CN106878654B

CN106878654B - Video communication method and device

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Publication number: CN106878654B
Application number: CN201710142253.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高毅
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-03-10
Filing date: 2017-03-10
Publication date: 2022-04-01
Anticipated expiration: 2037-03-10
Also published as: CN106878654A

Abstract

The disclosure provides a video communication method and device, and belongs to the technical field of internet communication. The method comprises the following steps: in the video communication process of the first terminal and the second terminal, acquiring a device identifier of first target household equipment associated with the first terminal; sending a shooting request to the first target household equipment according to the equipment identification of the first target household equipment, wherein the shooting request is used for indicating the first target household equipment to start a camera for shooting and return first video data; and receiving the first video data, and sending the first video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal. The method has the advantages that the first target household equipment shoots first video data and sends the first video data to the first terminal, so that the efficiency of the first terminal for obtaining the first video data is improved, and the efficiency of video communication between the first terminal and the second terminal is improved.

Description

Video communication method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of internet communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for video communication.

Background

At present, video communication gradually becomes a relatively common communication mode, the social application installed on the terminal generally has a video communication function, and the user can perform video communication with friend users through the social application, so that convenience is brought to information communication among the users, and the authenticity of the information communication is improved.

In the related art, when a first terminal and a second terminal perform video communication, the first terminal starts a camera, shoots a shooting area corresponding to the camera to obtain video data, and sends the video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the video data to the second terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for video communication, where the method comprises:

according to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for video communication, the method being applied in a first terminal, the method including:

in the video communication process of the first terminal and the second terminal, acquiring a device identifier of first target household equipment associated with the first terminal;

sending a shooting request to the first target household equipment according to the equipment identification of the first target household equipment, wherein the shooting request is used for indicating the first target household equipment to start a camera for shooting and return first video data;

and receiving the first video data, and sending the first video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, in a video communication process between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal may send a shooting request to a first target home device by acquiring a device identifier of the first target home device associated with the first terminal, so that the first target home device starts a camera to shoot by itself and returns first video data to the first terminal; and after receiving the first video data, the first terminal sends the first video data to the second terminal through the social application server. When the first terminal acquires the first video data, the first terminal directly shoots the first target household equipment to obtain the first video data and returns the first video data to the first terminal; the first video data can be acquired without the user moving the first terminal to the first target household equipment for shooting, so that the efficiency of acquiring the first video data is improved, and the efficiency of video communication is further improved.

In one possible implementation manner, the obtaining of the device identifier of the first target home device associated with the first terminal includes:

acquiring an equipment identifier list, wherein the equipment identifier list stores at least one equipment identifier of household equipment associated with the first terminal;

displaying the equipment identification list on a current video communication interface;

and acquiring the selected equipment identifier in the equipment identifier list, and determining the selected equipment identifier as the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the device identifier list is displayed on the current video communication interface, so that the device identifier of the household device associated with the first terminal is clearly displayed to the user, and the user can select the device identifier of the first target household device to be watched according to the requirement; and then, the device identifier selected by the user from the device identifier list is obtained, and the selected device identifier is directly determined as the device identifier of the first target household device, so that the user experience is improved, and the accuracy and the efficiency of determining the first target household device are improved.

In one possible implementation manner, the obtaining the device identification list includes:

acquiring home equipment associated with the first terminal, and determining home equipment with a video shooting function from the home equipment associated with the first terminal;

and forming the equipment identification list by using the equipment identifications of the household equipment with the video shooting function.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first terminal identifies the home equipment with the video shooting function from the home equipment associated with the first terminal, and then forms the equipment identifiers of the home equipment with the video shooting function into the equipment identifier list.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending a shooting request to the first target home device according to the device identifier of the first target home device includes:

sending the shooting request to a cloud server, wherein the shooting request carries the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment, so that the cloud server forwards the shooting request to the first target household equipment according to the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first terminal can directly send the shooting request to the cloud server, and the cloud server forwards the shooting request to the first target home equipment, so that the first target home equipment can be shot by itself according to the shooting request, and the first target home equipment can be controlled to be shot to obtain the first video data without the need of a user moving the first terminal, thereby improving the efficiency of the first terminal in obtaining the first video data.

In one possible implementation, after receiving the first video data, the method further includes:

analyzing the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment from the first video data;

and displaying the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment and the first video data in a first display area of a current video communication interface.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first video data further includes an equipment identifier of the first target home equipment, and when the first terminal displays the first video data, the equipment identifier of the first target home equipment corresponding to the first video data can also be displayed, so that the source of the first video data can be clearly and quickly known, and the user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

receiving second video data sent by the second terminal, wherein the second video data is video data obtained by shooting of second target household equipment associated with the second terminal;

and analyzing the device identification of the second target household device from the second video data, and displaying the second video data and the device identification of the second target household device in a second display area of the current video communication interface.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, not only can the first terminal send the first video data of the first target home device associated with the first terminal to the second terminal, but also the second terminal can send the second video data of the second target home device associated with the second terminal to the first terminal, so that both a user of the first terminal and a user of the second terminal can watch the first (second) video data shot by the first (second) target home device as required, thereby improving user experience.

