Patent Document ID: 20100245532
Application ID: 12411431
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for framing one or more subjects captured on video during a video communication event with a remote viewer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving video of a first subject in an environment from a camera; determining a current shot framing of the first subject in the video images, with a computer and an associated image processor, relative to a shot selection and subject positioning within the framed shot; determining a magnitude and a direction of movement of the first subject in the received video, relative to the current framing and level of motion thresholds; analyzing the subject movement of the first subject, relative to the determined magnitude and direction of subject movement, and the current framing, to determine that the subject is properly framed by the current shot framing, or to determine modifications of the current shot framing that are required to capture the moving first subject, or to determine a new shot selection and new shot framing that are required to capture the moving first subject;, instructing the image processor or camera to re-frame the first subject if the first subject is determined not to be properly framed by the current shot framing, in accordance with the determined modifications of the current shot framing or the determined new shot selection and new shot framing; and providing video images to the remote viewer in accordance with the current shot framing, or the modified current shot framing, or the new shot framing.