US 12,267,623 B2
Camera-less representation of users during communication sessions
Justin G. Binder, Oakland, CA (US); Abhimanyu Yadav, San Francisco, CA (US); Ahmed S. Hussen Abdelaziz, Cupertino, CA (US); Abhishek Walia, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Anushree Prasanna Kumar, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,405.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,864, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254448 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [G06V 40/176 (2022.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
receive, from a user, an input corresponding to a request to render, without using camera data, and during a communication session with an external electronic device, an avatar associated with the user; and
in accordance with receiving the input:
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is coupled to an external accessory device:
during the communication session with the external electronic device, and while a camera corresponding to the communication session is disabled:
receive, from the external accessory device separate from the electronic device, a first data stream detected by a first type of sensor of the external accessory device, wherein the first type of sensor includes a vibration sensor for detecting bone conduction data;
determine, based on the first data stream detected by the first type of sensor, a first set of data representing a first type of visual feature of the avatar; and
render the avatar using the first set of data.