In one possible implementation, after the sending the first video data to the social application server, the method further includes:

displaying at least one operation instruction on a current video communication interface;

obtaining a selected target operation instruction in the at least one operation instruction, wherein the target operation instruction is used for controlling the first target household equipment to execute target operation;

and sending the target operation instruction to the first target household equipment so that the first target household equipment executes the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, in the video communication process between the first terminal and the second terminal, the first terminal may not only display the first video data of the first target home equipment to the user, but also provide at least one operation instruction for controlling the first target home equipment to execute at least one operation to the user. Therefore, the first terminal controls the first target household equipment to execute the target operation, the functions of the video communication method are enriched, and the user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation manner, before the obtaining of the device identifier of the first target home device associated with the first terminal, the method further includes:

and starting a camera of the first terminal to shoot to obtain third video data, and sending the third video data to the social application server, so that the social application server sends the third video data to the second terminal.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first terminal may send third video data to the second terminal while sending the first video data to the second terminal, that is, the first terminal may also send the third video data to the second terminal while shooting the obtained video data by itself, so that the third video data may also be sent to the second terminal while sending the first video data to the second terminal, and the second terminal may obtain the first video data and the second video data at the same time, thereby improving the applicability of the video communication method.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for video communication, where the method is applied to a first target home device, and the method includes:

receiving a shooting request sent by a first terminal associated with the first target household equipment;

starting a camera for shooting according to the shooting request to obtain first video data;

and sending the first video data to the first terminal so that the first terminal sends the first video data to a second terminal, wherein the second terminal is a terminal which is currently in video communication with the first terminal.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, after receiving a shooting request sent by a first terminal, a first target household device starts a camera to shoot to obtain first video data, and transmits the first video data to the first terminal, so that the first terminal transmits the first video data to the second terminal, and, the first terminal is a terminal associated with the first target home device, the second terminal is a terminal currently performing video communication with the first terminal, therefore, the first video data is obtained by the self-shooting of the first target household equipment and is sent to the first terminal without the user moving the first terminal, the first target household equipment can be controlled to shoot to obtain the first video data, the efficiency of the first terminal for obtaining the first video data is improved, and therefore the efficiency of video communication between the first terminal and the second terminal is improved.

In a possible implementation manner, after the camera is turned on to perform shooting according to the shooting request to obtain the first video data, the method further includes:

and adding the equipment identification of the first target household equipment into the first video data.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first target home device may add the device identifier to the first video data, so that when the first terminal acquires the first video data, the device identifier of the first target home device may be acquired from the first video data, thereby improving the efficiency of acquiring the device identifier of the first target home device; and when the first terminal displays the first video data, the device identifier of the first target home device can be displayed at the same time, so that the source of the first video data can be clearly displayed for a user, and the user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

and receiving a target operation instruction which is sent by the first terminal and used for controlling the first target household equipment to execute target operation, and executing the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first target home equipment may not only return the first video data to the first terminal, but also receive a target operation instruction sent by the first terminal, and execute a target operation according to the target operation instruction, without a user directly controlling the first target home equipment to execute the target operation in a manual manner or the like, so that the efficiency of the first terminal controlling the first target home equipment is improved.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for video communication, the apparatus being applied in a first terminal, the apparatus including:

the first obtaining module is used for obtaining a device identifier of first target household equipment associated with the first terminal in the video communication process of the first terminal and the second terminal;

the first sending module is used for sending a shooting request to the first target household equipment according to the equipment identification of the first target household equipment, wherein the shooting request is used for indicating the first target household equipment to start a camera for shooting and return first video data;

a first receiving module, configured to receive the first video data;

and the second sending module is used for sending the first video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal.

In one possible implementation manner, the first obtaining module includes:

a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain an equipment identifier list, where the equipment identifier list stores at least one equipment identifier of a home equipment associated with the first terminal;

the display unit is used for displaying the equipment identification list on a current video communication interface;

a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain a selected device identifier in the device identifier list;

a determining unit, configured to determine the selected device identifier as the device identifier of the first target home device.

In a possible implementation manner, the first obtaining unit is further configured to obtain the home devices associated with the first terminal, and determine the home device with a video shooting function from the home devices associated with the first terminal; and forming the equipment identification list by using the equipment identifications of the household equipment with the video shooting function.

In a possible implementation manner, the first sending module is further configured to send the shooting request to a cloud server, where the shooting request carries an equipment identifier of the first target home equipment, so that the cloud server forwards the shooting request to the first target home equipment according to the equipment identifier of the first target home equipment.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

the first analysis module is used for analyzing the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment from the first video data;

the first display module is used for displaying the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment and the first video data in a first display area of a current video communication interface.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

the second receiving module is used for receiving second video data sent by the second terminal, wherein the second video data is video data obtained by shooting of second target household equipment associated with the second terminal;

the second analysis module is used for analyzing the equipment identifier of the second target household equipment from the second video data;

and the second display module is used for displaying the second video data and the equipment identifier of the second target household equipment in a second display area of the current video communication interface.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

the third display module is used for displaying at least one operation instruction on the current video communication interface;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain a selected target operation instruction in the at least one operation instruction, where the target operation instruction is used to control the first target home equipment to execute a target operation;

and the third sending module is used for sending the target operation instruction to the first target household equipment so as to enable the first target household equipment to execute the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

the first starting module is used for starting a camera of the first terminal to shoot to obtain third video data;

a fourth sending module, configured to send the third video data to the social application server, so that the social application server sends the third video data to the second terminal.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for video communication, the apparatus being applied to a first target home device, the apparatus including:

the third receiving module is used for receiving a shooting request sent by a first terminal associated with the first target household equipment;

the second starting module is used for starting the camera to shoot according to the shooting request to obtain first video data;

a fifth sending module, configured to send the first video data to the first terminal, so that the first terminal sends the first video data to a second terminal, where the second terminal is a terminal currently performing video communication with the first terminal.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

and the adding module is used for adding the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment into the first video data.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

the fourth receiving module is used for receiving a target operation instruction which is sent by the first terminal and used for controlling the first target household equipment to execute target operation;

and the execution module is used for executing the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for video communication, the apparatus being applied in a first terminal, including:

a first processor;

a first memory for storing the first processor-executable instructions;

wherein the first processor is configured to:

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for video communication, where the apparatus is applied to a first target home device, and the apparatus includes:

a second processor;

a second memory for storing the second processor-executable instructions;

wherein the second processor is configured to:

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the disclosure, in a video communication process between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal may send a shooting request to a first target home device by acquiring a device identifier of the first target home device associated with the first terminal, and after receiving the shooting request sent by the first terminal, the first target home device starts a camera to shoot, so as to obtain first video data, and sends the first video data to the first terminal; after receiving the first video data, the first terminal sends the first video data to the second terminal through the social application server; when the first terminal acquires the first video data, the first terminal directly shoots the first target household equipment to obtain the first video data and returns the first video data to the first terminal; the first video data can be acquired without the user moving the first terminal to the first target household equipment for shooting, so that the efficiency of acquiring the first video data is improved, and the efficiency of video communication is further improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of video communication, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a signaling interaction diagram illustrating a video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a first acquisition module in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure more apparent, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

In the related art, when a first terminal and a second terminal perform video communication, the first terminal starts a camera, shoots a shooting area corresponding to the camera to obtain video data, and sends the video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the video data to the second terminal. However, since the shooting area of the camera is limited, if the user wants to shoot the video data of the home device, the user needs to move the first terminal to the vicinity of the home device and aim the camera at the home device, so that the first terminal shoots the home device and sends the shot video data of the home device to the social application server, and the social application server forwards the shot video data of the home device to the second terminal. Therefore, when the first terminal sends the shot video data of the home equipment to the second terminal, a plurality of operations such as moving, shooting and sending are needed, and therefore the efficiency of sending the video data of the home equipment to the second terminal is low.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for video communication, which is applied to a first terminal, according to an exemplary embodiment, and includes the following steps, as shown in fig. 1.

In step 101, in a video communication process between a first terminal and a second terminal, a device identifier of a first target home device associated with the first terminal is obtained.

In step 102, a shooting request is sent to the first target home device according to the device identifier of the first target home device, where the shooting request is used to instruct the first target home device to start a camera for shooting and return first video data.

In step 103, the first video data is received and sent to the social application server, so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal.

acquiring an equipment identification list, wherein the equipment identification list stores at least one equipment identification of the household equipment associated with the first terminal;

displaying the equipment identification list on the current video communication interface;

and forming the equipment identification list by the equipment identifications of the household equipment with the video shooting function.

and sending the shooting request to a cloud server, wherein the shooting request carries the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment, so that the cloud server forwards the shooting request to the first target household equipment according to the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment.

In one possible implementation, the method further comprises:

and analyzing the device identifier of the second target household device from the second video data, and displaying the second video data and the device identifier of the second target household device in a second display area of the current video communication interface.

In one possible implementation, after sending the first video data to the social application server, the method further includes:

obtaining a target operation instruction selected from the at least one operation instruction, wherein the target operation instruction is used for controlling the first target household equipment to execute target operation;

In one possible implementation manner, before obtaining the device identifier of the first target home device associated with the first terminal, the method further includes:

All the above optional technical solutions may be combined arbitrarily to form the optional embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not described herein again.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for video communication, which is applied to a first target home device, according to an exemplary embodiment, and is shown in fig. 2, including the following steps.

In step 201, a shooting request sent by a first terminal associated with the first target home device is received.

In step 202, according to the shooting request, a camera is turned on to shoot, and first video data is obtained.

In step 203, the first video data is sent to a first terminal, so that the first terminal sends the first video data to a second terminal, where the second terminal is a terminal currently performing video communication with the first terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, after the camera is turned on to perform shooting according to the shooting request, and the first video data is obtained, the method further includes:

In one possible implementation, the method further comprises:

and receiving a target operation instruction which is sent by the first terminal and used for controlling the first target household equipment to execute the target operation, and executing the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

Fig. 3 is a signaling interaction diagram illustrating a video communication, according to an example embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, including the following steps.

In step 301, in a video communication process between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal obtains a device identifier of a first target home device associated with the first terminal.

In the video communication process of the first terminal and the second terminal, when a first user or a second user wants to watch a video picture of first target household equipment, the first user or the second user can trigger a shooting instruction to the first terminal; the first terminal generates a shooting instruction, and acquires the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment according to the shooting instruction. For the sake of convenience of distinction, a shooting instruction triggered by a first user is referred to as a first shooting instruction, and a shooting instruction triggered by a second user is referred to as a second shooting instruction.

The step of generating the first shooting instruction by the first terminal may be:

a first shooting button is displayed in a current video communication interface of a first terminal, and a first user can trigger a first shooting instruction to the first terminal by clicking the first shooting button; and when the first terminal detects that the first shooting button is triggered, generating a first shooting instruction.

The step of generating the second shooting instruction by the first terminal may be:

a second shooting button is displayed in a current video communication interface of the second terminal, a second user can trigger a second shooting instruction to the second terminal by clicking the second shooting button, and the second shooting instruction is forwarded to the first terminal by the second terminal; when the second terminal detects that the second shooting button is triggered, generating a second shooting instruction, and sending the second shooting instruction to the first terminal; and the first terminal receives a second shooting instruction sent by the second terminal.

Then, the first terminal acquires the device identifier of the first target household device associated with the first terminal according to the first shooting instruction or the second shooting instruction.

In this step, the first target home device is a home device with a video communication function selected by a user, and the first terminal identifies the home device with the video communication function. Therefore, this step can be realized by steps 3011-3013 below.

In step 3011, the first terminal obtains an equipment identifier list, where the equipment identifier list stores at least one equipment identifier of the home equipment associated with the first terminal.

In this step, the device identifier in the device identifier list is a device identifier of the home device having the video shooting function. Therefore, the step can be: the method comprises the steps that a first terminal obtains home equipment associated with the first terminal, and home equipment with a video shooting function is determined from the home equipment associated with the first terminal; and forming the equipment identification list by the equipment identifications of the household equipment with the video shooting function.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, a home device management module for managing home devices is pre-installed in a first terminal, and the first terminal can be associated with at least one home device through the home device management module; and the first terminal can acquire the device identifier of the at least one piece of home equipment through the home equipment management module and store the device identifier of the at least one piece of home equipment. The first terminal and the home equipment are associated, namely the first terminal and the home equipment log in a cloud server through the same cloud service account.

