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Google patents video conference stage with built-in teleprompter

Google has been granted a patent for a virtual presentation stage in video conferencing apps. It combines the speaker's video, slide images, and teleprompter notes into a single view, allowing the presenter to read notes while appearing to look directly at the camera.

Why it mattersThis feature could make remote presentations feel more natural by helping speakers maintain eye contact with the audience while reading their script.

In the filing’s own words

Systems and methods for generating a virtual presentation stage for presentation in a user interface of a video conference are provided. A first participant video stream representing a first participant of a plurality of participants of a video conference is received from a camera of a first client device of the first participant. A combined video stream is created comprising a background image, one or more images representing one or more content items presentable by the first participant during the video conference, the first participant video stream, and one or more teleprompter notes associated with at least one of the one or more content items. A user interface (UI) is provided for display on the first client device of the first participant, wherein the UI comprises a visual item corresponding to the combined video stream while the first participant is presenting at least one of the one or more content items to one or more other participants of the video conference.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: receiving, from a camera of a first client device of a first participant of a plurality of participants of a video conference, a first participant video stream representing the first participant; creating a combined video stream comprising a background image, one or more images representing one or more content items presentable by the first participant during the video conference, the first participant video stream, and one or more teleprompter notes associated with at least one of the one or more content items, wherein the combined video stream comprising the background image, the one or more images representing the one or more content items, the first participant video stream, and the one or more teleprompter notes is created using a driver of the camera of the first client device of the first participant; and providing, for display on the first client device of the first participant, a user interface (UI) comprising a visual item corresponding to the combined video stream while the first participant is presenting at least one of the one or more content items to one or more other participants of the video conference, wherein a location of the one or more teleprompter notes in the combined video stream is configured to enable the first participant to read the one or more teleprompter notes while appearing to look at the camera.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
Generating a virtual presentation stage for presentation in a user interface of a video conference
Patent number
US12739340B2
Application number
18369279
Filed
Sep 18, 2023
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 5/272 Electricity & electronics
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