US 11,949,527 B2
Shared augmented reality experience in video chat
Nathan Richard Banks, Merrylands (AU); Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US); Amanda Durham, Miami, FL (US); Alex Edelsburg, Seattle, WA (US); Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Culver City, CA (US); and Ryan Thomas, Leichhardt (AU)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,520.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344662 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/1818 (2013.01) [G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04N 2007/145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a first device of a plurality of devices, a request to establish a video call with a second device of the plurality of devices;
in response to receiving the request to establish the video call, establishing a video call between the first and second devices;
generating, for concurrent display in a graphical user interface, a first video received from the first device and a second video received from the second device;
receiving a request from the first device to activate a first augmented reality (AR) experience during the video call; and
in response to receiving the request to activate the first AR experience:
cropping a first body part of a first user depicted in the first video and a second body part of a second user depicted in the second video;
modifying the first and second body parts using one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience; and
adding the first and second body parts that have been modified using the one or more AR elements to a common background representing a virtual environment of the first AR experience to enable users of the first and second devices to access the first AR experience together.