, a first display of the local device having a first orientation, a second display of the remote device having a second orientation different from the first orientation;
determining, at the local device, camera formats supported by a camera associated with the local device;
determining whether a second resolution of a first camera format among the camera formats matches with the first resolution;
in response to a determination that the second resolution matches the first resolution, selecting the first camera format at the local device for capturing a video stream; and
in response to a determination that none of the camera formats match the requested camera format, determining a second camera format among the camera formats for capturing the video stream, the second camera format maximizing a field of view of the video stream relative to other camera formats supported by the camera associated with the local device.