Patent Document ID: 8154583
Application ID: 11756575
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for providing eye contact video images of an individual in a local environment to a remote individual during a communication event using a video communication system, comprising: initiating a communication event by establishing a video communication link with a video communication system at a remote site; initiating the capture of a video images of a video scene within a local environment including an individual therein; determining a video context for the video scene, the associated eye-gaze context rules and the associated range of variation for gaze metrics indicative of eye gaze image capture; analyzing current video images of the video scene to determine current gaze metrics relative to participating individual in the local environment; comparing the current gaze metrics with the determined range of gaze metrics; and when the current gaze metrics are within a range, modifying the video capture or video processing of the video images in a manner that generates eye gaze corrected images of the local individual which provide eye contact to the remote individual.