The first terminal can also obtain the working state of the at least one piece of home equipment through the home equipment management module, and the specific process can be as follows:

the cloud server acquires the working state of each household device in real time, acquires the working state of at least one household device managed by the first terminal according to the first identifier of the first terminal, and sends the working state of the at least one household device to the first terminal. The first terminal receives the working state of the at least one piece of home equipment sent by the cloud server through the home equipment management module.

The home device management module may be an intelligent home APP (Application) installed in the first terminal, or may also be a management module in other software, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the disclosure.

The first identifier of the first terminal may be a first user account number registered by the first user in the cloud server, or a mobile phone number of the first user, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the disclosure; the device identifier of the home device may be an ID (Identity) of the home device and/or a name of the device, which is not specifically limited in this disclosure.

For example, if the home device management module is an intelligent home APP installed in a first terminal, after the first terminal and the home device are networked, the intelligent home APP in the first terminal may establish a connection with the home device through a cloud server. The intelligent home APP in the first terminal logs in the cloud server through the cloud service account registered by the first user, and the working state of the home equipment associated with the first terminal is monitored in real time through the cloud server.

The first terminal and the second terminal are also provided with video communication modules for video communication in advance, and the first terminal carries out video communication with the second terminal through the video communication modules.

The video communication module may be a video communication APP installed in the first terminal, or may be a module having a video communication function in other applications. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not particularly limited in this regard.

In the process of video communication between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal sends a query instruction to a home equipment management module through a video communication module, wherein the query instruction is used for querying home equipment with a video shooting function in home equipment associated with the first terminal; and the household equipment management module receives the query instruction, and identifies household equipment with a video communication function from household equipment corresponding to at least one equipment identifier stored in the household equipment management module according to the query instruction.

The first terminal can mark the household equipment with the video shooting function as video equipment through the household equipment management module, so that the first terminal can directly acquire the household equipment marked as the video equipment in the household equipment associated with the first terminal, and the equipment identifications of the household equipment marked as the video equipment form an equipment identification list.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, in the home devices that are associated with the first terminal and have the video shooting function, some home devices may not be currently networked, and therefore, step 3011 may also be:

the first terminal also acquires home equipment associated with the first terminal, and determines the networked home equipment with a video shooting function from the home equipment associated with the first terminal; and forming the equipment identification list by the equipment identifications of the networked home equipment with the video shooting function.

The first terminal can detect whether the home equipment marked as the video equipment is networked or not through the home equipment management module, and directly adds the equipment identifier of the home equipment to the equipment identifier list when detecting that the home equipment marked as the video equipment is networked; when detecting that the household equipment marked as the video equipment is not networked, the first terminal acquires the equipment identifier of the household equipment which is not networked, and displays the equipment identifier of the household equipment which is not networked to the user, so that the user is prompted to network the household equipment; and when the home equipment which is not networked is detected to be networked, adding the equipment identification of the home equipment into the equipment identification list.

In step 3012, the first terminal displays the device identifier list on the current video communication interface.

In this step, the first terminal may send an acquisition request to the home device management module through the video communication module, where the acquisition request is used to acquire a device identifier list, the home device management module receives the acquisition request sent by the video communication module, and sends the device identifier list to the video communication module according to the acquisition request, the video communication module receives the device identifier list, so as to facilitate a user to select a home device to be watched from the device identifier list in real time, and the video communication module displays the device identifier list on a current video communication interface.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first terminal may provide a first display button for displaying all home devices on the current video communication interface, and when the first terminal detects that the first display button is triggered, the device identifier list is displayed on the current video communication interface.

In one possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the first terminal displays the device identifier list on the current video communication interface, the first terminal sends the device identifier list to the social application server; the social application server receives the equipment identification list sent by the first terminal and sends the equipment identification list to the second terminal according to a second identification of the second terminal; and the second terminal receives the equipment identification list sent by the social application server, and displays the equipment identification list on the current video communication interface.

The second identifier may be a social application account number registered in the social application server by the second user, or a mobile phone number of the second user, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the disclosure.

Similarly, the second terminal may also provide a second display button for displaying all home devices associated with the first terminal on the current video communication interface, and when the second terminal detects that the second display button is triggered, the second terminal displays the device identifier list on the current video communication interface.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first terminal may also send the device identifier list to the social application server when receiving an acquisition request sent by the second terminal, so that the social application server forwards the device identifier list to the second terminal.

In step 3013, the first terminal obtains the selected device identifier in the device identifier list, and determines the selected device identifier as the device identifier of the first target home device.

In this step, when the first user selects the device identifier from the device identifier list as needed, the first terminal detects the selected device identifier in the device identifier list, obtains the selected device identifier, and uses the home device corresponding to the device identifier as the first target home device.

When the second user selects the equipment identifier from the equipment identifier list displayed on the current communication interface of the second terminal according to needs, the second terminal detects the selected equipment identifier in the equipment identifier list, acquires the selected equipment identifier, and sends the selected equipment identifier to the first terminal, and the first terminal receives the selected equipment identifier and takes the household equipment corresponding to the equipment identifier as first target household equipment.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, in a video communication process between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal may further send video data shot by the first terminal to the second terminal through a social application server, so that before the first terminal obtains a device identifier of a first target home device associated with the first terminal, the first terminal starts a camera of the first terminal to shoot to obtain third video data, and sends the third video data to the social application server, so that the social application server sends the third video data to the second terminal.

When the first terminal sends the third video data to the social application server, a second identifier of the second terminal is sent to the social application server, the social application server obtains the second identifier of the second terminal, the third video data is sent to the second terminal according to the second identifier, the second terminal receives the third video data sent by the social application server, and the third video data is displayed on a current video communication interface of the second terminal.

Similarly, the first terminal may also receive fourth video data sent by the second terminal, where the fourth video data is video data captured by the second terminal, and therefore, the process may be: when the first terminal and the second terminal are in video communication, the second terminal starts a camera of the second terminal to shoot to obtain fourth video data, the fourth video data and a third identification of the first terminal are sent to the social application server, the social application server receives the fourth video data and the third identification, and the fourth video data are sent to the first terminal according to the third identification.

