Touch control of a camera at a remote video device

摘要

A device, computer program product, and method control the operation of one or more cameras associated with a video conference endpoint in a video conference call. A camera control unit (remote control) includes a touch enabled end user component that presents to the user graphical objects representing video conference endpoints currently connected in a conference call, and/or one or more live video feeds currently captured by the video conference endpoint's cameras, and allows the user to manipulate a camera's pan, tilt and zoom using a touch screen display embedded in said camera control unit.

主权项

1. A remote control device comprising:
a touch screen display; and a processor communicatively connected to the touch screen display and configured to:
communicate with a remote video device having a camera;receive a device ID from the remote video device;receive a live video feed from the remote video device;display, on the touch screen display, a graphical user interface including a graphical object to control a setting of the camera, the graphical object including the live video feed;display the graphical user interface including the graphical object to control the setting on the camera in response to receiving the device ID;receive an input applied to the touch screen display; andtransmit a camera control instruction to the remote video device based on said input to remotely control the camera while receiving and displaying the live video feed from the remote video device.