Patent Application
20230262317
The present disclosure relates generally to computer user interfaces, and more specifically to techniques for managing a live video communication session.
Computer systems can include hardware and/or software for displaying an interface for a live video communication session.
Some techniques for managing a live video communication session using electronic devices, however, are generally cumbersome and inefficient. For example, some existing techniques use a complex and time-consuming user interface, which may include multiple key presses or keystrokes. Existing techniques require more time than necessary, wasting user time and device energy. This latter consideration is particularly important in battery-operated devices.
Accordingly, the present technique provides electronic devices with faster, more efficient methods and interfaces for managing a live video communication session. Such methods and interfaces optionally complement or replace other methods for managing a live video communication session. Such methods and interfaces reduce the cognitive burden on a user and produce a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, such methods and interfaces conserve power and increase the time between battery charges.
Example methods are described herein. An example method includes, at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices: displaying, via the display generation component, a communication request interface that includes: a first selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for joining a live video communication session; and a second selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for selecting between using a first camera mode for the one or more cameras and using a second camera mode for the one or more cameras during a live video communication session; while displaying the communication request interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object; in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object, displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for the live video communication session; while displaying the live video communication interface, detecting a change in a scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras: in accordance with a determination that the first camera mode is selected for use, adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination that the second camera mode is selected for use, forgoing adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
Example non-transitory computer-readable storage media are described herein. An example non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a communication request interface that includes: a first selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for joining a live video communication session; and a second selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for selecting between using a first camera mode for the one or more cameras and using a second camera mode for the one or more cameras during a live video communication session; while displaying the communication request interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object; in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object, displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for the live video communication session; while displaying the live video communication interface, detecting a change in a scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras: in accordance with a determination that the first camera mode is selected for use, adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination that the second camera mode is selected for use, forgoing adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
Example transitory computer-readable storage media are described herein. An example non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a communication request interface that includes: a first selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for joining a live video communication session; and a second selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for selecting between using a first camera mode for the one or more cameras and using a second camera mode for the one or more cameras during a live video communication session; while displaying the communication request interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object; in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object, displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for the live video communication session; while displaying the live video communication interface, detecting a change in a scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras: in accordance with a determination that the first camera mode is selected for use, adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination that the second camera mode is selected for use, forgoing adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
Example computer systems are described herein. An example computer system includes: a display generation component; one or more cameras; one or more input devices; one or more processors; and memory storying one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a communication request interface that includes: a first selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for joining a live video communication session; and a second selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for selecting between using a first camera mode for the one or more cameras and using a second camera mode for the one or more cameras during a live video communication session; while displaying the communication request interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object; in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object, displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for the live video communication session; while displaying the live video communication interface, detecting a change in a scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras: in accordance with a determination that the first camera mode is selected for use, adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination that the second camera mode is selected for use, forgoing adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
An example computer system includes: a display generation component; one or more cameras; one or more input devices; means for displaying, via the display generation component, a communication request interface that includes: a first selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for joining a live video communication session; and a second selectable graphical user interface object associated with a process for selecting between using a first camera mode for the one or more cameras and using a second camera mode for the one or more cameras during a live video communication session; means for, while displaying the communication request interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object; means for, in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs that includes a selection of the first selectable graphical user interface object, displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for the live video communication session; means for, while displaying the live video communication interface, detecting a change in a scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and means for in response to detecting the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras: in accordance with a determination that the first camera mode is selected for use, adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination that the second camera mode is selected for use, forgoing adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
An example method includes, at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including concurrently displaying: a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session other than participants visible via the one or more cameras; and a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is visually associated with a visual indication of an option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or cameras during the live video communication session; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to initiate a process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, initiating the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
An example non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including concurrently displaying: a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session other than participants visible via the one or more cameras; and a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is visually associated with a visual indication of an option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or cameras during the live video communication session; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to initiate a process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, initiating the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
An example transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including concurrently displaying: a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session other than participants visible via the one or more cameras; and a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is visually associated with a visual indication of an option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or cameras during the live video communication session; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to initiate a process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, initiating the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
An example computer system includes: a display generation component; one or more cameras; one or more input devices; one or more processors; and memory storying one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including concurrently displaying: a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session other than participants visible via the one or more cameras; and a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is visually associated with a visual indication of an option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or cameras during the live video communication session; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to initiate a process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, initiating the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
An example computer system includes: a display generation component; one or more cameras; one or more input devices; means for displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including concurrently displaying: a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session other than participants visible via the one or more cameras; and a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is visually associated with a visual indication of an option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or cameras during the live video communication session; and means for, while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to initiate a process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and means for, in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, initiating the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
An example method includes, at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more cameras: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including one or more representations of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras; while the live video communication session is active, capturing, via the one or more cameras, image data for the live video communication session; in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that an amount of separation between a first participant and a second participant meets separation criteria, concurrently displaying, via the display generation component: a representation of a first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a first region of the live video communication interface; and a representation of a second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a second region of the live video communication interface that is distinct from the first region, wherein the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras are displayed without displaying a representation of a third portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that the amount of separation between the first participant and the second participant does not meet the separation criteria, displaying, via the display generation component, a representation of a fourth portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the first participant and the second participant while maintaining display of a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first participant and the second participant.
An example non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more cameras. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including one or more representations of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras; while the live video communication session is active, capturing, via the one or more cameras, image data for the live video communication session; in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that an amount of separation between a first participant and a second participant meets separation criteria, concurrently displaying, via the display generation component: a representation of a first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a first region of the live video communication interface; and a representation of a second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a second region of the live video communication interface that is distinct from the first region, wherein the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras are displayed without displaying a representation of a third portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that the amount of separation between the first participant and the second participant does not meet the separation criteria, displaying, via the display generation component, a representation of a fourth portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the first participant and the second participant while maintaining display of a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first participant and the second participant.
An example transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more cameras. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including one or more representations of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras; while the live video communication session is active, capturing, via the one or more cameras, image data for the live video communication session; in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that an amount of separation between a first participant and a second participant meets separation criteria, concurrently displaying, via the display generation component: a representation of a first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a first region of the live video communication interface; and a representation of a second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a second region of the live video communication interface that is distinct from the first region, wherein the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras are displayed without displaying a representation of a third portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that the amount of separation between the first participant and the second participant does not meet the separation criteria, displaying, via the display generation component, a representation of a fourth portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the first participant and the second participant while maintaining display of a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first participant and the second participant.
An example computer system includes: a display generation component; one or more cameras; one or more processors; and memory storying one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including one or more representations of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras; while the live video communication session is active, capturing, via the one or more cameras, image data for the live video communication session; in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that an amount of separation between a first participant and a second participant meets separation criteria, concurrently displaying, via the display generation component: a representation of a first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a first region of the live video communication interface; and a representation of a second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a second region of the live video communication interface that is distinct from the first region, wherein the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras are displayed without displaying a representation of a third portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that the amount of separation between the first participant and the second participant does not meet the separation criteria, displaying, via the display generation component, a representation of a fourth portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the first participant and the second participant while maintaining display of a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first participant and the second participant.
An example computer system includes: a display generation component; one or more cameras; means for displaying, via the display generation component, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, the live video communication interface including one or more representations of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras; means for, while the live video communication session is active, capturing, via the one or more cameras, image data for the live video communication session; means for, in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that an amount of separation between a first participant and a second participant meets separation criteria, concurrently displaying, via the display generation component: a representation of a first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a first region of the live video communication interface; and a representation of a second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras at a second region of the live video communication interface that is distinct from the first region, wherein the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras are displayed without displaying a representation of a third portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and means for, in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras, that the amount of separation between the first participant and the second participant does not meet the separation criteria, displaying, via the display generation component, a representation of a fourth portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the first participant and the second participant while maintaining display of a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first participant and the second participant.
In accordance with some embodiments, a method performed at a computer system that is in communication with one or more output generation components and one or more input devices is described. The method comprises: detecting, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a system interface; in response to detecting the request to display the system interface, displaying, via the one or more output generation components, the system interface that includes a plurality of concurrently displayed controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system, including: in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has been active within a predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls includes a set of one or more media communication controls, wherein the media communication controls provide access to media communication settings that determine how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions; and in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls are displayed without the set of one or more media communication controls; while displaying the system interface having the set of one or more media communication controls, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs including an input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs including the input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls when a respective media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time, adjusting the media communication settings for the respective media communication session.
In accordance with some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is described. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with one or more output generation components and one or more input devices, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a system interface; in response to detecting the request to display the system interface, displaying, via the one or more output generation components, the system interface that includes a plurality of concurrently displayed controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system, including: in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has been active within a predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls includes a set of one or more media communication controls, wherein the media communication controls provide access to media communication settings that determine how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions; and in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls are displayed without the set of one or more media communication controls; while displaying the system interface having the set of one or more media communication controls, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs including an input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs including the input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls when a respective media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time, adjusting the media communication settings for the respective media communication session.
In accordance with some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium is described. The transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with one or more output generation components and one or more input devices, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a system interface; in response to detecting the request to display the system interface, displaying, via the one or more output generation components, the system interface that includes a plurality of concurrently displayed controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system, including: in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has been active within a predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls includes a set of one or more media communication controls, wherein the media communication controls provide access to media communication settings that determine how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions; and in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls are displayed without the set of one or more media communication controls; while displaying the system interface having the set of one or more media communication controls, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs including an input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs including the input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls when a respective media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time, adjusting the media communication settings for the respective media communication session.
In accordance with some embodiments, a computer system is described. The computer system comprises: one or more output generation components; one or more input devices; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a system interface; in response to detecting the request to display the system interface, displaying, via the one or more output generation components, the system interface that includes a plurality of concurrently displayed controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system, including: in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has been active within a predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls includes a set of one or more media communication controls, wherein the media communication controls provide access to media communication settings that determine how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions; and in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls are displayed without the set of one or more media communication controls; while displaying the system interface having the set of one or more media communication controls, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs including an input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs including the input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls when a respective media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time, adjusting the media communication settings for the respective media communication session.
In accordance with some embodiments, a computer system is described. The computer system comprises: one or more output generation components; one or more input components; means for detecting, via the one or more input devices, a request to display a system interface; means, responsive to detecting the request to display the system interface, for displaying, via the one or more output generation components, the system interface that includes a plurality of concurrently displayed controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system, including: in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has been active within a predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls includes a set of one or more media communication controls, wherein the media communication controls provide access to media communication settings that determine how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions; and in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls are displayed without the set of one or more media communication controls; means, while displaying the system interface having the set of one or more media communication controls, for detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs including an input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls; and means, responsive to detecting the set of one or more inputs including the input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls when a respective media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time, for adjusting the media communication settings for the respective media communication session.
In accordance with some embodiments, a method performed at a computer system that is in communication with one or more output generation components, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices is described. The method comprises: displaying, via the one or more output generation components, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, wherein displaying the live video communication interface includes concurrently displaying: a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system, wherein the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is visually associated with an indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session that is different from the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to change an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras.
In accordance with some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is described. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with one or more output generation components, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the one or more output generation components, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, wherein displaying the live video communication interface includes concurrently displaying: a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system, wherein the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is visually associated with an indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session that is different from the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to change an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras.
In accordance with some embodiments, a transitory computer-readable storage medium is described. The transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with one or more output generation components, one or more cameras, and one or more input devices, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the one or more output generation components, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, wherein displaying the live video communication interface includes concurrently displaying: a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system, wherein the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is visually associated with an indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session that is different from the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to change an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras.
In accordance with some embodiments, a computer system is described. The computer system comprises: one or more output generation components; one or more cameras; one or more input devices; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the one or more output generation components, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, wherein displaying the live video communication interface includes concurrently displaying: a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system, wherein the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is visually associated with an indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session that is different from the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system; and while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to change an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs, changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras.
In accordance with some embodiments, a computer system is described. The computer system comprises: one or more output generation components; one or more cameras; one or more input devices; and means for displaying, via the one or more output generation components, a live video communication interface for a live video communication session, wherein displaying the live video communication interface includes concurrently displaying: a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system, wherein the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is visually associated with an indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session; and a representation of one or more participants in the live video communication session that is different from the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system; and means, while displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session, for detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to change an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and means, responsive to detecting the set of one or more inputs, for changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras.
Executable instructions for performing these functions are, optionally, included in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or other computer program product configured for execution by one or more processors. Executable instructions for performing these functions are, optionally, included in a transitory computer-readable storage medium or other computer program product configured for execution by one or more processors.
Thus, devices are provided with faster, more efficient methods and interfaces for managing a live video communication session, thereby increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices. Such methods and interfaces may complement or replace other methods for managing a live video communication session.
For a better understanding of the various described embodiments, reference should be made to the Description of Embodiments below, in conjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures.
The following description sets forth exemplary methods, parameters, and the like. It should be recognized, however, that such description is not intended as a limitation on the scope of the present disclosure but is instead provided as a description of exemplary embodiments.
There is a need for electronic devices that provide efficient methods and interfaces for managing a live video communication session. Such techniques can reduce the cognitive burden on a user who participates in a video communication session, thereby enhancing productivity. Further, such techniques can reduce processor and battery power otherwise wasted on redundant user inputs.
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In addition, in methods described herein where one or more steps are contingent upon one or more conditions having been met, it should be understood that the described method can be repeated in multiple repetitions so that over the course of the repetitions all of the conditions upon which steps in the method are contingent have been met in different repetitions of the method. For example, if a method requires performing a first step if a condition is satisfied, and a second step if the condition is not satisfied, then a person of ordinary skill would appreciate that the claimed steps are repeated until the condition has been both satisfied and not satisfied, in no particular order. Thus, a method described with one or more steps that are contingent upon one or more conditions having been met could be rewritten as a method that is repeated until each of the conditions described in the method has been met. This, however, is not required of system or computer readable medium claims where the system or computer readable medium contains instructions for performing the contingent operations based on the satisfaction of the corresponding one or more conditions and thus is capable of determining whether the contingency has or has not been satisfied without explicitly repeating steps of a method until all of the conditions upon which steps in the method are contingent have been met. A person having ordinary skill in the art would also understand that, similar to a method with contingent steps, a system or computer readable storage medium can repeat the steps of a method as many times as are needed to ensure that all of the contingent steps have been performed.
Although the following description uses terms “first,” “second,” etc. to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by the terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first touch could be termed a second touch, and, similarly, a second touch could be termed a first touch, without departing from the scope of the various described embodiments. The first touch and the second touch are both touches, but they are not the same touch.
The terminology used in the description of the various described embodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the description of the various described embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises,” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
The term “if” is, optionally, construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a stated condition or event] is detected” is, optionally, construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [the stated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the stated condition or event],” depending on the context.
Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device, such as a mobile telephone, that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/or music player functions. Exemplary embodiments of portable multifunction devices include, without limitation, the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. Other portable electronic devices, such as laptops or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch screen displays and/or touchpads), are, optionally, used. It should also be understood that, in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communications device, but is a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display and/or a touchpad). In some embodiments, the electronic device is a computer system that is in communication (e.g., via wireless communication, via wired communication) with a display generation component. The display generation component is configured to provide visual output, such as display via a CRT display, display via an LED display, or display via image projection. In some embodiments, the display generation component is integrated with the computer system. In some embodiments, the display generation component is separate from the computer system. As used herein, “displaying” content includes causing to display the content (e.g., video data rendered or decoded by display controller 156) by transmitting, via a wired or wireless connection, data (e.g., image data or video data) to an integrated or external display generation component to visually produce the content.
In the discussion that follows, an electronic device that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. It should be understood, however, that the electronic device optionally includes one or more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, a mouse, and/or a joystick.
The device typically supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a website creation application, a disk authoring application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a workout support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.
The various applications that are executed on the device optionally use at least one common physical user-interface device, such as the touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface as well as corresponding information displayed on the device are, optionally, adjusted and/or varied from one application to the next and/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as the touch-sensitive surface) of the device optionally supports the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent to the user.
Attention is now directed toward embodiments of portable devices with touch-sensitive displays.
As used in the specification and claims, the term “intensity” of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface refers to the force or pressure (force per unit area) of a contact (e.g., a finger contact) on the touch-sensitive surface, or to a substitute (proxy) for the force or pressure of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The intensity of a contact has a range of values that includes at least four distinct values and more typically includes hundreds of distinct values (e.g., at least 256). Intensity of a contact is, optionally, determined (or measured) using various approaches and various sensors or combinations of sensors. For example, one or more force sensors underneath or adjacent to the touch-sensitive surface are, optionally, used to measure force at various points on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, force measurements from multiple force sensors are combined (e.g., a weighted average) to determine an estimated force of a contact. Similarly, a pressure-sensitive tip of a stylus is, optionally, used to determine a pressure of the stylus on the touch-sensitive surface. Alternatively, the size of the contact area detected on the touch-sensitive surface and/or changes thereto, the capacitance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto, and/or the resistance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto are, optionally, used as a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are used directly to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is described in units corresponding to the substitute measurements). In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are converted to an estimated force or pressure, and the estimated force or pressure is used to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is a pressure threshold measured in units of pressure). Using the intensity of a contact as an attribute of a user input allows for user access to additional device functionality that may otherwise not be accessible by the user on a reduced-size device with limited real estate for displaying affordances (e.g., on a touch-sensitive display) and/or receiving user input (e.g., via a touch-sensitive display, a touch-sensitive surface, or a physical/mechanical control such as a knob or a button).
As used in the specification and claims, the term “tactile output” refers to physical displacement of a device relative to a previous position of the device, physical displacement of a component (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface) of a device relative to another component (e.g., housing) of the device, or displacement of the component relative to a center of mass of the device that will be detected by a user with the user's sense of touch. For example, in situations where the device or the component of the device is in contact with a surface of a user that is sensitive to touch (e.g., a finger, palm, or other part of a user's hand), the tactile output generated by the physical displacement will be interpreted by the user as a tactile sensation corresponding to a perceived change in physical characteristics of the device or the component of the device. For example, movement of a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display or trackpad) is, optionally, interpreted by the user as a “down click” or “up click” of a physical actuator button. In some cases, a user will feel a tactile sensation such as an “down click” or “up click” even when there is no movement of a physical actuator button associated with the touch-sensitive surface that is physically pressed (e.g., displaced) by the user's movements. As another example, movement of the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, interpreted or sensed by the user as “roughness” of the touch-sensitive surface, even when there is no change in smoothness of the touch-sensitive surface. While such interpretations of touch by a user will be subject to the individualized sensory perceptions of the user, there are many sensory perceptions of touch that are common to a large majority of users. Thus, when a tactile output is described as corresponding to a particular sensory perception of a user (e.g., an “up click,” a “down click,” “roughness”), unless otherwise stated, the generated tactile output corresponds to physical displacement of the device or a component thereof that will generate the described sensory perception for a typical (or average) user.