The third identifier may be a social application account number registered in the social application server by the first user, or a mobile phone number of the first user, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the disclosure.

After the first terminal determines the first target home device, the following step 302 is further performed to obtain first video data shot by the first target home device.

In step 302, the first terminal sends a shooting request to the first target home device according to the device identifier of the first target home device, where the shooting request is used to instruct the first target home device to start a camera for shooting and return first video data.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, since the first target home device is associated with the first terminal through the cloud server, the first terminal needs to send a shooting request to the first target home device through the cloud server.

Therefore, the step can be: the first terminal sends a shooting request to a cloud server, wherein the shooting request carries the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment, so that the cloud server forwards the shooting request to the first target household equipment according to the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment.

The first terminal can send the shooting request to the home device management module through the video communication module, the home device management module forwards the shooting request to the cloud server, the shooting request carries the device identifier of the first target home device and the first identifier of the first terminal, the cloud server receives the shooting request sent by the first terminal, obtains the device identifier of the first target home device from the shooting request, and forwards the shooting request to the first target home device according to the device identifier. And the first identifier carried by the shooting request is used for the subsequent cloud server to return first video data to the home equipment management module of the first terminal according to the first identifier.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, if the cloud server and the social application server are the same server, and the first identifier and the third identifier of the first terminal are the same (for example, the first identifier and the third identifier are both the same phone number of the first user or an email of the first user, etc.), the first terminal may directly send a shooting request to the cloud server through the video communication module, where the shooting request carries the device identifier of the first target home device and the first identifier (i.e., the third identifier) of the first terminal, and the cloud server receives the shooting request, obtains the device identifier of the first target home device from the shooting request, and forwards the shooting request to the first target home device according to the device identifier. The first identifier (i.e., the third identifier) carried by the shooting request is used for the subsequent cloud server to return the first video data to the video communication module of the first terminal according to the first identifier.

Then, the first target home device receives the shooting request and returns the first video data to the first terminal through the following step 303.

In step 303, the first target home device receives a shooting request sent by the first terminal, and starts a camera to shoot according to the shooting request, so as to obtain first video data.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first target household device can receive the shooting request sent by the first terminal only through the cloud server. Therefore, in this step, the step in which the first target home device receives the shooting request sent by the first terminal associated with the first target home device is: the first target household equipment receives the shooting request forwarded by the cloud server.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first target home equipment is provided with the video control module, and the first target home equipment can start the camera through the video control module to shoot to obtain the first video data. In addition, in order to facilitate that the first terminal displays the first video data, the first user or the second user can quickly and clearly identify the home device corresponding to the first video data, and the first target home device can also add the device identifier of the first target home device to the first video data, that is, the first video data also carries the device identifier of the first target home device.

In this step, the first target home device starts a camera to shoot according to the shooting request, and the step of obtaining the first video data may be: the first target household equipment starts a camera to collect video images through a video control module according to the shooting request, compresses the video images, generates first video data corresponding to the video images, adds equipment identification of the first target household equipment into the first video data through the video control module, and finally obtains first video data carrying the equipment identification.

In step 304, the first target home device sends the first video data to a first terminal, so that the first terminal sends the first video data to a second terminal, where the second terminal is a terminal currently performing video communication with the first terminal.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first target household device may also return the first video data to the first terminal through the cloud server.

Therefore, in this step, the step of sending the first video data to the first terminal by the first target home device may be: the first target household equipment sends the first video data to a cloud server, and the cloud server receives the first video data sent by the first target household equipment; and then, the cloud server sends the first video data to the first terminal according to the first identifier of the first terminal carried in the shooting request sent by the first terminal.

The first terminal can receive first video data sent by the cloud server through the household equipment management module and send the first video data to the video communication module, and the video communication module in the first terminal receives the first video data.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the cloud server and the social application server are both the same server, and the first identifier and the third identifier of the first terminal are the same, the step of sending the first video data to the first terminal by the first target home device may further be: the first target home equipment sends the first video data to the cloud server, the cloud server receives the first video data sent by the first target home equipment, and the first video data is sent to the first terminal according to a first identifier (namely, a third identifier) of the first terminal carried in a shooting request sent by the first terminal.

The first terminal can directly receive first video data sent by the cloud server through the video communication module, namely: the method comprises the steps that a first target household device sends first video data and a device identifier of the first target household device to a cloud server through a video control module, the cloud server receives the first video data and the device identifier, and according to the device identifier, a first identifier corresponding to the device identifier is determined from the corresponding relation between the first identifier and the device identifier; then, the cloud server sends the first video data to a video communication module of the first terminal according to the first identifier.

The first terminal then receives the first video data and transmits the first video data to a second terminal with which it is in video communication, causing the second terminal to display the first video data to the user, by the following step 305.

In step 305, the first terminal receives the first video data, and sends the first video data to the social application server, so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal.

In this step, the first terminal receives first video data sent by the cloud server and sends the first video data to the social application server, where the first video data carries a second identifier of the second terminal, and the social application server receives the first video data sent by the first terminal and sends the first video data to the second terminal according to the second identifier of the second terminal.

The second terminal receives first video data sent by the social application server, and since the first video data carries the equipment identifier of the first target home equipment, the second terminal analyzes the equipment identifier of the first target home equipment from the first video data, and displays the equipment identifier of the first target home equipment and the first video data in a third display area of a current video communication interface.

The third display area may be a left half plane of a current video communication interface of the second terminal or a right upper area of the current video communication interface, which is not specifically limited in this disclosure. For example, if the third display area is a left half plane of a current video communication interface of the second terminal, the second terminal may display third video data on a right half screen of the current video communication interface, and display the first video data and the device identifier of the first target home device on a left half screen of the current video communication interface.

