The topic of tracking a talking participant in a video conference over the past few years has gained momentum. The technologies made it possible to implement complex algorithms for processing audio / video information in real time, which prompted Polycom, almost 10 years ago, to introduce the world’s first mass solution with intelligent automatic speaker tracking.

Polycom EagleEye Director

The Polycom EagleEye Director is the first smart camera aiming solution. The solution consists of an EagleEye Director base unit and two cameras. A feature of that first implementation is that one camera is assigned only to a large view of the speaker, and the second to the general plan of the meeting room. At the same time, the general plan camera can be placed generally separately from the base in another place in the meeting room - it does not participate directly in the automatic guidance process.

Polycom EagleEye Director II

This is the second version of the solution from Polycom, which was released relatively recently. The operating principle has undergone changes, and has become more like a solution from Cisco. Now both PTZ cameras are the main ones and serve for seamless switching of channels from one speaker to another. For the general plan of the meeting room, a separate camera is now responsible, integrated into the base of the EagleEye Director II base unit.

• Retail cost of the system without a terminal - $ 13K

• 3 seconds average switch delay

• Voice guidance + video analytics

• High requirements for the speaker's face - you can’t hide your mouth

• Incompatibility with third-party equipment

Cisco TelePresence SpeakerTrack 60

SpeakerTrack 60 takes a unique two-camera approach to quickly switch directly between participants. One camera quickly finds a close-up of the active speaker, and the other searches and displays the next speaker. The MultiSpeaker function prevents unnecessary switching if the next presenter is already present in the current frame.

• Retail cost of the system without a terminal - $ 15.9K

• 3 seconds average switch delay

• Voice guidance + video analytics

• Requirements for the speaker's face - did not check, did not find information

• Incompatibility with third-party equipment

HUAWEI Intelligent Tracking Video Camera VPT300

I came across this solution from Huawei by accident. The cost of the system is about $ 9K. Only works with Huawei terminals. The developers added their own “trick” - the layout on one screen of the video from two speakers, if there is no one else in the room.

WINSAFE Speaker Tracking PTZ Camera/AMC-G200T

The main PTZ lenses have equal roles - their task is to alternately track speakers and display the overall plan. Analyzing the overall picture in the room and determining the distance to objects is carried out using video streams received from two cameras integrated into the base of the system. This feature allows you to reduce the reaction time of the lens, when changing the speaker, up to 1-2 seconds. The camera manages to alternate participants in a comfortable rhythm, even if they exchange short sentences.

AMC-G200T

• Retail cost of the system without a terminal - $ 6.2K

• 3 seconds average switch delay

• Voice guidance + video analytics

• Speaker requirements - no requirements

• Third-Party Hardware Compatibility – HDMI

Above description, WINSAFE AMC-G200T with the high image quality, lower delay, compatibility Third-Party hardware/HDMI interface and lower price, it can used many of conference meeting. If you have lower target price, you can also choose our AMC-G200TH single lens speaker tracking cameras, it will can be used on small and low target meeting solution.