It should be appreciated that device 100 is only one example of a portable multifunction device, and that device 100 optionally has more or fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or more components, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangement of the components. The various components shown in
Memory 102 optionally includes high-speed random access memory and optionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Memory controller 122 optionally controls access to memory 102 by other components of device 100.
Peripherals interface 118 can be used to couple input and output peripherals of the device to CPU 120 and memory 102. The one or more processors 120 run or execute various software programs (such as computer programs (e.g., including instructions)) and/or sets of instructions stored in memory 102 to perform various functions for device 100 and to process data. In some embodiments, peripherals interface 118, CPU 120, and memory controller 122 are, optionally, implemented on a single chip, such as chip 104. In some other embodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips.
RF (radio frequency) circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via the electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 optionally includes well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. RF circuitry 108 optionally communicates with networks, such as the Internet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The RF circuitry 108 optionally includes well-known circuitry for detecting near field communication (NFC) fields, such as by a short-range communication radio. The wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols, and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), Evolution, Data-Only (EV-DO), HSPA, HSPA+, Dual-Cell HSPA (DC-HSPDA), long term evolution (LTE), near field communication (NFC), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, and/or IEEE 802.11ac), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for e-mail (e.g., Internet message access protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instant messaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service (SMS), or any other suitable communication protocol, including communication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of this document.
Audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, and microphone 113 provide an audio interface between a user and device 100. Audio circuitry 110 receives audio data from peripherals interface 118, converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to speaker 111. Speaker 111 converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 also receives electrical signals converted by microphone 113 from sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to peripherals interface 118 for processing. Audio data is, optionally, retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory 102 and/or RF circuitry 108 by peripherals interface 118. In some embodiments, audio circuitry 110 also includes a headset jack (e.g., 212,
I/O subsystem 106 couples input/output peripherals on device 100, such as touch screen 112 and other input control devices 116, to peripherals interface 118. I/O subsystem 106 optionally includes display controller 156, optical sensor controller 158, depth camera controller 169, intensity sensor controller 159, haptic feedback controller 161, and one or more input controllers 160 for other input or control devices. The one or more input controllers 160 receive/send electrical signals from/to other input control devices 116. The other input control devices 116 optionally include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some embodiments, input controller(s) 160 are, optionally, coupled to any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, an infrared port, a USB port, and a pointer device such as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g., 208,
A quick press of the push button optionally disengages a lock of touch screen 112 or optionally begins a process that uses gestures on the touch screen to unlock the device, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, U.S. Pat. No. 7,657,849, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. A longer press of the push button (e.g., 206) optionally turns power to device 100 on or off. The functionality of one or more of the buttons are, optionally, user-customizable. Touch screen 112 is used to implement virtual or soft buttons and one or more soft keyboards.
Touch-sensitive display 112 provides an input interface and an output interface between the device and a user. Display controller 156 receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to touch screen 112. Touch screen 112 displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionally includes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all of the visual output optionally corresponds to user-interface objects.
Touch screen 112 has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor, or set of sensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactile contact. Touch screen 112 and display controller 156 (along with any associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory 102) detect contact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on touch screen 112 and convert the detected contact into interaction with user-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages, or images) that are displayed on touch screen 112. In an exemplary embodiment, a point of contact between touch screen 112 and the user corresponds to a finger of the user.
Touch screen 112 optionally uses LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED (light emitting diode) technology, although other display technologies are used in other embodiments. Touch screen 112 and display controller 156 optionally detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with touch screen 112. In an exemplary embodiment, projected mutual capacitance sensing technology is used, such as that found in the iPhone® and iPod Touch® from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.
A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen 112 is, optionally, analogous to the multi-touch sensitive touchpads described in the following U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846 (Westerman et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,570,557 (Westerman et al.), and/or U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,932 (Westerman), and/or U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0015024A1, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. However, touch screen 112 displays visual output from device 100, whereas touch-sensitive touchpads do not provide visual output.
A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen 112 is described in the following applications: (1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,” filed May 2, 2006; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “Multipoint Touchscreen,” filed May 6, 2004; (3) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jul. 30, 2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 31, 2005; (5) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual Input Device Placement On A Touch Screen User Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (7) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of A Computer With A Touch Screen Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (8) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys Of A Touch-Screen Virtual Keyboard,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; and (9) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
Touch screen 112 optionally has a video resolution in excess of 100 dpi. In some embodiments, the touch screen has a video resolution of approximately 160 dpi. The user optionally makes contact with touch screen 112 using any suitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures, which can be less precise than stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger on the touch screen. In some embodiments, the device translates the rough finger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user.
In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, device 100 optionally includes a touchpad for activating or deactivating particular functions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive area of the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. The touchpad is, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from touch screen 112 or an extension of the touch-sensitive surface formed by the touch screen.
Device 100 also includes power system 162 for powering the various components. Power system 162 optionally includes a power management system, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable devices.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more optical sensors 164.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more depth camera sensors 175.
In some embodiments, a depth map (e.g., depth map image) contains information (e.g., values) that relates to the distance of objects in a scene from a viewpoint (e.g., a camera, an optical sensor, a depth camera sensor). In one embodiment of a depth map, each depth pixel defines the position in the viewpoint's Z-axis where its corresponding two-dimensional pixel is located. In some embodiments, a depth map is composed of pixels wherein each pixel is defined by a value (e.g., 0-255). For example, the “0” value represents pixels that are located at the most distant place in a “three dimensional” scene and the “255” value represents pixels that are located closest to a viewpoint (e.g., a camera, an optical sensor, a depth camera sensor) in the “three dimensional” scene. In other embodiments, a depth map represents the distance between an object in a scene and the plane of the viewpoint. In some embodiments, the depth map includes information about the relative depth of various features of an object of interest in view of the depth camera (e.g., the relative depth of eyes, nose, mouth, ears of a user's face). In some embodiments, the depth map includes information that enables the device to determine contours of the object of interest in a z direction.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more proximity sensors 166.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more tactile output generators 167.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more accelerometers 168.
In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102 include operating system 126, communication module (or set of instructions) 128, contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130, graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, text input module (or set of instructions) 134, Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions) 135, and applications (or sets of instructions) 136. Furthermore, in some embodiments, memory 102 (
Operating system 126 (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, iOS, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components.
Communication module 128 facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports 124 and also includes various software components for handling data received by RF circuitry 108 and/or external port 124. External port 124 (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with, the 30-pin connector used on iPod® (trademark of Apple Inc.) devices.
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects contact with touch screen 112 (in conjunction with display controller 156) and other touch-sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Contact/motion module 130 includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact, such as determining if contact has occurred (e.g., detecting a finger-down event), determining an intensity of the contact (e.g., the force or pressure of the contact or a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact), determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., detecting one or more finger-dragging events), and determining if the contact has ceased (e.g., detecting a finger-up event or a break in contact). Contact/motion module 130 receives contact data from the touch-sensitive surface. Determining movement of the point of contact, which is represented by a series of contact data, optionally includes determining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point of contact. These operations are, optionally, applied to single contacts (e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g., “multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 and display controller 156 detect contact on a touchpad.
In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 uses a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user (e.g., to determine whether a user has “clicked” on an icon). In some embodiments, at least a subset of the intensity thresholds are determined in accordance with software parameters (e.g., the intensity thresholds are not determined by the activation thresholds of particular physical actuators and can be adjusted without changing the physical hardware of device 100). For example, a mouse “click” threshold of a trackpad or touch screen display can be set to any of a large range of predefined threshold values without changing the trackpad or touch screen display hardware. Additionally, in some implementations, a user of the device is provided with software settings for adjusting one or more of the set of intensity thresholds (e.g., by adjusting individual intensity thresholds and/or by adjusting a plurality of intensity thresholds at once with a system-level click “intensity” parameter).
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects a gesture input by a user. Different gestures on the touch-sensitive surface have different contact patterns (e.g., different motions, timings, and/or intensities of detected contacts). Thus, a gesture is, optionally, detected by detecting a particular contact pattern. For example, detecting a finger tap gesture includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event at the same position (or substantially the same position) as the finger-down event (e.g., at the position of an icon). As another example, detecting a finger swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive surface includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting one or more finger-dragging events, and subsequently followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event.
Graphics module 132 includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on touch screen 112 or other display, including components for changing the visual impact (e.g., brightness, transparency, saturation, contrast, or other visual property) of graphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including, without limitation, text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations, and the like.
In some embodiments, graphics module 132 stores data representing graphics to be used. Each graphic is, optionally, assigned a corresponding code. Graphics module 132 receives, from applications etc., one or more codes specifying graphics to be displayed along with, if necessary, coordinate data and other graphic property data, and then generates screen image data to output to display controller 156.
Haptic feedback module 133 includes various software components for generating instructions used by tactile output generator(s) 167 to produce tactile outputs at one or more locations on device 100 in response to user interactions with device 100.
Text input module 134, which is, optionally, a component of graphics module 132, provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications (e.g., contacts 137, e-mail 140, IM 141, browser 147, and any other application that needs text input).
GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138 for use in location-based dialing; to camera 143 as picture/video metadata; and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets).
Applications 136 optionally include the following modules (or sets of instructions), or a subset or superset thereof:
Examples of other applications 136 that are, optionally, stored in memory 102 include other word processing applications, other image editing applications, drawing applications, presentation applications, JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voice replication.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, contacts module 137 are, optionally, used to manage an address book or contact list (e.g., stored in application internal state 192 of contacts module 137 in memory 102 or memory 370), including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from the address book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating an image with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephone numbers or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communications by telephone 138, video conference module 139, e-mail 140, or IM 141; and so forth.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, telephone module 138 are optionally, used to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in contacts module 137, modify a telephone number that has been entered, dial a respective telephone number, conduct a conversation, and disconnect or hang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols, and technologies.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, contacts module 137, and telephone module 138, video conference module 139 includes executable instructions to initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, e-mail client module 140 includes executable instructions to create, send, receive, and manage e-mail in response to user instructions. In conjunction with image management module 144, e-mail client module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e-mails with still or video images taken with camera module 143.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the instant messaging module 141 includes executable instructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modify previously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receive instant messages, and to view received instant messages. In some embodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages optionally include graphics, photos, audio files, video files and/or other attachments as are supported in an MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). As used herein, “instant messaging” refers to both telephony-based messages (e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages (e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, map module 154, and music player module, workout support module 142 includes executable instructions to create workouts (e.g., with time, distance, and/or calorie burning goals); communicate with workout sensors (sports devices); receive workout sensor data; calibrate sensors used to monitor a workout; select and play music for a workout; and display, store, and transmit workout data.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and image management module 144, camera module 143 includes executable instructions to capture still images or video (including a video stream) and store them into memory 102, modify characteristics of a still image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory 102.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and camera module 143, image management module 144 includes executable instructions to arrange, modify (e.g., edit), or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, browser module 147 includes executable instructions to browse the Internet in accordance with user instructions, including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages or portions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, calendar module 148 includes executable instructions to create, display, modify, and store calendars and data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to-do lists, etc.) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, widget modules 149 are mini-applications that are, optionally, downloaded and used by a user (e.g., weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or created by the user (e.g., user-created widget 149-6). In some embodiments, a widget includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, the widget creator module 150 are, optionally, used by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portion of a web page into a widget).
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, search module 151 includes executable instructions to search for text, music, sound, image, video, and/or other files in memory 102 that match one or more search criteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, and browser module 147, video and music player module 152 includes executable instructions that allow the user to download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AAC files, and executable instructions to display, present, or otherwise play back videos (e.g., on touch screen 112 or on an external, connected display via external port 124). In some embodiments, device 100 optionally includes the functionality of an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.).
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, notes module 153 includes executable instructions to create and manage notes, to-do lists, and the like in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, and browser module 147, map module 154 are, optionally, used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and data associated with maps (e.g., driving directions, data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location, and other location-based data) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, online video module 155 includes instructions that allow the user to access, browse, receive (e.g., by streaming and/or download), play back (e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connected display via external port 124), send an e-mail with a link to a particular online video, and otherwise manage online videos in one or more file formats, such as H.264. In some embodiments, instant messaging module 141, rather than e-mail client module 140, is used to send a link to a particular online video. Additional description of the online video application can be found in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/936,562, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Playing Online Videos,” filed Jun. 20, 2007, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/968,067, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Playing Online Videos,” filed Dec. 31, 2007, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
Each of the above-identified modules and applications corresponds to a set of executable instructions for performing one or more functions described above and the methods described in this application (e.g., the computer-implemented methods and other information processing methods described herein). These modules (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs (such as computer programs (e.g., including instructions)), procedures, or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise rearranged in various embodiments. For example, video player module is, optionally, combined with music player module into a single module (e.g., video and music player module 152,
In some embodiments, device 100 is a device where operation of a predefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screen and/or a touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of device 100, the number of physical input control devices (such as push buttons, dials, and the like) on device 100 is, optionally, reduced.
The predefined set of functions that are performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad optionally include navigation between user interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user, navigates device 100 to a main, home, or root menu from any user interface that is displayed on device 100. In such embodiments, a “menu button” is implemented using a touchpad. In some other embodiments, the menu button is a physical push button or other physical input control device instead of a touchpad.
Event sorter 170 receives event information and determines the application 136-1 and application view 191 of application 136-1 to which to deliver the event information. Event sorter 170 includes event monitor 171 and event dispatcher module 174. In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes application internal state 192, which indicates the current application view(s) displayed on touch-sensitive display 112 when the application is active or executing. In some embodiments, device/global internal state 157 is used by event sorter 170 to determine which application(s) is (are) currently active, and application internal state 192 is used by event sorter 170 to determine application views 191 to which to deliver event information.
In some embodiments, application internal state 192 includes additional information, such as one or more of: resume information to be used when application 136-1 resumes execution, user interface state information that indicates information being displayed or that is ready for display by application 136-1, a state queue for enabling the user to go back to a prior state or view of application 136-1, and a redo/undo queue of previous actions taken by the user.
Event monitor 171 receives event information from peripherals interface 118. Event information includes information about a sub-event (e.g., a user touch on touch-sensitive display 112, as part of a multi-touch gesture). Peripherals interface 118 transmits information it receives from I/O subsystem 106 or a sensor, such as proximity sensor 166, accelerometer(s) 168, and/or microphone 113 (through audio circuitry 110). Information that peripherals interface 118 receives from I/O subsystem 106 includes information from touch-sensitive display 112 or a touch-sensitive surface.
In some embodiments, event monitor 171 sends requests to the peripherals interface 118 at predetermined intervals. In response, peripherals interface 118 transmits event information. In other embodiments, peripherals interface 118 transmits event information only when there is a significant event (e.g., receiving an input above a predetermined noise threshold and/or for more than a predetermined duration).
In some embodiments, event sorter 170 also includes a hit view determination module 172 and/or an active event recognizer determination module 173.
Hit view determination module 172 provides software procedures for determining where a sub-event has taken place within one or more views when touch-sensitive display 112 displays more than one view. Views are made up of controls and other elements that a user can see on the display.
Another aspect of the user interface associated with an application is a set of views, sometimes herein called application views or user interface windows, in which information is displayed and touch-based gestures occur. The application views (of a respective application) in which a touch is detected optionally correspond to programmatic levels within a programmatic or view hierarchy of the application. For example, the lowest level view in which a touch is detected is, optionally, called the hit view, and the set of events that are recognized as proper inputs are, optionally, determined based, at least in part, on the hit view of the initial touch that begins a touch-based gesture.
Hit view determination module 172 receives information related to sub-events of a touch-based gesture. When an application has multiple views organized in a hierarchy, hit view determination module 172 identifies a hit view as the lowest view in the hierarchy which should handle the sub-event. In most circumstances, the hit view is the lowest level view in which an initiating sub-event occurs (e.g., the first sub-event in the sequence of sub-events that form an event or potential event). Once the hit view is identified by the hit view determination module 172, the hit view typically receives all sub-events related to the same touch or input source for which it was identified as the hit view.
Active event recognizer determination module 173 determines which view or views within a view hierarchy should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In some embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that only the hit view should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that all views that include the physical location of a sub-event are actively involved views, and therefore determines that all actively involved views should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, even if touch sub-events were entirely confined to the area associated with one particular view, views higher in the hierarchy would still remain as actively involved views.
Event dispatcher module 174 dispatches the event information to an event recognizer (e.g., event recognizer 180). In embodiments including active event recognizer determination module 173, event dispatcher module 174 delivers the event information to an event recognizer determined by active event recognizer determination module 173. In some embodiments, event dispatcher module 174 stores in an event queue the event information, which is retrieved by a respective event receiver 182.
In some embodiments, operating system 126 includes event sorter 170. Alternatively, application 136-1 includes event sorter 170. In yet other embodiments, event sorter 170 is a stand-alone module, or a part of another module stored in memory 102, such as contact/motion module 130.
In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes a plurality of event handlers 190 and one or more application views 191, each of which includes instructions for handling touch events that occur within a respective view of the application's user interface. Each application view 191 of the application 136-1 includes one or more event recognizers 180. Typically, a respective application view 191 includes a plurality of event recognizers 180. In other embodiments, one or more of event recognizers 180 are part of a separate module, such as a user interface kit or a higher level object from which application 136-1 inherits methods and other properties. In some embodiments, a respective event handler 190 includes one or more of: data updater 176, object updater 177, GUI updater 178, and/or event data 179 received from event sorter 170. Event handler 190 optionally utilizes or calls data updater 176, object updater 177, or GUI updater 178 to update the application internal state 192. Alternatively, one or more of the application views 191 include one or more respective event handlers 190. Also, in some embodiments, one or more of data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178 are included in a respective application view 191.
A respective event recognizer 180 receives event information (e.g., event data 179) from event sorter 170 and identifies an event from the event information. Event recognizer 180 includes event receiver 182 and event comparator 184. In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 also includes at least a subset of: metadata 183, and event delivery instructions 188 (which optionally include sub-event delivery instructions).
Event receiver 182 receives event information from event sorter 170. The event information includes information about a sub-event, for example, a touch or a touch movement. Depending on the sub-event, the event information also includes additional information, such as location of the sub-event. When the sub-event concerns motion of a touch, the event information optionally also includes speed and direction of the sub-event. In some embodiments, events include rotation of the device from one orientation to another (e.g., from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, or vice versa), and the event information includes corresponding information about the current orientation (also called device attitude) of the device.
