US 12,225,325 B2
Method, apparatus, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product for video communication
Tiancheng Liu, Shenzhen (CN); and Xianyang Xu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,410.
Application 17/973,410 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/124089, filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011156220.5 (CN), filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047858 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G10L 25/87 (2013.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [G10L 25/87 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for virtual video communication, performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
selecting a first virtual object on a first video communication interface and obtaining associated first virtual object information, the first video communication interface being an interface for video communication between the electronic device and a second electronic device;
displaying a first virtual video image and a second virtual video image on the first video communication interface, wherein the first virtual video image corresponds to the first virtual object information and a first user associated with the electronic device, the second virtual video image corresponds to second virtual object information and a second user associated with the second electronic device, wherein the second virtual object information is obtained by selecting a second virtual object on a second video communication interface;
capturing first voice data of the first user;
converting the first voice data to a first virtual audio in accordance with the first virtual object information;
transmitting the first virtual audio and the first virtual video image associated with the first user to the second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is configure to display the first virtual video image associated with the first user and play the first virtual audio synchronously on the second video communication interface;
receiving a second virtual audio from the second electronic device, wherein the second virtual audio is converted from second voice data of the second user in accordance with the second virtual object information; and
playing the second virtual audio in synchronization with the displaying of first virtual video image and the second virtual video image on the first video communication interface.