The second terminal may display the device identifier of the first target home device in an upper left corner or a lower left corner of the current video communication interface, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the disclosure.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the first terminal receives the first video data, the first terminal may also display the first video data on a video communication interface of the local terminal, and therefore, the process may be: the first terminal analyzes the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment from the first video data, and displays the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment and the first video data in a first display area of a current video communication interface.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, in a video communication process between a first terminal and a second terminal, not only may the first terminal send the first video data to the second terminal, but also the second terminal may send second video data to the first terminal, where the second video data is video data obtained by shooting with a second target home device associated with the second terminal. Thus, the process may be: the first terminal receives second video data sent by the second terminal; then, the first terminal analyzes the device identifier of the second target home device from the second video data, and displays the second video data and the device identifier of the second target home device in a second display area of the current video communication interface.

Similarly, the first terminal may also receive fourth video data sent by the second terminal, where the fourth video data is video data obtained by shooting by the second terminal, and the first terminal displays the fourth video data in a fourth display area of the current video communication interface.

The first terminal may display the received first video data, second video data, and fourth video data in a split screen manner, that is, the first display area, the second display area, and the fourth display area may be any one of a left upper screen, a left lower screen, a left half screen, a right half screen, or other display areas of the first terminal of a current video communication interface of the first terminal, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

For example, the first display area may be a right half screen of the current screen communication interface, the second display area may be a left lower screen, the fourth display area may be a left upper screen, and so on. At this time, the first terminal may display the first video data on a right half screen of the current video communication interface, display the second video data on a lower left screen of the current video communication interface, and display the fourth video data on an upper left screen of the current video communication interface.

In a possible design provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first terminal may display, to a user, not only the first video data of the first target home device, but also an operation instruction for controlling the first target home device to perform an operation. The process may be: the method comprises the steps that a first terminal displays at least one operation instruction on a current video communication interface; the first terminal obtains a selected target operation instruction in the at least one operation instruction, wherein the target operation instruction is used for controlling the first target household equipment to execute target operation; and the first terminal sends the target operation instruction to the first target household equipment so that the first target household equipment executes the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

The first target home equipment receives a target operation instruction which is sent by the first terminal and used for controlling the first target home equipment to execute target operation, and the target operation is executed according to the target operation instruction.

The target operation may be an operation of controlling the first target household device to rotate, start, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this disclosure. For example, the first target home device may be an intelligent camera, and the first terminal may send a rotating target operation instruction to the first target home device through the cloud server to control the intelligent camera to execute a rotating operation.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication, which is applied in a first terminal, according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 4, the apparatus includes a first obtaining module 401, a first transmitting module 402, a first receiving module 403, and a second transmitting module 404.

The first obtaining module 401 is configured to obtain, in a video communication process between the first terminal and the second terminal, a device identifier of a first target home device associated with the first terminal;

the first sending module 402 is configured to send a shooting request to the first target home device according to the device identifier of the first target home device, where the shooting request is configured to instruct the first target home device to start a camera for shooting and return first video data;

the first receiving module 403, configured to receive the first video data;

the second sending module 404 is configured to send the first video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal.

In one possible implementation manner, referring to fig. 5, the first obtaining module 401 includes:

a first obtaining unit 4011, configured to obtain an equipment identifier list, where the equipment identifier list stores at least one equipment identifier of a home equipment associated with the first terminal;

a display unit 4012 configured to display the device identification list on the current video communication interface;

a second obtaining unit 4013 configured to obtain the selected device identifier in the device identifier list;

a determining unit 4014 configured to determine the selected device identifier as the device identifier of the first target home device.

In a possible implementation manner, the first obtaining unit 4011 is further configured to obtain the home devices associated with the first terminal, and determine the home devices with the video shooting function from the home devices associated with the first terminal; and forming the equipment identification list by the equipment identifications of the household equipment with the video shooting function.

In a possible implementation manner, the first sending module 402 is further configured to send the shooting request to a cloud server, where the shooting request carries an equipment identifier of the first target home equipment, so that the cloud server forwards the shooting request to the first target home equipment according to the equipment identifier of the first target home equipment.

In one possible implementation, referring to fig. 6, the apparatus further includes: a first parsing module 405 and a first display module 406.

The first parsing module 405 is configured to parse the device identifier of the first target home device from the first video data;

the first display module 406 is configured to display the device identifier of the first target home device and the first video data in a first display area of a current video communication interface.

In one possible implementation, referring to fig. 7, the apparatus further includes: a second receiving module 407, a second parsing module 408 and a second display module 409.

The second receiving module 407 is configured to receive second video data sent by the second terminal, where the second video data is video data obtained by shooting with a second target home device associated with the second terminal;

the second parsing module 408 is configured to parse the device identifier of the second target home device from the second video data;

the second display module 409 is configured to display the second video data and the device identifier of the second target home device in a second display area of the current video communication interface.

In one possible implementation, referring to fig. 8, the apparatus further includes: a third display module 410, a second obtaining module 411 and a third sending module 412.

The third display module 410 is configured to display at least one operation instruction on the current video communication interface;

the second obtaining module 411 is configured to obtain a selected target operation instruction in the at least one operation instruction, where the target operation instruction is configured to control the first target home device to perform a target operation;

the third sending module 412 is configured to send the target operation instruction to the first target home device, so that the first target home device executes the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

In one possible implementation, referring to fig. 9, the apparatus further includes: a first turn-on module 413 and a fourth transmit module 414.

The first starting module 413 is configured to start a camera of the first terminal for shooting, so as to obtain third video data;

the fourth sending module 414 is configured to send the third video data to the social application server, so that the social application server sends the third video data to the second terminal.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for video communication, which is applied to a first target home device according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 10, the apparatus includes a third receiving module 501, a second starting module 502 and a fifth transmitting module 503.

The third receiving module 501 is configured to receive a shooting request sent by a first terminal associated with the first target home device;

the second starting module 502 is configured to start a camera for shooting according to the shooting request, so as to obtain first video data;

the fifth sending module 503 is configured to send the first video data to the first terminal, so that the first terminal sends the first video data to a second terminal, where the second terminal is a terminal currently performing video communication with the first terminal.