Event comparator 184 compares the event information to predefined event or sub-event definitions and, based on the comparison, determines an event or sub-event, or determines or updates the state of an event or sub-event. In some embodiments, event comparator 184 includes event definitions 186. Event definitions 186 contain definitions of events (e.g., predefined sequences of sub-events), for example, event 1 (187-1), event 2 (187-2), and others. In some embodiments, sub-events in an event (187) include, for example, touch begin, touch end, touch movement, touch cancellation, and multiple touching. In one example, the definition for event 1 (187-1) is a double tap on a displayed object. The double tap, for example, comprises a first touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a first liftoff (touch end) for a predetermined phase, a second touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, and a second liftoff (touch end) for a predetermined phase. In another example, the definition for event 2 (187-2) is a dragging on a displayed object. The dragging, for example, comprises a touch (or contact) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a movement of the touch across touch-sensitive display 112, and liftoff of the touch (touch end). In some embodiments, the event also includes information for one or more associated event handlers 190.
In some embodiments, event definition 187 includes a definition of an event for a respective user-interface object. In some embodiments, event comparator 184 performs a hit test to determine which user-interface object is associated with a sub-event. For example, in an application view in which three user-interface objects are displayed on touch-sensitive display 112, when a touch is detected on touch-sensitive display 112, event comparator 184 performs a hit test to determine which of the three user-interface objects is associated with the touch (sub-event). If each displayed object is associated with a respective event handler 190, the event comparator uses the result of the hit test to determine which event handler 190 should be activated. For example, event comparator 184 selects an event handler associated with the sub-event and the object triggering the hit test.
In some embodiments, the definition for a respective event (187) also includes delayed actions that delay delivery of the event information until after it has been determined whether the sequence of sub-events does or does not correspond to the event recognizer's event type.
When a respective event recognizer 180 determines that the series of sub-events do not match any of the events in event definitions 186, the respective event recognizer 180 enters an event impossible, event failed, or event ended state, after which it disregards subsequent sub-events of the touch-based gesture. In this situation, other event recognizers, if any, that remain active for the hit view continue to track and process sub-events of an ongoing touch-based gesture.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 includes metadata 183 with configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how the event delivery system should perform sub-event delivery to actively involved event recognizers. In some embodiments, metadata 183 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how event recognizers interact, or are enabled to interact, with one another. In some embodiments, metadata 183 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate whether sub-events are delivered to varying levels in the view or programmatic hierarchy.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 activates event handler 190 associated with an event when one or more particular sub-events of an event are recognized. In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 delivers event information associated with the event to event handler 190. Activating an event handler 190 is distinct from sending (and deferred sending) sub-events to a respective hit view. In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 throws a flag associated with the recognized event, and event handler 190 associated with the flag catches the flag and performs a predefined process.
In some embodiments, event delivery instructions 188 include sub-event delivery instructions that deliver event information about a sub-event without activating an event handler. Instead, the sub-event delivery instructions deliver event information to event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or to actively involved views. Event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or with actively involved views receive the event information and perform a predetermined process.
In some embodiments, data updater 176 creates and updates data used in application 136-1. For example, data updater 176 updates the telephone number used in contacts module 137, or stores a video file used in video player module. In some embodiments, object updater 177 creates and updates objects used in application 136-1. For example, object updater 177 creates a new user-interface object or updates the position of a user-interface object. GUI updater 178 updates the GUI. For example, GUI updater 178 prepares display information and sends it to graphics module 132 for display on a touch-sensitive display.
In some embodiments, event handler(s) 190 includes or has access to data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178. In some embodiments, data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178 are included in a single module of a respective application 136-1 or application view 191. In other embodiments, they are included in two or more software modules.
It shall be understood that the foregoing discussion regarding event handling of user touches on touch-sensitive displays also applies to other forms of user inputs to operate multifunction devices 100 with input devices, not all of which are initiated on touch screens. For example, mouse movement and mouse button presses, optionally coordinated with single or multiple keyboard presses or holds; contact movements such as taps, drags, scrolls, etc. on touchpads; pen stylus inputs; movement of the device; oral instructions; detected eye movements; biometric inputs; and/or any combination thereof are optionally utilized as inputs corresponding to sub-events which define an event to be recognized.
Device 100 optionally also include one or more physical buttons, such as “home” or menu button 204. As described previously, menu button 204 is, optionally, used to navigate to any application 136 in a set of applications that are, optionally, executed on device 100. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI displayed on touch screen 112.
In some embodiments, device 100 includes touch screen 112, menu button 204, push button 206 for powering the device on/off and locking the device, volume adjustment button(s) 208, subscriber identity module (SIM) card slot 210, headset jack 212, and docking/charging external port 124. Push button 206 is, optionally, used to turn the power on/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefined time interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate an unlock process. In an alternative embodiment, device 100 also accepts verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through microphone 113. Device 100 also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165 for detecting intensity of contacts on touch screen 112 and/or one or more tactile output generators 167 for generating tactile outputs for a user of device 100.
Each of the above-identified elements in
Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces that are, optionally, implemented on, for example, portable multifunction device 100.
It should be noted that the icon labels illustrated in
Although some of the examples that follow will be given with reference to inputs on touch screen display 112 (where the touch-sensitive surface and the display are combined), in some embodiments, the device detects inputs on a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the display, as shown in
Additionally, while the following examples are given primarily with reference to finger inputs (e.g., finger contacts, finger tap gestures, finger swipe gestures), it should be understood that, in some embodiments, one or more of the finger inputs are replaced with input from another input device (e.g., a mouse-based input or stylus input). For example, a swipe gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click (e.g., instead of a contact) followed by movement of the cursor along the path of the swipe (e.g., instead of movement of the contact). As another example, a tap gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click while the cursor is located over the location of the tap gesture (e.g., instead of detection of the contact followed by ceasing to detect the contact). Similarly, when multiple user inputs are simultaneously detected, it should be understood that multiple computer mice are, optionally, used simultaneously, or a mouse and finger contacts are, optionally, used simultaneously.
Exemplary techniques for detecting and processing touch intensity are found, for example, in related applications: International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US2013/040061, titled “Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying User Interface Objects Corresponding to an Application,” filed May 8, 2013, published as WIPO Publication No. WO/2013/169849, and International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US2013/069483, titled “Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Transitioning Between Touch Input to Display Output Relationships,” filed Nov. 11, 2013, published as WIPO Publication No. WO/2014/105276, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
In some embodiments, device 500 has one or more input mechanisms 506 and 508. Input mechanisms 506 and 508, if included, can be physical. Examples of physical input mechanisms include push buttons and rotatable mechanisms. In some embodiments, device 500 has one or more attachment mechanisms. Such attachment mechanisms, if included, can permit attachment of device 500 with, for example, hats, eyewear, earrings, necklaces, shirts, jackets, bracelets, watch straps, chains, trousers, belts, shoes, purses, backpacks, and so forth. These attachment mechanisms permit device 500 to be worn by a user.
Input mechanism 508 is, optionally, a microphone, in some examples. Personal electronic device 500 optionally includes various sensors, such as GPS sensor 532, accelerometer 534, directional sensor 540 (e.g., compass), gyroscope 536, motion sensor 538, and/or a combination thereof, all of which can be operatively connected to I/O section 514.
Memory 518 of personal electronic device 500 can include one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums, for storing computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or more computer processors 516, for example, can cause the computer processors to perform the techniques described below, including processes 700, 900, 1100, 1300, and 1400 (
As used herein, the term “affordance” refers to a user-interactive graphical user interface object that is, optionally, displayed on the display screen of devices 100, 300, and/or 500 (
As used herein, the term “focus selector” refers to an input element that indicates a current part of a user interface with which a user is interacting. In some implementations that include a cursor or other location marker, the cursor acts as a “focus selector” so that when an input (e.g., a press input) is detected on a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touchpad 355 in
As used in the specification and claims, the term “characteristic intensity” of a contact refers to a characteristic of the contact based on one or more intensities of the contact. In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is based on multiple intensity samples. The characteristic intensity is, optionally, based on a predefined number of intensity samples, or a set of intensity samples collected during a predetermined time period (e.g., 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 seconds) relative to a predefined event (e.g., after detecting the contact, prior to detecting liftoff of the contact, before or after detecting a start of movement of the contact, prior to detecting an end of the contact, before or after detecting an increase in intensity of the contact, and/or before or after detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact). A characteristic intensity of a contact is, optionally, based on one or more of: a maximum value of the intensities of the contact, a mean value of the intensities of the contact, an average value of the intensities of the contact, a top 10 percentile value of the intensities of the contact, a value at the half maximum of the intensities of the contact, a value at the 90 percent maximum of the intensities of the contact, or the like. In some embodiments, the duration of the contact is used in determining the characteristic intensity (e.g., when the characteristic intensity is an average of the intensity of the contact over time). In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is compared to a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user. For example, the set of one or more intensity thresholds optionally includes a first intensity threshold and a second intensity threshold. In this example, a contact with a characteristic intensity that does not exceed the first threshold results in a first operation, a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the first intensity threshold and does not exceed the second intensity threshold results in a second operation, and a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the second threshold results in a third operation. In some embodiments, a comparison between the characteristic intensity and one or more thresholds is used to determine whether or not to perform one or more operations (e.g., whether to perform a respective operation or forgo performing the respective operation), rather than being used to determine whether to perform a first operation or a second operation.
In some embodiments, a portion of a gesture is identified for purposes of determining a characteristic intensity. For example, a touch-sensitive surface optionally receives a continuous swipe contact transitioning from a start location and reaching an end location, at which point the intensity of the contact increases. In this example, the characteristic intensity of the contact at the end location is, optionally, based on only a portion of the continuous swipe contact, and not the entire swipe contact (e.g., only the portion of the swipe contact at the end location). In some embodiments, a smoothing algorithm is, optionally, applied to the intensities of the swipe contact prior to determining the characteristic intensity of the contact. For example, the smoothing algorithm optionally includes one or more of: an unweighted sliding-average smoothing algorithm, a triangular smoothing algorithm, a median filter smoothing algorithm, and/or an exponential smoothing algorithm. In some circumstances, these smoothing algorithms eliminate narrow spikes or dips in the intensities of the swipe contact for purposes of determining a characteristic intensity.
The intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, characterized relative to one or more intensity thresholds, such as a contact-detection intensity threshold, a light press intensity threshold, a deep press intensity threshold, and/or one or more other intensity thresholds. In some embodiments, the light press intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will perform operations typically associated with clicking a button of a physical mouse or a trackpad. In some embodiments, the deep press intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will perform operations that are different from operations typically associated with clicking a button of a physical mouse or a trackpad. In some embodiments, when a contact is detected with a characteristic intensity below the light press intensity threshold (e.g., and above a nominal contact-detection intensity threshold below which the contact is no longer detected), the device will move a focus selector in accordance with movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface without performing an operation associated with the light press intensity threshold or the deep press intensity threshold. Generally, unless otherwise stated, these intensity thresholds are consistent between different sets of user interface figures.
An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the light press intensity threshold to an intensity between the light press intensity threshold and the deep press intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as a “light press” input. An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the deep press intensity threshold to an intensity above the deep press intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as a “deep press” input. An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the contact-detection intensity threshold to an intensity between the contact-detection intensity threshold and the light press intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as detecting the contact on the touch-surface. A decrease of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity above the contact-detection intensity threshold to an intensity below the contact-detection intensity threshold is sometimes referred to as detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch-surface. In some embodiments, the contact-detection intensity threshold is zero. In some embodiments, the contact-detection intensity threshold is greater than zero.
In some embodiments described herein, one or more operations are performed in response to detecting a gesture that includes a respective press input or in response to detecting the respective press input performed with a respective contact (or a plurality of contacts), where the respective press input is detected based at least in part on detecting an increase in intensity of the contact (or plurality of contacts) above a press-input intensity threshold. In some embodiments, the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., a “down stroke” of the respective press input). In some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the press-input threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input).
In some embodiments, the device employs intensity hysteresis to avoid accidental inputs sometimes termed “jitter,” where the device defines or selects a hysteresis intensity threshold with a predefined relationship to the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., the hysteresis intensity threshold is X intensity units lower than the press-input intensity threshold or the hysteresis intensity threshold is 75%, 90%, or some reasonable proportion of the press-input intensity threshold). Thus, in some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold that corresponds to the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input). Similarly, in some embodiments, the press input is detected only when the device detects an increase in intensity of the contact from an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity at or above the press-input intensity threshold and, optionally, a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact to an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the press input (e.g., the increase in intensity of the contact or the decrease in intensity of the contact, depending on the circumstances).
For ease of explanation, the descriptions of operations performed in response to a press input associated with a press-input intensity threshold or in response to a gesture including the press input are, optionally, triggered in response to detecting either: an increase in intensity of a contact above the press-input intensity threshold, an increase in intensity of a contact from an intensity below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity above the press-input intensity threshold, a decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and/or a decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to the press-input intensity threshold. Additionally, in examples where an operation is described as being performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of a contact below the press-input intensity threshold, the operation is, optionally, performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to, and lower than, the press-input intensity threshold.
Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UP”) and associated processes that are implemented on an electronic device, such as portable multifunction device 100, device 300, or device 500.
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Device 500A displays, via display 504A, communication UI 520A, which is a user interface for facilitating a communication session (e.g., a video conference session) between device 500B and device 500C. Communication UI 520A includes video feed 525-1A and video feed 525-2A. Video feed 525-1A is a representation of video data captured at device 500B (e.g., using camera 501B) and communicated from device 500B to devices 500A and 500C during the communication session. Video feed 525-2A is a representation of video data captured at device 500C (e.g., using camera 501C) and communicated from device 500C to devices 500A and 500B during the communication session.
Communication UI 520A includes camera preview 550A, which is a representation of video data captured at device 500A via camera 501A. Camera preview 550A represents to User A the prospective video feed of User A that is displayed at respective devices 500B and 500C.
Communication UI 520A includes one or more controls 555A for controlling one or more aspects of the communication session. For example, controls 555A can include controls for muting audio for the communication session, changing a camera view for the communication session (e.g., changing which camera is used for capturing video for the communication session, adjusting a zoom value), terminating the communication session, applying visual effects to the camera view for the communication session, activating one or more modes associated with the communication session. In some embodiments, one or more controls 555A are optionally displayed in communication UI 520A. In some embodiments, one or more controls 555A are displayed separate from camera preview 550A. In some embodiments, one or more controls 555A are displayed overlaying at least a portion of camera preview 550A.
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Device 500B displays, via touchscreen 504B, communication UI 520B, which is similar to communication UI 520A of device 500A. Communication UI 520B includes video feed 525-1B and video feed 525-2B. Video feed 525-1B is a representation of video data captured at device 500A (e.g., using camera 501A) and communicated from device 500A to devices 500B and 500C during the communication session. Video feed 525-2B is a representation of video data captured at device 500C (e.g., using camera 501C) and communicated from device 500C to devices 500A and 500B during the communication session. Communication UI 520B also includes camera preview 550B, which is a representation of video data captured at device 500B via camera 501B, and one or more controls 555B for controlling one or more aspects of the communication session, similar to controls 555A. Camera preview 550B represents to User B the prospective video feed of User B that is displayed at respective devices 500A and 500C.
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Device 500C displays, via touchscreen 504C, communication UI 520C, which is similar to communication UI 520A of device 500A and communication UI 520B of device 500B. Communication UI 520C includes video feed 525-1C and video feed 525-2C. Video feed 525-1C is a representation of video data captured at device 500B (e.g., using camera 501B) and communicated from device 500B to devices 500A and 500C during the communication session. Video feed 525-2C is a representation of video data captured at device 500A (e.g., using camera 501A) and communicated from device 500A to devices 500B and 500C during the communication session. Communication UI 520C also includes camera preview 550C, which is a representation of video data captured at device 500C via camera 501C, and one or more controls 555C for controlling one or more aspects of the communication session, similar to controls 555A and 555B. Camera preview 550C represents to User C the prospective video feed of User C that is displayed at respective devices 500A and 500B.
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Device 600 includes one or more cameras 602 (e.g., front-facing cameras) for capturing image data and, optionally, depth data of a scene that is within the field-of-view of the camera. In some embodiments, camera 602 is a wide angle camera (e.g., a camera that includes a wide angle lens, or a lens that has a relatively short focal length and wide field-of-view). In some embodiments, device 600 includes one or more features of devices 100, 300, or 500.
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Options menu 608 includes various selectable options for controlling one or more aspects of the video conference. For example, mute option 608-1 is selectable to mute the transmission of any audio detected by device 600. Flip option 608-2 is selectable to switch the camera being used for the video conference between camera 602 and one or more different cameras, such as a camera on the opposite side of device 600 from camera 602 (e.g., a rear-facing camera). Accept option 608-3 is selectable to accept the request to participate in the live video conference. Decline option 608-4 is selectable to decline the request to participate in the live video conference.
Background blur affordance 611 is selectable to enable or disable a background blur mode for the video conference session. In the embodiment depicted in
Framing mode affordance 610 is selectable to enable or disable an automatic framing mode for the video conference session. In the embodiment depicted in
When the automatic framing mode is enabled, device 600 detects conditions of a scene that is within the field-of-view of the enabled camera (e.g., camera 602) (e.g., the presence and/or position of one or more subjects within the field-of-view of the camera), and, in real time, adjusts the field-of-view of the video output for the video conference session (as represented in the camera preview) (e.g., without moving camera 602 or device 600), based on the conditions of the scene or changes detected in the scene within the field-of-view of the camera (e.g., changes in the position and/or movement of subject(s) during the video conference session). Various embodiments of the automatic framing mode are discussed throughout the present disclosure.
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When the incoming video conference request is accepted, video conference request interface 604-1 transitions to video conference interface 604, as depicted in
In some embodiments, when the automatic framing mode is disabled, device 600 outputs a predetermined portion of the available field-of-view of camera 602 as the video feed field-of-view. An example of such an embodiment is depicted in
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In some embodiments, when the automatic framing mode is enabled, device 600 displays one or more prompts to adjust the video feed field-of-view to include additional participants, in response to detecting additional subjects within field-of-view 620. Examples of such embodiments are described below with respect to
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As described below, method 700 provides an intuitive way for managing a live video communication session. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for managing a live video communication session, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to manage a live video communication session faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
In method 700, computer system (e.g., 600) displays (702), via the display generation component (e.g., 601), a communication request interface (e.g., 604-1 in
The computer system (e.g., 600) displays (704) the communication request interface (e.g., 604-1 in
The computer system (e.g., 600) displays (706) (e.g., concurrently with 704) the communication request interface (e.g., 604-1 in
In some embodiments, the framing mode affordance is selectable to enable/disable a mode (e.g., automatic framing mode) for: 1) tracking, during a live video communication session, a position and/or location of one or more subjects detected within a field-of-view of the one or more cameras, and 2) automatically adjusting a displayed view of the subject(s), during the live video communication session, based on the tracking of the subject.
