Patent ID: 9325935
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for a preview window in a videoconference, the method comprising: presenting a first window and a second window in a graphical user interface (GUI) that is implemented by an image processing system, the first window being configured to present an image of at least a first user in a videoconference; receiving, with an image capture module that is implemented by the image processing system, information related to an image condition related to a second user in the videoconference, the image condition is a lighting condition, an image balance condition, an image contrast condition, or a condition relating to a position of a head of the second user with respect to a camera that is configured to capture an image of the head; presenting, with the GUI, a silhouette of the second user in the second window; determining, by the image processing system, whether the second user should adjust the image condition by comparing the image condition to a threshold image condition; based upon determining that the image condition does not meet the threshold image condition, based upon determining that the image condition does meet the threshold image condition, presenting, with the GUI, the silhouette of the second user in the second window without presenting the presentation of the indication of the image condition in the second window.