In one possible implementation, referring to fig. 11, the apparatus further includes an adding module 504.

The adding module 504 is configured to add the device identification of the first target home device to the first video data.

In one possible implementation, referring to fig. 12, the apparatus further includes: a fourth receiving module 505 and an executing module 506.

The fourth receiving module 505 is configured to receive a target operation instruction sent by the first terminal and used for controlling the first target home equipment to execute a target operation;

the execution module 506 is configured to execute the target operation according to the target operation instruction.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, after receiving a shooting request sent by a first terminal, a first target home device starts a camera to shoot to obtain first video data, and sends the first video data to the first terminal, so that the first terminal sends the first video data to a second terminal, and the first terminal is a terminal associated with the first target home device, and the second terminal is a terminal currently performing video communication with the first terminal.

It should be noted that: in the video communication apparatus provided in the above embodiment, only the division of the above functional modules is illustrated in the video communication, and in practical applications, the above functions may be distributed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions. In addition, the video communication apparatus and the video communication method provided by the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are described in detail in the method embodiments and are not described herein again.

Fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 1200 for video communication, according to an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 1200 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 13, the apparatus 1200 may include one or more of the following components: a first processing component 1202, a first memory 1204, a first power component 1206, a first multimedia component 1208, a first audio component 1210, a first input/output (I/O) interface 1212, a first sensor component 1214, and a first communications component 1216.

The first processing component 1202 generally controls overall operation of the apparatus 1200, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The first processing component 1202 may include one or more first processors 1220 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the first processing component 1202 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the first processing component 1202 and other components. For example, the first processing component 1202 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the first multimedia component 1208 and the first processing component 1202.

The first memory 1204 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 1200. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 1200, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The first memory 1204 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

A first power supply component 1206 provides power to the various components of the device 1200. The first power component 1206 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 1200.

The first multimedia component 1208 comprises a screen providing an output interface between the apparatus 1200 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the first multimedia component 1208 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the apparatus 1200 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The first audio component 1210 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, first audio assembly 1210 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 1200 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the first memory 1204 or transmitted via the first communication component 1216. In some embodiments, first audio assembly 1210 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The first I/O interface 1212 provides an interface between the first processing component 1202 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, click wheel, button, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The first sensor assembly 1214 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the apparatus 1200. For example, the first sensor assembly 1214 may detect an open/closed state of the apparatus 1200, the relative positioning of the components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 1200, the first sensor assembly 1214 may also detect a change in position of the apparatus 1200 or a component of the apparatus 1200, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 1200, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 1200, and a change in temperature of the apparatus 1200. The first sensor assembly 1214 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The first sensor assembly 1214 can also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the first sensor assembly 1214 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The first communication component 1216 is configured to facilitate communication between the apparatus 1200 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The apparatus 1200 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the first communication component 1216 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the first communication component 1216 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1200 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods of video communication.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the first memory 1204 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 1220 of the apparatus 1200 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 1300 for video communication according to an example embodiment. For example, apparatus 1300 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and so forth.

Referring to fig. 14, apparatus 1300 may include one or more of the following components: a second processing component 1302, a second memory 1304, a second power component 1306, a second multimedia component 1308, a second audio component 1310, a second input/output (I/O) interface 1312, a second sensor component 1314, and a second communication component 1316.

The second processing component 1302 generally controls overall operation of the apparatus 1300, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The second processing component 1302 may include one or more second processors 1320 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the method described above. Further, the second processing component 1302 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the second processing component 1302 and other components. For example, the second processing component 1302 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the second multimedia component 1308 and the second processing component 1302.

The second memory 1304 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 1300. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 1300, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The second memory 1304 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as static random access second memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only second memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only second memory (EPROM), programmable read-only second memory (PROM), read-only second memory (ROM), magnetic second memory, flash second memory, magnetic or optical disk.

The second power supply component 1306 provides power to the various components of the device 1300. The second power component 1306 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 1300.

The second multimedia component 1308 comprises a screen between the apparatus 1300 and the user that provides an output interface. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the second multimedia component 1308 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the apparatus 1300 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The second audio component 1310 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the second audio component 1310 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive an external audio signal when the apparatus 1300 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in the second memory 1304 or transmitted via the second communication component 1316. In some embodiments, the second audio component 1310 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The second I/O interface 1312 provides an interface between the second processing component 1302 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The second sensor assembly 1314 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the device 1300. For example, the second sensor assembly 1314 may detect an open/closed state of the device 1300, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the device 1300, the second sensor assembly 1314 may also detect a change in position of the device 1300 or a component of the device 1300, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 1300, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 1300, and a change in temperature of the device 1300. The second sensor assembly 1314 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The second sensor assembly 1314 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the second sensor assembly 1314 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The second communication component 1316 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 1300 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The apparatus 1300 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the second communication component 1316 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the second communication component 1316 also includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1300 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods of video communication.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the second memory 1304 comprising instructions, executable by the second processor 1320 of the apparatus 1300 to perform the method described above is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for video communication, the method being applied in a first terminal, the method comprising:

in the process of video communication between the first terminal and the second terminal through the social application, shooting through a camera of the first terminal to obtain third video data, and sending the third video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the third video data to the second terminal;

acquiring a device identifier of first target household equipment;

receiving the first video data, and sending the first video data to a social application server, so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal;

the acquiring of the device identifier of the first target household device includes:

displaying a first display button in a current video communication interface, wherein the first display button is used for triggering a display equipment identifier list, and the equipment identifier list comprises equipment identifiers of household equipment with a shooting function, which are associated with the first terminal; in response to the first display button being triggered, displaying the list of device identifications on the current video communication interface; acquiring a selected device identifier in the device identifier list, and determining the selected device identifier as a device identifier of a first target household device; or,

sending an equipment identifier list to a social server, wherein the social server is used for sending the equipment identifier list to a second terminal, the equipment identifier list comprises equipment identifiers of household equipment with a shooting function and associated with the first terminal, the second terminal is used for displaying a second display button, responding to the triggering of the second display button, sending an acquisition request to the social server, receiving the equipment identifier list sent by the social server, displaying the equipment identifier list on a current video communication interface, and responding to the triggering operation of any equipment identifier, and sending the equipment identifier to the first terminal; and receiving the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment sent by the second terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the list of device identifications comprises:

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending a shooting request to the first target home device according to the device identifier of the first target home device comprises:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after receiving the first video data, the method further comprises:

and displaying the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment in a first display area of a current video communication interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and analyzing the equipment identifier of the second target household equipment from the second video data, and displaying the equipment identifier of the second target household equipment in a second display area of the current video communication interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after sending the first video data to a social application server, the method further comprises:

7. A video communication method is applied to a first target household device, and comprises the following steps:

receiving a shooting request sent by a first terminal associated with the first target household equipment, wherein the shooting request comprises an equipment identifier of the first target household equipment, and the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment is a selected equipment identifier in an equipment identifier list displayed by the first terminal; or the device identifier of the first target household device is a device identifier sent by the second terminal to the first terminal, wherein the device identifier list is a device identifier of household devices with a shooting function in household devices associated with the first terminal;

and sending the first video data to the first terminal so that the first terminal sends third video data to a second terminal and simultaneously sends the first video data, wherein the second terminal is a terminal which is currently in video communication with the first terminal, and the third video data is obtained by shooting through a camera of the first terminal.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein after the camera is turned on for shooting according to the shooting request to obtain the first video data, the method further comprises:

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

10. An apparatus for video communication, the apparatus being applied in a first terminal, the apparatus comprising:

the fourth sending module is used for shooting through a camera of the first terminal in the process of video communication between the first terminal and the second terminal through social application to obtain third video data, and sending the third video data to a social application server so that the social application server sends the third video data to the second terminal;

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment;

a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain a selected device identifier in the device identifier list, and determine the selected device identifier as a device identifier of a first target home device;

a first receiving module, configured to receive the first video data;

the second sending module is used for sending the first video data to a social application server so that the social application server sends the first video data to the second terminal;

the first obtaining module is used for displaying a first display button in a current video communication interface, the first display button is used for triggering a display equipment identifier list, and the equipment identifier list comprises equipment identifiers of household equipment with a shooting function, wherein the equipment identifiers are associated with the first terminal; in response to the first display button being triggered, displaying the list of device identifications on the current video communication interface; acquiring a selected device identifier in the device identifier list, and determining the selected device identifier as a device identifier of a first target household device; or,

the first obtaining module is used for sending an equipment identifier list to a social server, the social server is used for sending the equipment identifier list to a second terminal, the equipment identifier list comprises equipment identifiers of household equipment with a shooting function and associated with the first terminal, the second terminal is used for displaying a second display button, responding to the triggering of the second display button, sending an obtaining request to the social server, receiving the equipment identifier list sent by the social server, displaying the equipment identifier list on a current video communication interface, and responding to the triggering operation of any equipment identifier, and sending the equipment identifier to the first terminal; and receiving the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment sent by the second terminal.

11. The apparatus of claim 10,

the first obtaining module is further configured to obtain the home devices associated with the first terminal, and determine the home devices with the video shooting function from the home devices associated with the first terminal; and forming the equipment identification list by using the equipment identifications of the household equipment with the video shooting function.

12. The apparatus of claim 10,

the first sending module is further configured to send the shooting request to a cloud server, where the shooting request carries the device identifier of the first target home device, so that the cloud server forwards the shooting request to the first target home device according to the device identifier of the first target home device.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

and the first display module is used for displaying the equipment identifier of the first target household equipment in a first display area of a current video communication interface.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

and the second display module is further used for displaying the equipment identifier of the second target household equipment in a second display area of the current video communication interface.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

16. An apparatus for video communication, the apparatus being applied to a first target home device, the apparatus comprising:

a third receiving module, configured to receive a shooting request sent by a first terminal associated with the first target home device, where the shooting request includes a device identifier of the first target home device, and the device identifier of the first target home device is a selected device identifier in a device identifier list displayed by the first terminal; or the device identifier of the first target household device is a device identifier sent by the second terminal to the first terminal, wherein the device identifier list is a device identifier of household devices with a shooting function in household devices associated with the first terminal;

and the fifth sending module is used for sending the first video data to the first terminal so as to enable the first terminal to send the first video data while sending third video data to a second terminal, wherein the second terminal is a terminal which is currently in video communication with the first terminal, and the third video data is obtained by shooting through a camera of the first terminal.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

19. An apparatus for video communication, the apparatus being applied in a first terminal and comprising:

a first processor;

a first memory for storing the first processor-executable instructions;

wherein the first processor is configured to:

during the video communication between the first terminal and the second terminal through the social application,

shooting through a camera of the first terminal to obtain third video data, and sending the third video data to a social application server to enable the social application server to send the third video data to a second terminal;

displaying a first display button in a current video communication interface, wherein the first display button is used for triggering a display equipment identifier list, and the equipment identifier list comprises equipment identifiers of household equipment associated with the first terminal;

in response to the first display button being triggered, displaying the list of device identifications on the current video communication interface;

acquiring a selected device identifier in the device identifier list, and determining the selected device identifier as a device identifier of a first target household device;

20. An apparatus for video communication, wherein the apparatus is applied in a first target household device, and comprises:

a second processor;

a second memory for storing the second processor-executable instructions;

wherein the second processor is configured to:

receiving a shooting request sent by a first terminal associated with the first target household equipment, wherein the shooting request is an equipment identifier list triggered by the first terminal according to a first display button displayed in a current video communication interface and sent based on the equipment identifier list;

21. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein at least one instruction, which is loaded and executed by a processor, to perform operations performed in a method for video communication according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

22. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein at least one instruction, which is loaded and executed by a processor, to perform operations performed in a method for video communication according to any one of claims 7 to 9.