In some embodiments, the background blur affordance is selectable to enable/disable a mode (e.g., background blur mode) in which a visual effect (e.g., a blurring, darkening, shading, obscuring, desaturating, or otherwise deemphasizing effect) is applied to a background portion of the camera field-of-view (e.g., 606) (e.g., a camera preview; an output video feed of the camera field-of-view) during the live video communication session (e.g., without applying the visual effect to the portion of the camera field-of-view that includes the representation of the subject (e.g., a foreground portion) (e.g., 622-1)).
In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality affordance is selectable to enable/disable a mode (e.g., dynamic video quality mode) for outputting (e.g., transmitting and, optionally, displaying) a camera field-of-view with portions having different degrees of compression and/or video qualities. For example, portions of the camera field-of-view that include a detected face (e.g., 622-1) are compressed less than portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include a detected face. In some embodiments, there is an inverse relationship between the degree of compression and video quality (e.g., greater compression results in lower video quality; less compression results in higher video quality). As such, the video feed for the live video communication session can be transmitted (e.g., by the computer system (e.g., 600)) to a recipient device of a remote participant of the live video communication session so that the portions of the camera field-of-view that include a detected face can be displayed at the recipient device with a higher video quality than the portions that do not include a detected face (due to the reduced compression of the portions of the camera field-of-view that include a detected face and the increased compression of the portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include a detected face). In some embodiments, the computer system varies the amount of compression as the video bandwidth changes (e.g., increases, decreases). For example, the degree of compression of the portion(s) of the camera field-of-view (e.g., the camera feed) that does not include the detected face(s) varies (e.g., increases or decreases with the corresponding change in bandwidth) while the degree of compression of the portion(s) of the camera field-of-view that includes the detected face(s) remains constant (or, in some embodiments, varies at a lesser rate or by a lesser amount than the portion(s) of the camera field-of-view that does not include the face(s)).
While displaying the communication request interface (e.g., 604-1 in
In response to receiving the set of one or more inputs (e.g., 612 and/or 614) that includes a selection (e.g., 614) of the first selectable graphical user interface object (e.g., 608-3), the computer system (e.g., 600) displays (710), via the display generation component (e.g., 601), a live video communication interface (e.g., 604) for the live video communication session.
While displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 604), the computer system (e.g., 600) detects (712) a change in a scene (e.g., 615) (e.g., a change in position of a subject) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602). In some embodiments, the scene includes a representation of the subject and, optionally, one or more additional subjects in the field of view of the one or more cameras.
In response (714) to detecting the change in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602). The computer system (e.g., 600) perform one or more of steps 716 and 718 in method 700.
In accordance with a determination that the first camera mode is selected for use (e.g., enabled) (e.g., if the first camera mode is disabled by default, the set of one or more inputs includes a selection of the second selectable graphical user interface object; if the first camera mode is enabled by default, the set of one or more inputs does not include a selection of the second selectable graphical user interface object) (e.g., the framing mode affordance is in a selected state when the accept affordance is selected), the computer system (e.g., 600) adjusts (716) (e.g., automatically; without user input) a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) (e.g., a displayed field-of-view of the one or more cameras) during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., automatically adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., based on a detected position of a subject) during the live video communication session). Adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras when the first camera mode is selected for use enhances the video communication session experience by automatically adjusting the field-of-view of the cameras (e.g., to maintain display of the subject/user) without requiring further input from the user. Performing an operation when a set of conditions has been met without requiring further user input enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) during the live video communication session includes: 1) in accordance with a determination that a first set of criteria is met, including that the scene includes a subject (e.g., 622) (e.g., one or more users of the computer system) detected at a first position (within the field-of-view 620 of the one or more cameras; in
In accordance with a determination that the second camera mode is selected for use (e.g., enabled) (e.g., the framing mode affordance is in an unselected or deselected state when the accept affordance is selected), the computer system (e.g., 600) forgoes (718) adjusting a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, the detected change in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) includes a detected change in a set of attention-based factors for one or more subjects (e.g., 622; 628) in the scene (e.g., a first subject turns their attention to (e.g., focuses on, looks at) the one or more cameras (e.g., based on a gaze position, head position, and/or body position of the first subject)). In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, including adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on (in some embodiments, in response to) the detected change in the set of attention-based factors for the one or more subjects in the scene (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, when the automatic framing mode is enabled, the computer system (e.g., 600) adjusts (e.g., reframes) the displayed portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) based on one or more attention-based factors of subjects (e.g., 622; 628) detected within the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602). For example, when the first subject turns attention to the one or more cameras, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras changes (e.g., zooms out) to include a representation of the first subject or to focus on the first subject. Conversely, when the first subject's attention shifts away from the one or more cameras, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras changes (e.g., zooms in) to exclude a representation of the first subject (e.g., if other subjects remain in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras) or to focus on another subject.
In some embodiments, the set of attention-based factors includes a first factor that is based on a detected focal plane of a first subject (e.g., 628) of the one or more subjects in the scene (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, the set of attention-based factors includes a second factor that is based on whether a second subject (e.g., 628) of the one or more subjects in the scene (e.g., 615) (e.g., a subject other than the first subject) is determined to be looking at the one or more cameras (e.g., 602). Adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication based on whether a second subject in the scene is determined to be looking at the one or more cameras enhances the video communication session experience by automatically adjusting the field-of-view of the cameras when the second subject looks at the camera without requiring further input from the user. Performing an operation when a set of conditions has been met without requiring further user input enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the second subject's attention is determined based on whether the second subject is looking at the one or more cameras. If so, the second subject is considered to be paying attention to the one or more cameras and is, therefore, considered to be an active participant in the live video communication session. Accordingly, the computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to include the second subject in the live video communication interface.
In some embodiments, the detected change in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) includes a detected change in a number (e.g., amount; quantity) of subjects (e.g., 622; 628) detected in the scene (e.g., a detected change in a number of subjects detected in the scene that satisfy a first set of criteria (e.g., the subject(s) is positioned in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and, optionally, is stationary) (e.g., one or more subjects entering or exiting the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras)). In some embodiments, adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on (in some embodiments, in response to) the detected change in the number of subjects detected in the scene (e.g., that satisfy the first set of criteria) (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the number of subjects detected in the scene is based on a determination of whether a subject in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) is stationary (e.g., relatively stationary; not moving more than a threshold amount of movement in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras). Adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication based on whether a subject in the field-of-view is stationary enhances the video communication session experience by automatically adjusting the field-of-view of the cameras when the subject in the scene is stationary without requiring further input from the user. Performing an operation when a set of conditions has been met without requiring further user input enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, when the automatic framing mode is enabled, the computer system (e.g., 600) considers a detected subject (e.g., 628) to be a participant in the live video communication session when the subject does not move more than a threshold amount of movement. When the subject is considered an active participant, the computer system adjusts (e.g., reframes) the displayed portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) to then include a representation of the subject (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) has a first represented field-of-view before the computer system (e.g., 600) detects the change in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., the computer system is displaying a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras before the change in the scene is detected). In some embodiments, the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a detected movement of a third subject (e.g., 622) from a first portion (e.g., 625 in
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) has a third represented field-of-view (e.g., in
In some embodiments, adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) further includes ceasing displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras having the third represented field-of-view in the live video communication interface (e.g., 606 in
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) has a first zoom value (e.g., a zoom setting (e.g., 1×, 0.5×, 0.7×)) before detecting the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) during the live video communication session based on the detected change in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) includes ceasing displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras having the first zoom value in the live video communication interface (e.g., 606 in
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) concurrently displays the second selectable graphical user interface object (e.g., 610) with the live video communication interface (e.g., 604) that includes one or more other selectable controls (e.g., 608) for controlling the live video communication (e.g., an end call button for ending the live video communication session, a switch camera button for switching which camera is used for the live video communication session, a mute button for muting/unmuting audio of the user of the device in the live video communication session, an effects button for adding/removing visual effects from the live video communication session, an add user button for adding a user to the live video communication session, and/or a camera on/off button for turning video of the user on/off in the live video communication session). In some embodiments, the second selectable graphical user interface object (e.g., “framing mode” affordance) is continuously displayed during the live video communication session.
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 604) when a seventh subject (e.g., 628) (e.g., a first participant in the live video communication session) is detected in the scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), the computer system (e.g., 600) detects an eighth subject (e.g., 622) (e.g., a second participant in the live video communication session) in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., detecting an increase in the number of subjects in the scene). In response to detecting the eighth subject in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system displays, via the display generation component (e.g., 601), a prompt (e.g., 632) (e.g., text to add a second participant to the live video communication session, an affordance for adding a second participant, an indication of a second participant (e.g., a framing indication (e.g., 630) in a potential preview (e.g., blurred region) to show recognition of the detected additional subject(s)), stacked camera preview windows, or other prompts as discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) has a fifth represented field-of-view (e.g., in
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600, 600a) displays, via the display generation component (e.g., 601, 601a), a representation of a first portion of a field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g. 606, 1006, 1056, 1208, 1218) of a respective device of a respective participant in the live video communication session (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view of a camera of a remote participant in the live video communication session that includes a detected face of a remote participant (e.g., 1220-1b in
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600, 600a) enables a dynamic video quality mode for outputting (e.g., transmitting to a recipient device (e.g., 600a; 600), optionally while displaying at the sending device (e.g., 600; 600a)) the camera field-of-view (e.g., 606, 1006, 1056, 1208, 1210-1, 1218, 1220-1, 1023, 1053-2) with portions having different degrees of video compression. In some embodiments, the computer system compresses portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include one or more faces (e.g., 1220-1a in
In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is independent of the automatic framing mode and background blur mode such that the dynamic video quality mode can be enabled and disabled separate from the automatic framing mode and the background blur mode. In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is implemented with the automatic framing mode such that the dynamic video quality mode is enabled when the automatic framing mode is enabled and is disabled when the automatic framing mode is disabled. In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is implemented with the background blur mode such that the dynamic video quality mode is enabled when the background blur mode is enabled and is disabled when the background blur mode is disabled.
In some embodiments, after the feature of the respective type has moved from the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 606, 1006, 1023, 1053-2, 1056, 1208, 1210-1, 1218, 1220-1) of the respective device of the respective participant to the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., detecting the movement of the feature of the respective type from the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and, in response to detecting the movement of the feature of the respective type from the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras), the computer system (e.g., 600, 600a) displays, via the display generation component (e.g., 601, 601a), the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant and the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view that includes a detected face), including displaying the representation of the first portion the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant with an increased degree of compression (e.g., a lower video quality) than the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in accordance with a determination that the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant includes a detected feature of the respective type while a detected feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., as the face moves within the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the degrees of compression of respective portions of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras change such that the face (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view that includes the face) is (e.g., remains) output (e.g., transmitted and, optionally, displayed) having a lower degree of compression than portions of the field-of-view that do not include the face (e.g., as Jane's face moves, video feed 1053-2 and/or 1220-1 is updated so that her face continues to be displayed at a higher video quality and portions of the video feed that do not include her face (even portions that were previously displayed at a higher quality) are displayed at a lower video quality; as John's face moves, video feed 1023 and/or 1210-1 is updated so that his face continues to be displayed at a higher video quality and portions of the video feed that do not include his face (even portions that were previously displayed at a higher quality) are displayed at a lower video quality)). Displaying, after the feature of the respective type has moved from the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant to the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant, the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in the live video communication session with an increased degree of compression than the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in accordance with a determination that the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a detected feature of the respective type while a detected feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality as a face moves within the scene. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the feature of the respective type is a face (e.g., a face detected within a field-of-view of one or more cameras; a face of a remote participant (e.g., Jane's face in video feed 1220-1 and/or 1053-2; John's face in video feed 1023 and/or 1210-1); a face of the subject (e.g., Jane's face in camera preview 606, 1006, and/or 1208; John's face in camera preview 1056 and/or 1218)). In some embodiments, displaying the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 606, 1006, 1023, 1053-2, 1056, 1208, 1210-1, 1218, 1220-1) of the respective device of the respective participant includes displaying the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant having a lesser video quality than the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., 1220-1a is displayed having a lower video quality than 1220-1b in
In some embodiments, portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include a detected face (e.g., 621-1; 1220-1a; 1208-1; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that do not include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that do not include Jane's face) are output (e.g., transmitted and, optionally, displayed) having a lesser image quality than portions of the camera field-of-view that do include a detected face (e.g., 622-1; 1220-1b; 1208-2; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that include Jane's face) (due to the increased compression of the portions that do not include a detected face). In some embodiments, when no faces are detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system (e.g., 600; 600a) applies a uniform or substantially uniform degree of compression to the first and second portions of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras such that the video feed (e.g., both the first and second portions) can be output having a uniform or substantially uniform video quality. In some embodiments, when multiple faces are detected in the camera field-of-view (e.g., multiple participants of the live video communication session are detected), the computer system applies the reduced compression concurrently to the portions of the field-of-view that correspond to the detected faces such that the faces can be displayed concurrently (e.g., at a recipient device) having the higher image quality. In some embodiments, the computer system applies the increased compression to the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, even if a face is detected in the second portion. For example, the computer system can determine that the face in the second portion is not a participant of the live video communication session (e.g., the person is a bystander in the background) and, therefore, does not reduce the degree of compression of the second portion having the face.
In some embodiments, after (e.g., in response to detecting) a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation of the field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 606, 1006, 1023, 1053-2, 1056, 1208, 1210-1, 1218, 1220-1) of the respective device (e.g., 600, 600a) of the respective participant occurs (e.g., is detected), while a feature of the respective type (e.g., a face) is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., 622-1; 1220-1b; 1208-2; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that include Jane's face) and while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., 621-1; 1220-1a; 1208-1; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that do not include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that do not include Jane's face), a degree of compression (e.g., an amount of compression) of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant is changed by an amount that is less than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., when a face is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, and a face is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, the rate of change in compression (in response to a change in bandwidth (e.g., a decrease in bandwidth)) is less for the first portion of the field-of-view than for the second portion of the field-of-view). Changing a degree of compression of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant by an amount that is less than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion while a feature of the respective type is detected in the first portion and a feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth for the first portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the feature of the respective type and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, after (e.g., in response to detecting) a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation of the field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 606, 1006, 1023, 1053-2, 1056, 1208, 1210-1, 1218, 1220-1) of the respective device (e.g., 600; 600a) of the respective participant occurs (e.g., is detected), while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., 621-1; 1220-1a; 1208-1; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that do not include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that do not include Jane's face) and while a feature of the respective type is detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., 622-1; 1220-1b; 1208-2; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that include Jane's face), a degree of compression (e.g., an amount of compression) of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant is changed by an amount that is more than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., when a face is detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, and a face is not detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, the rate of change in compression (in response to a change in bandwidth (e.g., a decrease in bandwidth)) is greater for the first portion of the field-of-view than for the second portion of the field-of-view). Changing a degree of compression of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant by an amount that is more than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion and a feature of the respective type is detected in the second portion conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth for the second portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the feature of the respective type and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, in response to a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation of the field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 606, 1006, 1023, 1053-2, 1056, 1208, 1210-1, 1218, 1220-1) of the respective device (e.g., 600; 600a) of the respective participant occurring (e.g., being detected), a quality (e.g., a video quality) (e.g., due to a change in the amount of video compression) of the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., 621-1; 1220-1a; 1208-1; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that do not include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that do not include Jane's face) is changed by an amount that is greater than an amount of change of quality (in some embodiments, the representation of the first portion does not change in quality or has a nominal amount of change in quality) of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., 622-1; 1220-1b; 1208-2; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that include Jane's face) (e.g., when a face is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, and a face is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, the image quality of the second portion varies more than the image quality of the first portion in response to a change in bandwidth (e.g., a decrease in bandwidth)). Changing a quality of the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant by an amount that is greater than an amount of change of quality of the representation of the first portion conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth for the first portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, while a face is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 622-1; 1220-1b; 1208-2; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that include Jane's face), and is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view (e.g., 621-1; 1220-1a; 1208-1; portions of 1218 and/or 1210-1 that do not include John's face; portions of 1006 and/or 1053-2 that do not include Jane's face), the computer system (e.g., 600; 600a) detects a change in available bandwidth (e.g., an increase in bandwidth; a decrease in bandwidth) and, in response, adjusts (e.g., increases; decreases) the compression of the second portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras without adjusting the compression of the first portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras. In some embodiments, when detecting a change in bandwidth, the computer system adjusts the compression of the first portion at a lesser rate than the adjustment to the second portion. In some embodiments, the method includes detecting (e.g., at the respective device of the respective participant) a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant while a feature of the respective type (e.g., a face) is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant and while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant.
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As described below, method 900 provides an intuitive way for managing a live video communication session. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for managing a live video communication session, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to manage a live video communication session faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
In method 900, computer system (e.g., 600) displays (902), via the display generation component (e.g., 601), a live video communication interface (e.g., 604; 834) for a live video communication session (e.g., an interface for a live video communication session (e.g., a live video chat session, a live video conference session, etc.)). In some embodiments, the live video communication interface includes a live preview of the user of the computer system and a live representation of one or more participants (e.g., remote users) of the live video communication session.
The computer system (e.g., 600) displays the live video communication interface (e.g., 604; 834) including (904) a representation (e.g., 623; 623-1; 840-1; 840-2; 840-3) of one or more participants (e.g., remote participant(s) of the live video communication session) in the live video communication session other than participants (e.g., 622; 628) visible via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602). In some embodiments, participants visible via the one or more cameras are subjects positioned within a field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras and represented (e.g., displayed) in the live video communication session (e.g., 606; 806) via the display generation component (e.g., 601).
The computer system (e.g., 600) displays the live video communication interface (e.g., 640; 834) including (904) (e.g., concurrently with the representation of the one or more participants) a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) that is visually associated with (e.g., displayed adjacent to; displayed grouped together with) a visual indication (e.g., 610; 610-1; 610-2; 630; 632; 806; 808; 809; 606-1; 606-2; 830; 830-1; 830-2; 845-1; 850; 850-1; 850-2; 850-3; 852) (e.g., a prompt (e.g., text); a selectable graphical user interface object (e.g., zoom controls; a framing mode affordance; a framing indication; an affordance for selecting a single-person framing mode; an affordance for selecting a multi-person framing mode); a representation of a camera preview (e.g., an alternate camera preview); a framing indication) of an option to change (e.g., adjust) the representation (e.g., change a digital zoom level/value; expand the displayed field-of-view; contracting the displayed field-of-view) of the field-of-view of the one or cameras during the live video communication session (e.g., the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is displayed with a first digital zoom level and a first displayed portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras). Displaying a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is visually associated with a visual indication of an option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session provides feedback to a user of the computer system that alternative representations of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras are available for selection, and reduces the number of user inputs at the computer system by providing an option for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view without requiring the user to navigate a settings menu or other additional interfaces to adjust the represented field-of-view. Providing improved feedback and reducing the number of inputs at the computer system enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) is a preview (e.g., 606; 806; 836) of image data outputted, or capable of being outputted, by the computer system (e.g., 600) to one or more electronic devices associated with the one or more participants (e.g., the remote participants) of the live video communication session. In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a representation (e.g., 622-1; 628-1) of a subject (e.g., 622; 628) (e.g., a participant; a user of the computer system that is detected within a field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session) participating in the live video communication session (e.g., a camera preview of the user of the computer system for the live video communication session). In some embodiments, the visual indication (e.g., 850-2; 850-3; 806; 606; 632) of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is selectable to manually adjust a framing (e.g., digital zoom level) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session. In some embodiments, the visual indication (e.g., 610; 610-1; 610-2; 845-1; 830-1; 830-2; 850-1) of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is selectable to enable or disable a mode for automatically adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, which, in some embodiments, includes a representation of the subject and, optionally, one or more additional subjects, during the live video communication session.)
While displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 604; 834) for the live video communication session, the computer system (e.g., 600) detects (908), via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a set of one or more inputs (e.g., 626; 634; 804; 811; 812; 813; 832; 850-2; 850-3) that corresponds to a request to initiate a process for adjusting (in some embodiments, manually; in some embodiments, automatically (e.g., without user input)) the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) during the live video communication session.
In response to detecting the set of one or more inputs (e.g., 626; 634; 804; 811; 812; 813; 832; 850-2; 850-3), the computer system (e.g., 600) initiates (910) the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) during the live video communication session (e.g., manually adjusting a framing (e.g., digital zoom level) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session) (e.g., enabling (or disabling) a mode (e.g., an automatic framing mode) for automatically adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras while the live video communication session is active). In some embodiments, adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session includes outputting (e.g., to an electronic device (e.g., John's tablet 600a) of the one or more participants (the remote participants)) image data corresponding to the adjusted representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session.
In some embodiments, when displaying the live video communication session (e.g., via the live video communication interface), the computer system (e.g., 600) displays, via the display generation component (e.g., 601), a set of one or more controls (e.g., 850-2; 850-3; 606-2; 630; 806) (e.g., one or more controls to increase or decrease a zoom level, and/or one of more controls to set a predetermined zoom level such as a 2× zoom affordance, a 1× zoom affordance and/or a 0.5× zoom affordance; a framing indication; a representation of an alternate camera preview) for adjusting a zoom level (e.g., a digital zoom) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836), wherein the set of one or more controls is displayed concurrently with the visual indication (e.g., 610; 850-1) (e.g., framing mode affordance) of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session. Displaying a set of one or more controls for adjusting a zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras concurrently with the visual indication of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session provides feedback to a user of the computer system that alternative zoom levels are selectable along with alternative representations of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, and reduces the number of user inputs at the computer system by providing an option for adjusting the zoom level and the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras without requiring the user to navigate a settings menu or other additional interfaces to adjust the zoom level and/or represented field-of-view. Providing improved feedback and reducing the number of inputs at the computer system enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the live video communication interface includes an option to enable an automatic framing mode (e.g., the framing mode affordance) and one or more zoom controls for adjusting a digital zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras being output by the computer system for the live video communication session.
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) detects, via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a first input (e.g., 804) directed to the set of one or more controls (e.g., 806) for adjusting a zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606). In response to detecting the first input directed to the set of one or more controls, the computer system displays the set of one or more controls (e.g., 606; 806) such that a first control option (e.g., 606) is displayed separately from (e.g., visually distinct from) a second control option (e.g., 806) (e.g., wherein the first control option is selectable to adjust the zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to a first zoom value, and the second control option is selectable to adjust the zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to a second zoom value different from the first zoom value). Displaying the set of one or more controls such that a first control option is displayed separately from a second control option in response to detecting the first input directed to the set of one or more controls provides additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until they are desired and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the first control option is a preview of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras having the first zoom value, and the second control option is a preview of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras having the second zoom value.
In some embodiments, while displaying the set of one or more controls (e.g., 606; 806), the computer system (e.g., 600) detects a second input (e.g., 811; 812) corresponding to a selection of the first control option (e.g., 606) or the second control option (e.g., 806). In response to detecting the second input, the computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the selection of the first control option or the second control option (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, the set of one or more controls (e.g., 850-2; 850-3) for adjusting a zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a first zoom control (e.g., 850-2) (e.g., one or more controls to increase a zoom level and/or one or more controls to set a predetermined zoom level such as a 2× zoom affordance or 1× zoom affordance) having a first fixed position (e.g., relative to the visual indication of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session (e.g., framing mode affordance 850-1)) and a second zoom control (e.g., 850-3) (e.g., one or more controls to decrease a zoom level and/or one or more controls to set a predetermined zoom level such as a 1× zoom affordance or a 0.5× zoom affordance) having a second fixed position (e.g., relative to the visual indication of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session (e.g., framing mode affordance)) (e.g., wherein the first zoom control is selectable to adjust the zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to a first zoom value, and the second zoom control is selectable to adjust the zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to a second zoom value different from the first zoom value). The computer system (e.g., 600) detects (e.g., while displaying the live video communication interface), via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a third input (e.g., 853; 855) corresponding to a selection of the first zoom control or the second zoom control. While continuing to display the first zoom control having the first fixed position and the second zoom control having the second fixed position (e.g., the first and second zoom controls are displayed having a position relative to (e.g., adjacent) the visual indication that does not change in response to a selection of the first or second zoom control), and in response to detecting the third input, the computer system adjusts the representation 836 of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the selection of the first zoom control or the second zoom control (e.g., in accordance with a determination that the first zoom control is selected, outputting (e.g., to an electronic device of the one or more participants) image data corresponding to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras having the first zoom value; and in accordance with a determination that the second zoom control is selected, outputting (e.g., to the electronic device of the one or more participants) image data corresponding to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras having the second zoom value). Adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on the selection of the first zoom control or the second zoom control while continuing to display the first and second zoom controls having the first and second fixed positions, and in response to detecting the third input, provides feedback to a user of the computer system indicating that a different zoom level is selected for the represented field-of-view of the one or more cameras, and reduces the number of user inputs at the computer system by quickly adjusting the zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras without requiring the user to navigate a settings menu or other additional interfaces to adjust the zoom level. Providing improved feedback and reducing the number of inputs and the computer system enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, as a part of the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) during the live video communication session, the computer system (e.g., 600) detects a number of subjects (e.g., 622; 628) within the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) during the live video communication session. The computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on the number of subjects detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session (e.g., zooming out and/or expanding the representation of the field-of-view when multiple subjects are detected or when the number of subjects detected increases; zooming in and/or contracting the representation of the field-of-view when a single subject is detected or when the number of subjects detected decreases). Adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on the number of subjects detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session enhances the video communication session experience by automatically adjusting the field-of-view of the cameras when the number of subjects in the scene changes without requiring further input from the user. Performing an operation when a set of conditions has been met without requiring further user input enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the visual indication of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session (e.g., framing mode affordance 610) is selectable to enable a mode for which the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is automatically adjusted based on a number of subjects detected within the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, such as that discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, as part of the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) during the live video communication session, the computer system (e.g., 600) adjusts a zoom level (e.g., a digital zoom) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on one or more characteristics of the scene (e.g., 615) (e.g., a distance to one or more of the subjects and/or a number of subjects in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras). Adjusting a zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session based on one or more characteristics of the scene (such as the detected distance of one or more subjects from the one or more cameras and/or a number of subjects in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras) enhances the video communication session experience by automatically adjusting the field-of-view of the cameras when a subject moves closer to, or farther away from, the one or more cameras without requiring further input from the user. Performing an operation when a set of conditions has been met without requiring further user input enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the visual indication of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session (e.g., framing mode affordance 610 and/or 850-1) is selectable to enable a mode for which the zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) is automatically adjusted based on the distance of one or more subjects (e.g., 622) from the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) as discussed, for example, with respect to
In some embodiments, the visual indication (e.g., 830; 830-1; 830-2) of the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) during the live video communication session is selectable to enable (e.g., toggle between) a first camera mode (e.g., a mode in which the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras changes (e.g., zooms in/zooms out/expands/contracts) based on a number of subjects detected within the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; a multi-person framing mode) or a second camera mode (e.g., a mode in which the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras does not change based on a number of subjects detected within a field-of-view of the one or more cameras; a single-person framing mode). In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 604; 834) for the live video communication session, the computer system (e.g., 600) detects a change in a scene (e.g., 615) in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), including a change in a number of subjects (e.g., 622; 628) in the scene (e.g., the number of subjects in the scene increases from one subject to two subjects). In response to detecting the change in the scene in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, in accordance with a determination that the first camera mode is enabled, the computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on the change in the number of subjects in the scene (e.g., zooming out and/or expanding the representation of the field-of-view when multiple subjects are detected or when the number of subjects detected increases; zooming in and/or contracting the representation of the field-of-view when a single subject is detected or when the number of subjects detected decreases). In accordance with a determination that the second camera mode is enabled, the computer system forgoes adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on the change in the number of subjects in the scene (e.g., adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on changes in the scene other than the change in the number of subjects (e.g., displaying image data showing movement of a single subject in the scene)). Selectively adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on the change in the number of subjects in the scene, depending upon whether the first camera mode or the second camera mode is enabled, enhances the video communication session experience by permitting the user to enable or disable a mode in which the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is automatically adjusted when additional participants are detected within the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, without requiring additional input from the user. This also reduces the number of computations performed by the computer system by eliminating extraneous adjustments to the represented field-of-view anytime additional participants are detected in the scene and the second camera mode is enabled. Performing an operation when a set of conditions has been met without requiring further user input, and reducing the number of computations performed by the computer system, enhance the operability of the computer system and make the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the live video communication interface (e.g., 604; 834) includes a first representation (e.g., 606) of a first participant (e.g., 628) in the live video communication session. The first representation corresponds to a first portion (e.g., 625 in
In some embodiments, the first and second representations (e.g., 606; 806) have different represented fields-of-view (e.g., different zoom levels) for the respective representations. In some embodiments, the first representation includes a representation of the first participant, and the second representation includes a representation of the first participant and a representation of the second participant.
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) displays (concurrently) the first representation (e.g., 606) of the first participant (e.g., 628) and the second representation (e.g., 806) of the second participant (e.g., 622) in response to detecting an input (e.g., 804) (e.g., a tap input) on the live video communication interface (e.g., 604) for the live video communication session (e.g., the camera preview; the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; the stacked camera preview).
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) (e.g., the camera preview, which optionally includes a representation of a participant of the live video communication session) includes a graphical indication (e.g., 630; 610) of whether the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session is enabled (e.g., the framing mode affordance is highlighted or has a selected appearance when the automatic framing mode is enabled, and is not highlighted or has an unselected appearance when the automatic framing mode is not enabled) (e.g., the framing mode affordance is displayed when the automatic framing mode is enabled and is not displayed when the automatic framing mode is not enabled). Displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras including a graphical indication of whether the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session is enabled provides feedback to a user of the computer system indicating whether or not the option to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is enabled without requiring the user to access a separate menu interface or to move within the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to test whether the option is enabled. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, while displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 836), the computer system (e.g., 600) detects an input (e.g., 837) directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., a tap input on the camera preview). In response to detecting the input directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system displays, via the display generation component (e.g., 601), a selectable graphical user interface object (e.g., 610-1; 610-2) (e.g., the framing mode affordance) that is selectable to enable (or disable) the option to change (e.g., automatically; without user input) the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session to a different framing option for the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., the framing mode affordance is displayed in response to an input on the camera preview, and is then selectable to enable or disable the automatic framing mode).
In some embodiments, the graphical indication (e.g., 610-1; 610-2) of whether the option to enable automatically changing which portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is used for the live video communication session has a first appearance (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) includes a first displayed region (e.g., 606-1) (e.g., an unblurred, undarkened, unshaded, or otherwise emphasized region) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras corresponding to a first portion (e.g., 625 in
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the first portion (e.g., 625 in
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the second portion (e.g., 625 in
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) indicates the currently selected portion (e.g., 625) of the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) for the live video communication session by displaying the region (e.g., 606; 606-1) corresponding to the currently selected portion of the field-of-view having an unobscured appearance (e.g., unblurred). Incidentally, the computer system displays portions (e.g., 825) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that are not currently selected for the live video communication session as having an obscured (e.g., blurred) appearance (e.g., 606-2). For example, when the first portion of the field-of-view is selected, the first displayed region is displayed unblurred, while the second displayed region is blurred, thereby indicating that the first displayed region (the first portion of the field-of-view) is selected for being outputted for the live video communication session, but the second displayed region (the second portion of the field-of-view (the portion that does not include the first portion of the field-of-view)) is not.
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) includes a graphical element (e.g., 808) (e.g., boundary) displayed to separate the first displayed region (e.g., 606-1) from the second displayed region (e.g., 606-2) (in some embodiments, the second displayed region (including the second portion of the field-of-view) includes a border (e.g., 809) to visually distinguish it from the representation of one or more participants (e.g., remote participants) in the live video communication session other than participants visible via the one or more cameras). Displaying the representation of the field-of-view including a graphical element displayed to separate the first displayed region from the second displayed region provides feedback to a user of the computer system indicating that the first displayed region is separate from the second displayed region. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) displays one or more indications (e.g., 630) (e.g., framing indications) of one or more faces in the second portion (e.g., 825 in
In some embodiments, the one or more indications (e.g., 630) of the one or more faces in the second portion (e.g., 825 in
In some embodiments, while the first portion (e.g., 625 in
In some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606) includes a representation of a first subject (e.g., 628-1) detected in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602). In some embodiments, as a part of initiating the process for adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session, the computer system (e.g., 600) automatically (e.g., without user input) adjusts (e.g., enlarging and/or shifting) the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to include a representation of a second subject (e.g., 622-1) detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that meet a set of criteria (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, while displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) having a first displayed state (e.g., 606 in
In some embodiments, while a mode (e.g., automatic framing mode) is enabled for automatically adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 606; 806; 836) during the live video communication session based on a change in position of a subject (e.g., 622; 628) detected in the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), the computer system (e.g., 600) detects a selection (e.g., 853) of an option (e.g., 850-2) for changing a zoom level (e.g., an option for selecting a predetermined zoom level such as a 2× zoom affordance, a 1× zoom affordance, or a 0.5× zoom affordance changing a digital and/or optical zoom) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 836) during the live video communication session. In response to detecting the selection of the option for changing the zoom level, the computer system disables the mode for automatically adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session and adjusts a zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., as depicted in
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John's device 600a depicts video conference interface 1054, which is similar to video conference interface 1004 and video conference interface 834. Video conference interface 1054 includes camera preview 1056, which depicts a representation of John, who is positioned with the field-of-view of camera 602a. In addition to receiving the video feed from Pam's device, John's device 600a is receiving the video feed output from device 600. However, instead of displaying the received video feed from device 600 in a split field-of-view similar to camera preview 1006, device 600a displays each portion of the video feed as a separate video feed that is visually distinct and separate from the others, similar to Pam's video feed 1025 and similar to other embodiments (such as that shown in
In some embodiments, the displayed video feeds change size based on a detected level of activity within the respective video feed. For example, in
As a result of the adjusted video feed field-of-view, device 600 updates third preview portion 1006-3 to include representation 1032-1 of Pam with representation 628-1 of Jack, and device 600a updates video feed 1053-3 in an analogous manner. Additionally, due to Pam's entering video feed 1053-3, video feed 1053-3 has a greater level of activity than video feeds 1053-1 and 1053-2. As a result, John's device 600a displays video feed 1053-3 having an enlarged size.
As a result of the adjusted video feed field-of-view, device 600 updates camera preview 1006 to include fourth preview portion 1006-4, and resizes the other preview portions to fit within camera preview 1006. Third preview portion 1006-3 now corresponds to portion 625-3, which includes Pam 1032, and fourth preview portion 1006-4 corresponds to portion 625-4, which includes Jack 628. Device 600a updates video conference interface 1054 in an analogous manner by adding video feed 1053-4. Video feed 1053-3 corresponds to third preview portion 1006-3, and video feed 1053-4 corresponds to fourth preview portion 1006-4. Additionally, due to Pam's movement within the scene (specifically, within the portions of the scene corresponding to video feeds 1053-3 and 1053-4), video feeds 1053-3 and 1053-4 have a greater level of activity than video feeds 1053-1 and 1053-2. As a result, John's device 600a displays video feeds 1053-3 and 1053-4 having an enlarged size.
The embodiments discussed herein and depicted in
As described below, method 1100 provides an intuitive way for managing a live video communication session. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for managing a live video communication session, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to manage a live video communication session faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
In method 1100, computer system (e.g., 600) displays (1102) via the display generation component (e.g., 601), a live video communication interface (e.g., 1004) for a live video communication session (e.g., an interface for a live video communication session (e.g., a live video chat session, a live video conference session, etc.)), the live video communication interface including one or more representations (e.g., 1006) of a field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., the live video communication interface is displayed with a first digital zoom level and a first displayed portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras).
While the live video communication session is active, the computer system (e.g., 600) captures (1104), via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), image data for the live video communication session (e.g., data captured in camera field-of-view 620).
In accordance with a determination (1106), based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that an amount of separation (e.g., distance and/or angle) between a first participant (e.g., 622) (e.g., of the live video communication session) and a second participant (e.g., 628) (e.g., of the live video communication session) (e.g., a detected distance and/or angle within the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and between the first participant and the second participant) meets separation criteria (e.g., as depicted in
At 1108 of method 1100, the computer system (e.g., 600) displays a representation (e.g., content (e.g., 622-1) depicted in first preview 1006-1) (e.g., live video) of a first portion (e.g., 625-1) of the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., a first portion that includes image data for (e.g., representing) the first participant (e.g., and excludes image data for the second participant)) (e.g., the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a representation of the first participant, but not a representation of the second participant) at a first region (e.g., 1006-1) of the live video communication interface (e.g., 1004).
