Technology developed by UbiCast and embedded into EasyCast stations enables automatic framing of a presenter in movement and of pre-defined zones when the presenter approaches them.

To achieve this, EasyCast combines the following elements into a user-friendly and hassle-free experience:

• Modern robotic pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) network cameras, essentially built by SONY and intended for high-end video-surveillance. These robust, rotating cameras use IP technology to transfer video to the EasyCast station and receive movement and zoom orders from it.
• Tracking algorithms that analyse the video feed from the camera in order to send appropriate commands.

When an EasyCast system is installed in a room, zones of interest such as whiteboards, lecterns, etc. are defined a single time. For following recordings, the presenter simply presses the "Record" button and dynamic recordings are automatically produced.

EasyCast detects slide changes and automatically captures high resolution snapshots of the presenter's screen. This technology uses a proprietary image analysis algorithm, which has multiples advantages :

• This automation feature works regardless of the presentation software that is used (PowerPoint, Keynote, PDF,...)
• The presenter doesn't need to install software of his or her computer

EasyCast has a built-in OCR (Optical Caracters Recognition) technology. It helps to enrich the meta-datas that will be used for deep search within the medias :

• An analysis is done on all the captured slides to extract key words that are made available in a search engine
• An assisted editing feature helps to define slide titles using OCR

This technology allows advanced searchability within the content of a presentation's slides, a key element for finding information within long and informative media.