At 1110 of method 1100, the computer system (e.g., 600) displays a representation (e.g., content (e.g., 628-1) depicted in second preview 1006-2) (e.g., live video) of a second portion (e.g., 625-2) of the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., a second portion that includes image data for (e.g., representing) the second participant (e.g., and excludes image data for the first participant)) (e.g., the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a representation of the second participant, but not a representation of the first participant) at a second region (e.g., 1006-2) of the live video communication interface (e.g., 1004) that is distinct from the first region (e.g., 1006-1) (e.g., the first and second regions are visually distinguished from each other (e.g., by a visible boundary (e.g., a line 1015 or discontinuity separating the regions) between the first and second regions); the first and second regions do not overlap (but, in some embodiments, share a boundary)). The representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras are displayed without displaying a representation of a third portion (e.g., 1027) of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between the first portion (e.g., 625-1) of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and the second portion (e.g., 625-2) of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., the live video communication interface has a split field-of-view that includes the first and second portions of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and omits the third portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, as depicted in
In accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that the amount of separation between the first participant (e.g., 622) and the second participant (e.g., 628) does not meet the separation criteria (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, a representation (e.g., 622-1) of the first participant (e.g., 622) is capable of being displayed (e.g., by the display generation component (e.g., 601) of the computer system (e.g., 600)) in the representation (e.g., 1006-1) of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and in the representation (e.g., 1006 in
In some embodiments, the representation of the first portion (e.g., 625-1) of the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), the representation of the second portion (e.g., 625-2) of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, and the representation of the fourth portion (e.g., 625 in
In some embodiments, the amount of separation between the first participant (e.g., 622) and the second participant (e.g., 628) does not meet the separation criteria in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that a third participant (e.g., 1031) (e.g., a participant other than the first or second participant) is detected between the first participant and the second participant (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, the amount of separation between the first participant (e.g., 622) and the second participant (e.g., 622) does not meet the separation criteria in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that a distance between the first participant and a middle participant (e.g., 1031) (e.g., a participant positioned between the first and second participants) is less than a first threshold distance (e.g., 3 feet, 2 feet, 1 foot) and a distance between the second participant (e.g., 628) and the middle participant is less than the first threshold distance (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that the first participant (e.g., 622) is the only participant detected (e.g., see
In some embodiments, while displaying the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view (e.g., 1006-1 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view (e.g., 1006-1 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the representation (e.g., 1006 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the representation of the fourth portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1006 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1004) for the live video communication session: in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that an amount of separation between the first participant (e.g., 622), the second participant (e.g., 628), and a sixth participant (e.g., 1031) meets the separation criteria (e.g., the first, second, and sixth participants are each spaced apart from each other by at least a threshold amount (e.g., distance and/or angle) as depicted in
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that the amount of separation between the first participant (e.g., 622), the second participant (e.g., 628), and the sixth participant (e.g., 1031) does not meet the separation criteria (e.g., see
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1004) for the live video communication session: in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that an amount of separation between the first participant (e.g., 622), the second participant (e.g., 628), a seventh participant (e.g., 1031), and an eighth participant (e.g., 1032) meets the separation criteria (e.g., the first, second, seventh, and eighth participants are each spaced apart from each other by at least a threshold amount (e.g., distance and/or angle)), the computer system (e.g., 600) concurrently displays, via the display generation component (e.g., 601), the following items (e.g., as depicted in
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination, based on the image data for the live video communication session captured via the one or more cameras (e.g., 602), that the amount of separation between the first participant (e.g., 622), the second participant (e.g., 628), the seventh participant (e.g., 1031), and the eighth participant (e.g., 1032) does not meet the separation criteria, displaying, via the display generation component, a representation of a twentieth portion of the field-of-view (e.g., 620) of the one or more cameras that includes the first participant, the second participant, the seventh participant, and the eighth participant while maintaining display of a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is in between at least two of the first participant, the second participant, the seventh participant, and the eighth participant (e.g., the live video communication interface has a continuous field-of-view that includes the first, second, seventh, and eighth participants). In some embodiments, subsets (e.g., two or more) of the participants can be grouped together in a single field-of-view (e.g., as depicted in 1006-3 in
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Video conference UI 1205 also includes options menu 1211 (similar to options menu 1008). Options menu 1211 includes background blur affordance 611, mute option 1212, framing mode affordance 610, camera option 1213, and end call option 1214. Background blur affordance 611 is selectable to enable or disable the background blur mode for the video conference call. Mute option 1212 is selectable to mute or unmute audio detected by device 600 for the video conference call. Framing mode affordance 610 is selectable to enable or disable the automatic framing mode for the video conference call. Camera option 1213 is selectable to enable or disable camera 602 for the video conference call (e.g., disabling/enabling the video feed captured via camera 602). End call option 1214 is selectable to terminate the video conference call.
Video conference UI 1205 includes effects affordance 1216 and camera flip affordance 1217 overlaying camera preview 1208. Effects affordance 1216 is selectable to enable or disable the display of various visual effects with the video feed captured by device 600 such as, for example, virtual avatars, stickers, color filters, and the like. Camera flip affordance 1217 is selectable to change which camera is used for the video feed for the video conference call. For example, selecting camera flip affordance 1217 alternates between using camera 602 and a camera positioned on a different side (e.g., backside) of device 600.
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Control settings interface 1225 also includes video effects control 1231 and microphone mode control 1232. Video effects control 1231 is selectable to display a listing of video settings that can be applied to applications that access (e.g., operate, control, and/or use images captured by) a camera of device 600 (e.g., camera 602). Video effects control 1231 includes indication 1231-1 of a currently selected video effects setting, which, in
In some embodiments, video effects control 1231 is displayed if the camera has been recently used, even if the camera is currently not in use. If the camera has not been recently used, video effects control 1231 is not displayed in control settings interface 1225. In some embodiments, video effects control 1231 is displayed without microphone mode control 1232 (e.g., microphone mode control 1232 is hidden or not displayed if the microphone is not in use or has not been recently used). In some embodiments, microphone mode control 1232 is displayed if the microphone has been recently used, even if the microphone is currently not in use. If the microphone has not been recently used, microphone mode control 1232 is not displayed in control settings interface 1225. In some embodiments, microphone mode control 1232 is displayed without video effects control 1231 (e.g., video effects control 1231 is hidden or not displayed if the camera is not in use or has not been recently used).
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The video effects options include default option 1236-1, framing mode option 1236-2, and background blur option 1236-3. Default option 1236-1 corresponds to a default video setting for the camera in which the automatic framing mode and the background blur mode are both disabled. In some embodiments, selecting default option 1236-1 disables the automatic framing mode and the background blur mode. Framing mode option 1236-2 corresponds to the automatic framing mode for the camera. Selecting framing mode option 1236-2 enables the automatic framing mode, similar to selecting framing mode affordance 610. Background blur option 1236-3 corresponds to the background blur mode for the camera. Selecting background blur option 1236-3 enables the background blur mode, similar to selecting background blur affordance 611. When a video effects option is selected, the corresponding video effects settings are applied to applications (e.g., video conference application) that are currently using, or recently used, the camera of device 600.
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The microphone mode options include default option 1242-1, voice isolation option 1242-2, and music option 1242-3. Default option 1242-1 corresponds to a default audio setting for the microphone in which the voice isolation setting and the music setting are both disabled. In some embodiments, selecting default option 1242-1 disables the voice isolation setting and the music setting. In some embodiments, when the default setting is enabled, device 600 filters out background audio detected using the microphone. Voice isolation option 1242-2 corresponds to a setting in which device 600 isolates audio that is identified as being a voice, such as a voice of a participant within frame of the camera (e.g., camera 602). For example, audio from Jane is isolated from background audio and/or voices of people who are not identified as being within the frame of camera preview 1208. Music option 1242-3 corresponds to a setting in which device 600 does not filter out audio and, in some embodiments, amplifies the audio detected via the microphone. When a microphone mode option is selected, the corresponding audio settings are applied to applications (e.g., a video conference application) that are currently using, or recently used, the microphone of device 600.
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In some embodiments, after the camera and microphone have not been accessed by an application for a specific period of time (e.g., three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes), device 600 does not display identifier 1227, video effects control 1231, and/or microphone mode control 1232 in control settings interface 1225. For example,
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In response to detecting input 1258, device 600 enlarges the camera preview and displays different controls, as depicted in
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In some embodiments, the background blur mode is dynamic. For example, as Jane moves within the field-of-view of camera 602, device 600 updates the video feed in real time such that Jane remains displayed without the blurring effect, and the background portion (or any portion of the camera frame that does not include a portion of Jane) remains blurred. In
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The various video effect and microphone mode settings can be applied to different applications operating on device 600. For example,
Expanded video effects controls 1236 includes first region 1276-1 that includes the video effects options (similar to video effects options 1236-1 to 1236-3) for the video conference application and second region 1276-2 that includes the video effects options for the messages application. Similarly, expanded microphone mode controls 1242 includes first region 1278-1 that includes the microphone mode options (similar to microphone mode options 1242-1 to 1242-3) for the video conference application and second region 1278-2 that includes the microphone mode options for the messages application.
In some embodiments, the various video effect and microphone mode settings can be applied to applications operating on a different device such as, for example, laptop 1200. In some embodiments, laptop 1200 includes one or more features of devices 100, 300, 500, or 600. For example,
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In some embodiments, device 600 can enable or disable a dynamic video quality mode in which portions of the video feed captured from device 600 for the video conference are compressed by different amounts, which can result in the video feed received from device 600 having different video qualities for different portions of the video feed. For example, device 600 compresses portions of the video feed that do not include a detected face and does not compress (or compresses by a lesser amount) portions of the video feed that include a detected face. In some embodiments, the degree of compression is inversely related to video quality. As a result, the video feed that is transmitted for the video conference is displayed at the recipient device having an increased video quality for the portions of the video feed that include a detected face and having a reduced video quality for the portions of the video feed that do not include a detected face.
The dynamic video quality mode can be enabled for device 600 and/or device 600a. For example, referring to the embodiments discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, when the dynamic video quality mode is enabled, device 600 (or device 600a) automatically adjusts the amounts by which the various portions of the video feed are compressed based on a change (e.g., increase or decrease) in the bandwidth available for transmitting the video feed for the video conference. As a result, as the bandwidth increases or decreases, the video quality of the portions of the video feed that do not include the face (e.g., the background portion) varies (increases or decreases) more than the video quality of the face (which is held at a relatively constant, relatively high quality, even as the quality of the background portion increases/decreases).
In some embodiments, when the dynamic video quality mode is enabled and device 600 (or device 600a) does not detect any faces within the field-of-view of the camera (e.g., camera 602), device 600 (or device 600a) compresses the video feed at a relatively uniform amount so that the quality of the video feed remains relatively uniform. In some embodiments, when the dynamic video quality mode is enabled and device 600 (or device 600a) detects one or more faces, device 600 (or device 600a) dynamically varies the compression of the different portions of the video feed as the face(s) moves such that the resulting display of the video feed (e.g., video feed 1220-1 at John's device 600a) maintains a relatively high video quality of the face as it moves within the frame, while also displaying the other portions of the video feed at the lower video quality. In some embodiments, the lower compression amount (e.g., the higher video quality) is optionally applied to a single face (e.g., when either one face or multiple faces are detected within the field-of-view of camera 602). In some embodiments, the lower compression amount (e.g., the higher video quality) is optionally applied to multiple faces concurrently.
In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is implemented independently from the background blur feature and the automatic framing feature. In some embodiments, device 600 displays a separate affordance (e.g., similar to framing mode affordance 610 or background blur affordance 611) that is selectable to enable or disable the dynamic video quality mode. In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is integrated with the background blur feature or the automatic framing feature such that the dynamic video quality mode is enabled/disabled when the background blur mode or automatic framing mode is enabled/disabled.
As described below, method 1300 provides an intuitive way for managing a live video communication session. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for managing a live video communication session, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to manage a live video communication session faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The computer system (e.g., 600) detects (1302), via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a request (e.g., 1222, 1252) to display a system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) (e.g., a control settings interface that includes selectable options for controlling various settings associated with the computer system).
In response to detecting the request to display the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280), the computer system (e.g., 600) displays (1304), via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), the system interface that includes a plurality of concurrently displayed controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system (e.g., display brightness, media controls, system volume, do not disturb, flashlight, wireless communication modes), including: in accordance with a determination (1306) that a media communication session (e.g., a video communication session, a video chat session, a phone call) (e.g., the microphone and/or camera are currently active (e.g., the microphone is recording audio data) (e.g., the camera is recording video data)) has been active within a predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls includes a set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control (e.g., select, change, enable, disable) one or more settings of the microphone; a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control (e.g., select, change, enable, disable) one or more settings of the camera), wherein the media communication controls provide access to media communication settings that determine how media (e.g., audio and/or image (e.g., video) data) is handled (e.g., controlled, modified, generated, produced, filtered, displayed, processed) by the computer system (e.g., while using one or more media recording devices) during media communication sessions (e.g., real-time communication sessions such as phone calls or video calls); and in accordance with a determination (1308) that a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, the plurality of concurrently displayed controls (e.g., the controls in control settings interface 1225) are displayed without the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., controls 1231 and/or 1232 are not displayed in control settings interface 1225 of
While displaying (1310) the system interface (e.g., 1225) having the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232), the computer system (e.g., 600) detects, via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a set of one or more inputs including an input (e.g., 1234, 1240, 1272, 1274) directed to the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., a selection of one or more of the media controls).
In response to detecting (1312) the set of one or more inputs including the input (e.g., 1234, 1240, 1272, 1274) directed to the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) when a respective media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time, the computer system (e.g., 600) adjusts the media communication settings for the respective media communication session (e.g., adjusting a microphone setting for recording audio data; adjusting a camera setting for recording video data). Displaying the plurality of concurrently displayed controls with or without the media communication controls, depending on whether or not a media communication session has been active within a predetermined amount of time provides additional controls for accessing media communication settings without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a camera control (e.g., 1231, 1236, 1281, 1286) (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control one or more settings of the camera) (e.g., without displaying a microphone control). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls including a camera control provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the camera has been accessed during the media communication session and provides additional controls for accessing camera settings without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing improved feedback, providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls, and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a microphone control (e.g., 1232, 1242, 1282, 1288) (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control one or more settings of the microphone) (e.g., without displaying a camera control). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls including a microphone control provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the microphone has been accessed during the media communication session and provides additional controls for accessing microphone settings without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing improved feedback, providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls, and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls includes concurrently displaying a camera control (e.g., 1231, 1236, 1281, 1286) and a microphone control (e.g., 1232, 1242, 1282, 1288) (e.g., the camera control and the microphone control are displayed concurrently in the system interface). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls including concurrently displaying a camera control and a microphone control provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the camera and microphone have been accessed during the media communication session and provides additional controls for accessing camera and microphone settings without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing improved feedback, providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls, and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a camera control (e.g., 1231, 1236, 1281, 1286) (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control one or more settings of the camera) that, when selected, changes a communication setting of a camera (e.g., 602) (e.g., initiates a process for changing a communication setting (e.g., a visual effects mode) of the camera), and displaying the set of one or more media communication controls includes: in accordance with a determination that the camera is in an enabled state (e.g., is currently in use; is currently enabled) (e.g., and the media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time), displaying the camera control having a first visual appearance indicative of the enabled state of the camera (e.g., 1231 in
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a microphone control (e.g., 1232, 1242, 1282, 1288) (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control one or more settings of the microphone) that, when selected, changes a communication setting of a microphone (e.g., initiates a process for changing a communication setting (e.g., an audio processing mode or audio effects mode) of the microphone), and displaying the set of one or more media communication controls includes: in accordance with a determination that the microphone is in an enabled state (e.g., is currently in use; is currently enabled) (e.g., and the media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time), displaying the microphone control having a third visual appearance indicative of the enabled state of the microphone (e.g., 1232 in
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls includes: in accordance with a determination that one or more media communication settings (e.g., 1236-1, 1236-2, 1236-3, 1242-1, 1242-2, 1242-3) (e.g., camera settings (e.g., a framing mode setting, a background blur setting, a default setting) and/or microphone settings (e.g., a default setting, a voice isolation setting, a music setting)) are enabled (e.g., selected), displaying the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1236, 1242) (e.g., a camera control and/or a microphone control) having a visual appearance indicative of an enabled state of the set of one or more media communication settings (e.g., displaying text, highlighting, a checkmark (e.g., in region 1276-1, 1276-2, 1278-1, and/or 1278-2 of
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) includes: in accordance with a determination that a first media communication setting (e.g., 1236-1, 1236-2, 1236-3, 1242-1, 1242-2, 1242-3) (e.g., a camera setting (e.g., a framing mode setting, a background blur setting, a default setting); a microphone setting (e.g., a default setting, a voice isolation setting, a music setting)) associated with a first media communication control (e.g., 1231, 1232) (e.g., a camera control, a microphone control) is enabled (e.g., selected), displaying the first media communication control having a first visual appearance (e.g., 1231-1 in
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a first camera control option (e.g., 1236-3) (e.g., a background blur option) that is selectable to initiate a process for changing an appearance (e.g., applying a visual effect that blurs, obscures, darkens, shades, or otherwise deemphasizes) of a representation of a background portion (e.g., 1208-1, 1220-1a) of a field-of-view of a camera (e.g., 602) (e.g., a portion of the camera field-of-view that does not include a subject) (e.g., without applying the visual effect to a foreground portion (e.g., a portion that includes the subject) of the camera field-of-view) (e.g., as discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a second camera control option (e.g., 1236-2) (e.g., a framing mode option) that is selectable to enable a mode (e.g., automatic framing mode) for automatically adjusting a representation of a field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 1208, 1220-1) (e.g., during a live video communication session) based on a change in position of a subject detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., as discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, the second camera control option (e.g., 1236-2) is disabled (e.g., not displayed; displayed having a visual appearance indicative of the disabled state (e.g., greyed out, struck through, or otherwise visually deemphasized)) when the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) are not compatible with the mode for automatically adjusting a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., the camera is not a wide angle camera). Disabling the second camera control option when the one or more cameras are not compatible with the mode for automatically adjusting a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the mode is not available and reduces inputs at the computer system by informing the user that the second camera control option is not selectable. Providing improved feedback and reducing inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a first microphone control option (e.g., 1242-2) (e.g., a voice isolation mode option) that is selectable to enable a voice isolation mode for a microphone (e.g., a mode for isolating audio (e.g., a voice) that is identified as being within frame of a camera (e.g., the audio is originating from a source (e.g., a person) that is positioned within a field-of-view of a camera); a mode for filtering out audio that is not identified as being within frame of the camera). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls including the first microphone control option provides additional controls for enabling a voice isolation mode for a microphone without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) detects a selection of the first microphone control option and, in response, enables (or disables) the voice isolation mode for the microphone.
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a second microphone control option (e.g., 1242-3) (e.g., a music mode option) that is selectable to enable a music emphasis mode for a microphone (e.g., a mode that does not filter out audio and, optionally, amplifies audio (e.g., background audio)). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls including the second microphone control option provides additional controls for enabling a music emphasis mode for a microphone without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the second microphone control option and, in response, enables (or disables) the music emphasis mode for the microphone.
In some embodiments, the set of one or more media communication controls includes a third microphone control option (e.g., 1242-1) (e.g., a default mode option) that is selectable to enable a mode (e.g., a default mode) for filtering background noise using a microphone (e.g., a mode for filtering out audio (e.g., background audio)). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls including the third microphone control option provides additional controls for enabling a mode for filtering background noise using a microphone without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the third microphone control option and, in response, enables (or disables) the mode for filtering background noise using a microphone.
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) receives an input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1238, 1244) (e.g., a selection of a camera setting option; a selection of a microphone mode option). In response to receiving the input directed to the set of one or more media communication controls, the computer system changes media communication settings in a first manner (e.g., enabling a default camera mode; enabling an automatic framing mode for a camera; enabling a background blur option for a camera; enabling a default microphone mode; enabling a voice isolation mode for a microphone; enabling a music mode for a microphone) for a first application (e.g., a camera application) operating at the computer system, and changes media communication settings in the first manner for a second application (e.g., a video conference application) operating at the computer system different from the first application. Changing media communication settings in the first manner for both the first application and the second application conserves computational resources and reduces inputs at the computer system by applying a selected media communication setting for multiple applications without requiring the user to select the settings individually for each application. Reducing inputs and conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) includes: in accordance with a determination that a camera (e.g., 602) (optionally, and/or microphone) has been active within the predetermined amount of time, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., a microphone control (e.g., 1232) and/or text (e.g., 1227) indicating a name of an application that is currently using (or has recently used) the camera and/or microphone) concurrently with a camera control (e.g., 1231) (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control (e.g., select, change, enable, disable) one or more settings of the camera); and in accordance with a determination that the camera has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls without displaying the camera control (e.g., forgoing displaying the camera control while displaying other controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls concurrently with the camera control, or without displaying the camera control, depending on whether or not the camera has been active within the predetermined amount of time provides additional controls for the camera without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the camera control is displayed if the camera has been used recently, even if the camera is not currently in use. In some embodiments, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls includes displaying text that indicates the name of the application that is currently (or was recently) using the camera and/or microphone.
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) includes: in accordance with a determination a microphone (optionally, and/or camera) has been active within the predetermined amount of time, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., a camera control (e.g., 1231) and/or text (e.g., 1227) indicating a name of an application that is currently using (or has recently used) the camera (e.g., 602) and/or microphone) concurrently with a microphone audio control (e.g., 1232) (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is selectable to control (e.g., select, change, enable, disable) one or more settings of the microphone); and in accordance with a determination that the microphone has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls without displaying the microphone audio control (e.g., forgoing displaying the microphone control while displaying other controls for controlling different system functions of the computer system). Displaying the set of one or more media communication controls with or without the microphone audio control depending on whether or not the microphone has been active within the predetermined amount of time provides additional controls for the microphone without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the microphone control is displayed if the microphone has been used recently, even if the microphone is not currently in use. In some embodiments, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls includes displaying text that indicates the name of the application that is currently (or was recently) using the camera and/or microphone.
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) includes displaying a representation (e.g., 1227, 1227-1, 1227-2) of one or more applications (e.g., text identifying the application(s) (e.g., “camera” and/or “video conference”)) associated with a media communication session that has been active within the predetermined amount of time (e.g., the system interface displays the names of applications that are, or have been recently, using the camera and/or microphone during the media communication session). Displaying a representation of one or more applications associated with a media communication session that has been active within the predetermined amount of time provides feedback to a user of the computer system indicating which applications have recently been active for a media communication session. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) includes displaying a graphical user interface object (e.g., 1237, 1243) (e.g., a link to a settings interface) that is selectable to display a user interface (e.g., 1291, 1292, 1293) (e.g., a settings interface) that includes the media communication settings (e.g., 1291-1, 1291-2, 1292-1, 1292-2, 1293-1, 1293-2) that determine how media is handled by the computer system (e.g., 600) during media communication sessions. Displaying a graphical user interface object that is selectable to display a user interface that includes the media communication settings provides additional controls for accessing the media communication settings without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the graphical user interface object and, in response, displays the user interface that includes the media communication settings that determine how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions.
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls includes: displaying a first set of media communication controls (e.g., 1292-1, 1293-1) for a first media communication device (e.g., a camera (e.g., 602); a microphone), wherein the first set of media communication controls provides access to media communication settings that determine how media (e.g., video data; audio data) is handled using the first media communication device during a media communication session provided via a first application (e.g., a “video conferencing” application (e.g., see
In some embodiments, while a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time: the computer system (e.g., 600) receives, via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), an input (e.g., 1290, 1294, 1295) corresponding to a request to display a settings user interface (e.g., a selection of the link to the settings interface displayed with the media communication controls; a selection of a menu option in a settings application for the computer system). In response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the settings user interface, the computer system displays, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), a settings user interface (e.g., 1291, 1292, 1293) that includes the media communication settings that determine how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions. Displaying the settings user interface that includes the media communication settings in response to the input corresponding to the request to display the settings user interface provides additional controls for determining how media is handled by the computer system during media communication sessions when a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls and avoiding accidental inputs enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the settings user interface (e.g., 1292) includes a selectable option (e.g., 1292-1a) for enabling (and/or disabling) a first media communication setting for changing an appearance (e.g., applying a visual effect that blurs, obscures, darkens, shades, or otherwise deemphasizes) of a representation of a background portion (e.g., 1208-1, 1220-1a) of a field-of-view of a camera (e.g., 602) (e.g., a portion of the camera field-of-view that does not include a subject) (e.g., without applying the visual effect to a foreground portion (e.g., a portion that includes the subject) of the camera field-of-view) (e.g., as discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, the settings user interface (e.g., 1293) includes a selectable option (e.g., 1293-1a, 1293-2a) for enabling (and/or disabling) a third media communication setting for changing an audio setting of a microphone (e.g., a default setting, a voice isolation setting, a music emphasis setting), wherein the third media communication setting corresponds to (e.g., applies to; controls; affects) applications (e.g., all applications) operating at the computer system that use the microphone. Displaying the settings user interface having a selectable option for enabling a third media communication setting for changing an audio setting of a microphone for applications operating at the computer system that use the microphone provides additional controls for quickly and easily changing an audio setting of the microphone without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls until an input is detected and avoids accidental inputs while the additional control options are not displayed. Easily changing the audio setting of the microphone reduces computational resources used by the computer system to generate and/or process unnecessary audio. Providing additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls, avoiding accidental inputs, and reducing computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the selectable option and, in response, enables (or disables) the third media communication setting for changing an audio setting of a microphone.
In some embodiments, the settings user interface (e.g., 1292) includes a plurality of controls (e.g., 1292-2) corresponding to a mode (e.g., automatic framing mode) for automatically adjusting a representation (e.g., 1208, 1220-1) of a field-of-view of one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., during a live video communication session) based on a change in position of a subject detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., as discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, displaying the system interface (e.g., 1225, 1280) with the plurality of concurrently displayed controls that include the set of one or more media communication controls (e.g., 1231, 1232) includes: in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has been active within the predetermined amount of time, displaying the set of one or more media communication controls in a first region (e.g., 1225-1) of the system interface (e.g., a region located at a top portion of the system interface) and displaying a set of one or more system controls in a second region (e.g., 1225-2) of the system interface (e.g., a region that is positioned below (e.g., and does not overlap) the first region of the system interface); and in accordance with a determination that a media communication session has not been active within the predetermined amount of time, displaying the set of one or more system controls at least partially in the first region of the system interface (e.g., one or more of the system controls are shifted upward into the first region when the media communication controls are not displayed (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the first region (e.g., 1225-1) of the system interface (e.g., 1225) is not user configurable (e.g., the user cannot change, customize, and/or select the configuration of the controls that are displayed in the first region). In some embodiments, regions of the system interface other than the first region (e.g., the second region (e.g., 1225-2)) are user configurable.
Note that details of the processes described above with respect to method 1300 (e.g.,
As described below, method 1400 provides an intuitive way for managing a live video communication session. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user for managing a live video communication session, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computing devices, enabling a user to manage a live video communication session faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The computer system (e.g., 600) displays (1402) via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), a live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for a live video communication session (e.g., an interface for a live video communication session (e.g., a live video chat session, a live video conference session, etc.)), wherein displaying the live video communication interface includes concurrently displaying (1404) (in some embodiments, the live video communication interface includes a live preview (e.g., 1208) of the user of the computer system and a live representation (e.g., 1210-1, 1210-2) of one or more participants (e.g., remote users) of the live video communication session.) a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system (e.g., 1208) (e.g., a camera preview of the computer system for the live video communication session (optionally including a representation of a subject participating in the live video communication session); in some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system corresponds to a participant of the live video communication session who is associated with the computer system (e.g., based on a user account of the computer system).), wherein the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is visually associated with (e.g., displayed adjacent to; displayed grouped together with) an indication (e.g., 610, 611) (e.g., a graphical user interface object (e.g., a “background blur” affordance; a “framing mode” affordance; a “dynamic video quality” affordance)) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion (e.g., a background portion of the camera preview; a portion of the camera preview that does not include a representation of the subject (e.g., a face of the subject), a portion of the camera preview that at least partially surrounds the subject) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject (e.g., 1208-1) (e.g., other than a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes a subject (or a face of the subject)) that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., a participant of the live video communication session; a user of the computer system that is detected within a field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session) during the live video communication session (e.g., the background blur affordance (or, in some embodiments, the dynamic video quality affordance) is selectable for enabling/disabling a visual effect (e.g., a blurring, darkening, shading, desaturating, or otherwise deemphasizing effect (e.g., a reduced video quality)) that is applied to a background portion of the camera preview during the live video communication session (e.g., without applying the visual effect to the portion of the camera preview that includes the representation of the subject (e.g., a foreground portion; a portion that includes the subject's face))). Displaying a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras that is visually associated with an indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the appearance of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is capable of being modified, and reduces the number of user inputs at the computer system by providing an option for changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view other than a subject without requiring the user to navigate a settings menu or other additional interfaces to change the appearance. Providing improved feedback and reducing the number of inputs at the computer system enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
The computer system also concurrently displays (1406) (in some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is a preview of image data outputted, or capable of being outputted, by the computer system to one or more electronic devices associated with one or more participants (e.g., remote participants) of the live video communication session) a representation of one or more participants (e.g., 1210-1, 1210-2) (e.g., remote participant(s)) in the live video communication session that is different from (e.g., not included with; displayed separate from) the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system (e.g., one or more video feeds of participants in the live video communication session).
While displaying the live video communication interface for the live video communication session (e.g., 1205), the computer system (e.g., 600) detects (1408), via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a set of one or more inputs (e.g., 1202, 1264) (e.g., a selection of the background blur affordance and/or dynamic video quality affordance) that corresponds to a request to change (in some embodiments, automatically (e.g., without further user input)) an appearance of a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., the set of one or more inputs including an input directed to the indication of the option to initiate the process for changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras or an input directed to the representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system).
In response to detecting (1410) the set of one or more inputs (e.g., 1202, 1264), the computer system (e.g., 600) changes the appearance of the portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation (e.g., 1208) of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., enabling/disabling a visual effect (e.g., a blurring, darkening, shading, obscuring, desaturating, or otherwise deemphasizing effect (e.g., a reduced video quality)) that is applied to a background portion of the camera preview during the live video communication session (e.g., without applying the visual effect to the portion of the camera preview that includes the representation of the subject (e.g., 1208-2) (e.g., a foreground portion; a portion that includes the subject's face))). Changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras provides enhanced privacy control for a user of the computer system by preventing the display of the background (e.g., to other participants of the live video communication session and, in some embodiments, to the application hosting the live video communication session), and reduces the number of user inputs at the computer system by changing the appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view other than a subject without requiring the user to navigate a settings menu or other additional interfaces to change the appearance. Reducing the number of inputs at the computer system enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, changing the appearance of the portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) during the live video communication session includes outputting (e.g., to an electronic device (e.g., 600a) of the one or more participants (the remote participants)) image data corresponding to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras including the subject (e.g., 1220-1b) and the portion of the representation of the field-of-view having the changed appearance during the live video communication session (e.g., 1220-1a). In some embodiments, in response to the set of one or more inputs, the computer system enables a mode (e.g., dynamic video quality mode) for outputting (e.g., transmitting and, optionally, displaying) a camera field-of-view with portions having different degrees of compression and/or video qualities. For example, portions of the camera field-of-view that include a detected face of the subject (e.g., 1208-2, 1220-1b) (or detected faces of subjects) are compressed less than portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include a detected face (e.g., 1208-1, 1220-1a). As such, the video feed for the live video communication session can be transmitted (e.g., by the computer system (e.g., 600)) to a recipient device (e.g., 600a) of a remote participant of the live video communication session so that the portions (e.g., 1220-1b) of the camera field-of-view that include a detected face can be displayed at the recipient device with a higher video quality than the portions (e.g., 1220-1a) that do not include a detected face (due to the reduced compression of the portions of the camera field-of-view that include a detected face and the increased compression of the portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include a detected face). In some embodiments, the computer system varies the amount of compression as the video bandwidth changes (e.g., increases, decreases). For example, the degree of compression of the portion(s) of the camera field-of-view (e.g., the camera feed) that does not include the detected face(s) varies (e.g., increases or decreases with the corresponding change in bandwidth) while the degree of compression of the portion(s) of the camera field-of-view that includes the detected face(s) remains constant (or, in some embodiments, varies at a lesser rate or by a lesser amount than the portion(s) of the camera field-of-view that does not include the face(s)).
In some embodiments, prior to displaying the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject, the computer system (e.g., 600) detects an input (e.g., 1258) directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) (e.g., the input is detected while the camera preview is displayed without the indication of the option (e.g., without the background blur affordance)). In response to detecting the input directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system displays the indication (e.g., 611 in
In some embodiments, the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject is displayed (e.g., in
In some embodiments, displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) includes: displaying, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), a camera control (e.g., 1217) (e.g., a camera flip affordance) that is selectable to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) from a representation of a field-of-view of a first camera (e.g., 602) (e.g., a camera preview for a first camera (e.g., a camera on a front side of the computer system)) to a representation of a field-of-view of a second camera different from the first camera (e.g., a camera preview for a second camera (e.g., a camera on a back side of the computer system)). In some embodiments, the camera control is displayed concurrently with the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject. Displaying a camera control concurrently with the indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the camera control and the option for changing the appearance of the representation of the field-of-view are applicable to the representation of the camera preview (and an outgoing video feed) without cluttering the UI with additional content to describe operation of the controls. Providing improved feedback and avoiding cluttering the user interface with additional displayed content enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the camera control and, in response, changes the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras from a representation of a field-of-view from the first camera to a representation of a field-of-view of the second camera.
In some embodiments, displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) includes: displaying, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), a visual effects control (e.g., 1216) (e.g., a visual effects affordance) that is selectable to enable (and/or disable) a mode for displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) with one or more visual effects (e.g., graphical visual effects (e.g., avatar effects, filter effects, text effects, and/or sticker effects) that are displayed in the camera preview, but are not part of the image data that is obtained using the camera). In some embodiments, the visual effects control is displayed concurrently with the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject. Displaying a visual effects control concurrently with the indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the visual effects control and the option for changing the appearance of the representation of the field-of-view are applicable to the representation of the camera preview (and an outgoing video feed) without cluttering the UI with additional content to describe operation of the controls. Providing improved feedback and avoiding cluttering the user interface with additional displayed content enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600) detects a selection of the visual effects control and, in response, enables (or disables) the mode for displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras with one or more visual effects.
In some embodiments, displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) includes: displaying, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), a camera zoom control (e.g., 1260) (e.g., a camera zoom affordance) that is selectable to change a zoom level (e.g., a digital zoom and/or optical zoom) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208). In some embodiments, the camera zoom control is displayed concurrently with the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject. Displaying a camera zoom control concurrently with the indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the camera zoom control and the option for changing the appearance of the representation of the field-of-view are applicable to the representation of the camera preview (and an outgoing video feed) without cluttering the UI with additional content to describe operation of the controls. Providing improved feedback and avoiding cluttering the user interface with additional displayed content enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the camera zoom control and, in response, changes the zoom level of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras.
In some embodiments, displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) includes: displaying, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), a camera framing control (e.g., 610) (e.g., a framing mode option) that is selectable to enable (and/or disable) a mode (e.g., automatic framing mode) for automatically adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) (e.g., during a live video communication session) based on a change in position of a subject detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602) (e.g., as discussed with respect to
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for the live video communication session with the indication (e.g., 1216) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) other than a subject, wherein the indication (e.g., 1216) has a first displayed state (e.g., shown in
In some embodiments, displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for the live video communication session with the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject includes concurrently displaying: the representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system (e.g., 1208) (in some embodiments, the representation of the field-of-view of the camera is displayed having a first displayed size (e.g., a reduced or small size)); a camera control (e.g., 1217) (e.g., a camera flip affordance) that is selectable to change the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras from a representation of a field-of-view of a third camera (e.g., 602) (e.g., a camera preview for a camera (e.g., a camera on a front side of the computer system (e.g., 600))) to a representation of a field-of-view of a fourth camera different from the third camera (e.g., a camera preview for a different camera (e.g., a camera on a back side of the computer system)) (in some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the camera control and, in response, changes the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras from a representation of a field-of-view from the third camera to a representation of a field-of-view of the fourth camera); and a visual effects control (e.g., 1216) (e.g., a visual effects affordance) that is selectable to enable (and/or disable) a mode for displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras with one or more visual effects (e.g., graphical visual effects (e.g., avatar effects, filter effects, text effects, and/or sticker effects) that are displayed in the camera preview, but are not part of the image data that is obtained using the camera) (In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the visual effects control and, in response, enables the mode for displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras with one or more visual effects). Displaying the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras with a camera control and visual effects control provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the camera control and the visual effects control are applicable to the representation of the camera preview (and an outgoing video feed) without cluttering the UI with additional content to describe operation of the controls. Providing improved feedback and avoiding cluttering the user interface with additional displayed content enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, in response to detecting an input (e.g., an input on the camera preview), the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is displayed having an enlarged size with the camera control and the visual effects control (and, optionally, one or more additional controls (e.g., a zoom control, a background blur control, a framing mode control)). In some embodiments, when the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is enlarged, the visual effects control is displayed having an expanded state.
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for the live video communication session and a first mode is enabled for displaying one or more visual effects (e.g., the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system is displayed with visual effects such as avatar effects, sticker effects, etc.): the computer system (e.g., 600) detects an input (e.g., 1268) corresponding to a request to enable a second mode (e.g., automatic framing mode) for automatically adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., during a live video communication session) based on a change in position of a subject detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 602). In response to detecting the input corresponding to the request to enable the second mode, the computer system disables the first mode for displaying one or more visual effects (e.g., ceasing display of the visual effects (e.g., indicated by greying out of effects option 1262-1 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for the live video communication session: the computer system (e.g., 600) receives, via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a set of one or more inputs that includes a request (e.g., 1258) to adjust a displayed size of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) (e.g., an input for resizing the camera preview). In response to receiving the set of one or more inputs that includes a request to adjust a displayed size of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system adjusts a displayed size of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., as shown in
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for the live video communication session: the computer system (e.g., 600) detects, via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a tap gesture (e.g., 1258) directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) (e.g., a tap gesture on the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras). In response to detecting the tap gesture directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras from a third displayed size to a fourth displayed size larger than the third displayed size (e.g., enlarging the camera preview in response to the tap gesture (e.g.,
In some embodiments, while displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for the live video communication session: the computer system (e.g., 600) detects, via the one or more input devices (e.g., 601), a de-pinch gesture directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208) (e.g., a de-pinch gesture that is initiated on the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras). In response to detecting the de-pinch gesture directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras from a fifth displayed size to a sixth displayed size larger than the fifth displayed size (e.g., enlarging the camera preview in response to the de-pinch gesture). Adjusting the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras from the fifth displayed size to the sixth displayed size in response to detecting a de-pinch gesture directed to the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the de-pinch gesture was received by enlarging the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the adjustment of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras is based on a magnitude of the de-pinch gesture. For example, when the de-pinch gesture is a first magnitude, the computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras by a first amount (e.g., the camera preview is resized (e.g., enlarged) by a first amount), and when the de-pinch gesture is a second magnitude different from the first magnitude, the computer system adjusts the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras by a second amount different from the first amount (e.g., the camera preview is resized (e.g., enlarged) by a second amount).
In some embodiments, after changing the appearance of the portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., 1208): the computer system (e.g., 600) displays, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), an indication (e.g., 1265) (e.g., a banner, a notification, an alert, text) of the changed appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and after expiration of a predetermined amount of time (e.g., after displaying the indication of the changed appearance for a predetermined amount of time), the computer system ceases displaying the indication of the changed appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., while continuing to display the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject having the changed appearance). Displaying the indication of the changed appearance of the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject provides feedback to a user of the computer system that the appearance was changed. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, prior to displaying the live video communication interface (e.g., 1205) for a live video communication session: the computer system (e.g., 600) displays, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601), a user interface for a request to join a first live video communication session (e.g., 1201), wherein the user interface includes a camera control (e.g., 611) (e.g., a background blur affordance) that is selectable to enable (or disable) a mode (e.g., a background blur mode) for applying a visual effect (e.g., a blurring, darkening, shading, obscuring, desaturating, or otherwise deemphasizing effect) to a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of a representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject during the first live video communication session (e.g., the background portion of the camera preview). In some embodiments, the user interface includes a second camera control (e.g., a framing mode affordance) that is selectable to enable (or disable) a mode (e.g., an automatic framing mode) for automatically adjusting a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., during a live video communication session) based on a change in position of a subject detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras. In some embodiments, the background blur mode is enabled while the automatic framing mode is disabled. In some embodiments, automatic framing mode is enabled while the background blur mode is disabled. In some embodiments, both the automatic framing mode and the background blur mode are enabled concurrently (e.g., during the live video communication session). In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving a set of one or more inputs that includes a request to join the first video communication session; and in response to receiving the set of one or more inputs that includes a request to join the first video communication session, displaying the live video communication interface, including: in accordance with a determination that the set of one or more inputs includes a selection of the camera control (e.g., the camera control is in a selected state when the request to join the first video communication session is received), displaying the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject having the visual effect (e.g., the changed appearance; the blurred appearance) (e.g., the visual effect is applied to the background of the camera preview); in accordance with a determination that the set of one or more inputs does not include a selection of the camera control (e.g., the camera control is in a deselected state when the request to join the first video communication session is received), displaying the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject without displaying the visual effect (e.g., the visual effect is not applied to the background of the camera preview); in accordance with a determination that the set of one or more inputs includes a selection of the second camera control (e.g., the second camera control is in a selected state when the request to join the first video communication session is received), displaying the live video communication interface with the mode enabled for automatically adjusting a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on a change in position of a subject detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., in some embodiments, while concurrently displaying the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject having the visual effect); and in accordance with a determination that the set of one or more inputs does not include a selection of the second camera control (e.g., the second camera control is in a deselected state when the request to join the first video communication session is received), displaying the live video communication interface with the mode disabled for automatically adjusting a representation of a field-of-view of the one or more cameras based on a change in position of a subject detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras (e.g., in some embodiments, while displaying the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject having the visual effect).
In some embodiments, the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session is displayed concurrently with one or more controls (e.g., 1212, 1213, 1214) for the live video communication session (e.g., a microphone mute control, a call end control, and/or a camera on/off control) while the live video communication session is currently active (e.g., an ongoing call).
In some embodiments, the indication (e.g., 611) of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion (e.g., 1208-1) of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject that is displayed in the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session includes a camera control (e.g., 611) (e.g., a background blur affordance) that is selectable to apply a visual effect (e.g., a blurring, darkening, shading, obscuring, desaturating, or otherwise deemphasizing effect) to the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject during the live video communication session. Displaying the indication of an option to initiate a process for changing an appearance of a portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras during the live video communication session including a camera control that is selectable to apply a visual effect to the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject during the live video communication session provides additional controls for quickly and easily changing an appearance of a background portion of a field-of-view of a camera. Easily changing the appearance of (e.g., hiding) the background provides privacy benefits to the user of the computer system by preventing the display of the background (e.g., to other participants of the live video communication session and, in some embodiments, to the application hosting the live video communication session). Providing privacy benefits and additional control options without cluttering the user interface with additional displayed controls enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the computer system detects a selection of the camera control and, in response, applies a visual effect to the portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras other than a subject during the live video communication session.
In some embodiments, the computer system (e.g., 600, 600a) displays, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601, 601a), a representation of a first portion (e.g., 1220-1b) of a field-of-view of one or more cameras of a respective device of a respective participant in the live video communication session (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view of a camera of a remote participant in the live video communication session that includes a detected face of a remote participant) (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system that includes a detected face of the subject) and a representation of a second portion (e.g., 1220-1a) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view of the camera of the remote participant that does not include a detected face of a remote participant) (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras of the computer system that does not include a detected face of the subject), including displaying the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant with a reduced degree of compression (e.g., a higher video quality) than the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in accordance with a determination that the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras includes a detected feature of a respective type (e.g., a face; multiple different faces) while a detected feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., when a face (or multiple different faces) is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view and not in the second portion of the field-of-view, the second portion is compressed (e.g., by the sending device (e.g., the device of the remote participant; the computer system of the subject)) at a greater degree than the first portion such that the first portion of the field-of-view can be displayed (e.g., at the receiving device (e.g., the computer system; the device of the remote participant)) at a higher video quality than the second portion of the field-of-view when a face is detected in the first portion and not in the second portion). Displaying the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in the live video communication session with a reduced degree of compression than the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in accordance with a determination that the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a detected feature of a respective type while a detected feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, the set of one or more inputs enable a dynamic video quality mode for outputting (e.g., transmitting to a recipient device, optionally while displaying at the sending device) the camera field-of-view with portions having different degrees of video compression. In some embodiments, the computer system compresses portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include one or more faces more than portions of the camera field-of-view that do include one or more faces. In some embodiments, the computer system optionally displays the compressed video feed in the camera preview. In some embodiments, the computer system transmits the video feed having the different degrees of compression during the live video communication session such that a recipient device (e.g., a remote participant) can display the video feed received from the sending device (e.g., the computer system) having higher-video-quality portions concurrently displayed with lower-video-quality portions, wherein the higher-video-quality portions of the video feed include the face(s) and the lower-video-quality portions of the video feed do not include the face(s). Similarly, in some embodiments, the computer system receives compressed video data from a remote device (e.g., a device of a remote participant of the live video communication session) and displays the video feed from the remote device having the different degrees of compression such that the video feed of the remote device can be displayed with a higher-video-quality portion that includes the face of the remote participant and a lower-video-quality portion (displayed concurrently with the higher-quality portion) that does not include the face of the remote participant. In some embodiments, the different degrees of compression can be applied to a video feed where multiple faces are detected. For example, the video feed can have multiple higher-quality (less compressed) portions, each corresponding to a location of one of the detected faces. In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is independent of the automatic framing mode and background blur mode such that the dynamic video quality mode can be enabled and disabled separate from the automatic framing mode and the background blur mode. In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is implemented with the automatic framing mode such that the dynamic video quality mode is enabled when the automatic framing mode is enabled and is disabled when the automatic framing mode is disabled. In some embodiments, the dynamic video quality mode is implemented with the background blur mode such that the dynamic video quality mode is enabled when the background blur mode is enabled and is disabled when the background blur mode is disabled.
In some embodiments, after the feature of the respective type has moved from the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant to the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., detecting the movement of the feature of the respective type from the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras; and, in response to detecting the movement of the feature of the respective type from the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras to the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras), the computer system (e.g., 600, 600a) displays, via the one or more output generation components (e.g., 601, 601a), the representation of the first portion (e.g., 1220-1a) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant and the representation of the second portion (e.g., 1220-1b) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view that includes a detected face), including displaying the representation of the first portion the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant with an increased degree of compression (e.g., a lower video quality) than the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in accordance with a determination that the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant includes a detected feature of the respective type while a detected feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., as the face moves within the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the degrees of compression of respective portions of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras change such that the face (e.g., a portion of the field-of-view that includes the face) is (e.g., remains) output (e.g., transmitted and, optionally, displayed) having a lower degree of compression than portions of the field-of-view that do not include the face). Displaying, after the feature of the respective type has moved from the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant to the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant, the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in the live video communication session with an increased degree of compression than the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant in accordance with a determination that the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras includes a detected feature of the respective type while a detected feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality as a face moves within the scene. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, the feature of the respective type is a detected face (e.g., a face detected within a field-of-view of one or more cameras; a face of a remote participant; a face of the subject). In some embodiments, displaying the representation of the second portion (e.g., 1220-1a) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant includes displaying the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant having a lesser video quality than the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., due to a reduced compression of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras) in accordance with a determination that the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras includes the detected face while a face is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant. Displaying the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant having a lesser video quality than the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view in accordance with a determination that the first portion of the field-of-view includes the detected face while a face is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, portions of the camera field-of-view that do not include a detected face are output (e.g., transmitted and, optionally, displayed) having a lesser image quality than portions of the camera field-of-view that do include a detected face (due to the increased compression of the portions that do not include a detected face). In some embodiments, when no faces are detected in the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, the computer system applies a uniform or substantially uniform degree of compression to the first and second portions of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras such that the video feed (e.g., both the first and second portions) can be output having a uniform or substantially uniform video quality. In some embodiments, when multiple faces are detected in the camera field-of-view (e.g., multiple participants of the live video communication session are detected), the computer system applies the reduced compression concurrently to the portions of the field-of-view that correspond to the detected faces such that the faces can be displayed concurrently (e.g., at a recipient device) having the higher image quality. In some embodiments, the computer system applies the increased compression to the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras, even if a face is detected in the second portion. For example, the computer system can determine that the face in the second portion is not a participant of the live video communication session (e.g., the person is a bystander in the background) and, therefore, does not reduce the degree of compression of the second portion having the face.
In some embodiments, after (e.g., in response to detecting) a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation (e.g., 1208, 1220-1) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant occurs (e.g., is detected), while a feature of the respective type (e.g., a face) is detected in the first portion (e.g., 1220-1b) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant and while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion (e.g., 1220-1a) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant, a degree of compression (e.g., an amount of compression) of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant is changed by an amount that is less than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., when a face is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, and a face is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, the rate of change in compression (in response to a change in bandwidth (e.g., a decrease in bandwidth)) is less for the first portion of the field-of-view than for the second portion of the field-of-view). Changing a degree of compression of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant by an amount that is less than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion while a feature of the respective type is detected in the first portion and a feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth for the first portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the feature of the respective type and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, after (e.g., in response to detecting) a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation (e.g., 1208, 1220-1) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device (e.g., 600) of the respective participant occurs (e.g., is detected), while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion (e.g., 1220-1a) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant and while a feature of the respective type is detected in the second portion (e.g., 1220-1b) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant, a degree of compression (e.g., an amount of compression) of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant is changed by an amount that is more than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., when a face is detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, and a face is not detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, the rate of change in compression (in response to a change in bandwidth (e.g., a decrease in bandwidth)) is greater for the first portion of the field-of-view than for the second portion of the field-of-view). Changing a degree of compression of the representation of the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant by an amount that is more than an amount of change of a degree of compression of the representation of the second portion while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the first portion and a feature of the respective type is detected in the second portion conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth for the second portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras that includes the feature of the respective type and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, in response to a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation (e.g., 1208, 1220-1) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device (e.g., 600) of the respective participant occurring (e.g., being detected), a quality (e.g., a video quality) (e.g., due to a change in the amount of video compression) of the representation of the second portion (e.g., 1220-1a) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant is changed by an amount that is greater than an amount of change of quality (in some embodiments, the representation of the first portion does not change in quality or has a nominal amount of change in quality) of the representation of the first portion (e.g., 1220-1b) of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant (e.g., when a face is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, and a face is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, the image quality of the second portion varies more than the image quality of the first portion in response to a change in bandwidth (e.g., a decrease in bandwidth)). Changing a quality of the representation of the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant by an amount that is greater than an amount of change of quality of the representation of the first portion conserves computational resources by conserving bandwidth for the first portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras and decreasing the amount of image data that is processed for display and/or transmission at a high image quality. Conserving computational resources enhances the operability of the computer system and makes the user-system interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the computer system) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the computer system by enabling the user to use the system more quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, while a face is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras, and is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view, the computer system detects a change in available bandwidth (e.g., an increase in bandwidth; a decrease in bandwidth) and, in response, adjusts (e.g., increases; decreases) the compression of the second portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras without adjusting the compression of the first portion of the representation of the field-of-view of the one or more cameras. In some embodiments, when detecting a change in bandwidth, the computer system adjusts the compression of the first portion at a lesser rate than the adjustment to the second portion. In some embodiments, the method includes detecting (e.g., at the respective device of the respective participant) a change in bandwidth for transmitting a representation of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant while a feature of the respective type (e.g., a face) is detected in the first portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant and while a feature of the respective type is not detected in the second portion of the field-of-view of one or more cameras of the respective device of the respective participant.
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The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the techniques and their practical applications. Others skilled in the art are thereby enabled to best utilize the techniques and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
Although the disclosure and examples have been fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted that various changes and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications are to be understood as being included within the scope of the disclosure and examples as defined by the claims.
As described above, one aspect of the present technology is the gathering and use of data available from various sources to enhance a user's video conferencing experience. The present disclosure contemplates that in some instances, this gathered data may include personal information data that uniquely identifies or can be used to contact or locate a specific person. Such personal information data can include demographic data, location-based data, telephone numbers, email addresses, twitter IDs, home addresses, data or records relating to a user's health or level of fitness (e.g., vital signs measurements, medication information, exercise information), date of birth, or any other identifying or personal information.
The present disclosure recognizes that the use of such personal information data, in the present technology, can be used to the benefit of users. For example, the personal information data can be used to customize user profiles for a video conference experience. Accordingly, use of such personal information data enables users to have calculated control of the video conference experience. Further, other uses for personal information data that benefit the user are also contemplated by the present disclosure. For instance, health and fitness data may be used to provide insights into a user's general wellness, or may be used as positive feedback to individuals using technology to pursue wellness goals.
The present disclosure contemplates that the entities responsible for the collection, analysis, disclosure, transfer, storage, or other use of such personal information data will comply with well-established privacy policies and/or privacy practices. In particular, such entities should implement and consistently use privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized as meeting or exceeding industry or governmental requirements for maintaining personal information data private and secure. Such policies should be easily accessible by users, and should be updated as the collection and/or use of data changes. Personal information from users should be collected for legitimate and reasonable uses of the entity and not shared or sold outside of those legitimate uses. Further, such collection/sharing should occur after receiving the informed consent of the users. Additionally, such entities should consider taking any needed steps for safeguarding and securing access to such personal information data and ensuring that others with access to the personal information data adhere to their privacy policies and procedures. Further, such entities can subject themselves to evaluation by third parties to certify their adherence to widely accepted privacy policies and practices. In addition, policies and practices should be adapted for the particular types of personal information data being collected and/or accessed and adapted to applicable laws and standards, including jurisdiction-specific considerations. For instance, in the US, collection of or access to certain health data may be governed by federal and/or state laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); whereas health data in other countries may be subject to other regulations and policies and should be handled accordingly. Hence different privacy practices should be maintained for different personal data types in each country.
Despite the foregoing, the present disclosure also contemplates embodiments in which users selectively block the use of, or access to, personal information data. That is, the present disclosure contemplates that hardware and/or software elements can be provided to prevent or block access to such personal information data. For example, in the case of video conference interfaces, the present technology can be configured to allow users to select to “opt in” or “opt out” of participation in the collection of personal information data during registration for services or anytime thereafter. In addition to providing “opt in” and “opt out” options, the present disclosure contemplates providing notifications relating to the access or use of personal information. For instance, a user may be notified upon downloading an app that their personal information data will be accessed and then reminded again just before personal information data is accessed by the app.
Moreover, it is the intent of the present disclosure that personal information data should be managed and handled in a way to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use. Risk can be minimized by limiting the collection of data and deleting data once it is no longer needed. In addition, and when applicable, including in certain health related applications, data de-identification can be used to protect a user's privacy. De-identification may be facilitated, when appropriate, by removing specific identifiers (e.g., date of birth, etc.), controlling the amount or specificity of data stored (e.g., collecting location data a city level rather than at an address level), controlling how data is stored (e.g., aggregating data across users), and/or other methods.
Therefore, although the present disclosure broadly covers use of personal information data to implement one or more various disclosed embodiments, the present disclosure also contemplates that the various embodiments can also be implemented without the need for accessing such personal information data. That is, the various embodiments of the present technology are not rendered inoperable due to the lack of all or a portion of such personal information data. For example, general user profiles can be created for video conference applications based on non-personal information data or a bare minimum amount of personal information, such as the content being requested by the device associated with a user, other non-personal information available to the video conference provider, or publicly available information.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/482,977, entitled “USER INTERFACES FOR WIDE ANGLE VIDEO CONFERENCE”, filed Sep. 23, 2021, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/176,811, entitled “USER INTERFACES FOR WIDE ANGLE VIDEO CONFERENCE,” filed Apr. 19, 2021, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/143,881, entitled “USER INTERFACES FOR WIDE ANGLE VIDEO CONFERENCE,” filed Jan. 31, 2021, the contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties for all purposes.
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