US 12,272,009 B2
Electronic system and method to provide spherical background effects for video generation for video call
Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bangalore (IN); Jeffrey S. Vanhoof, Gurnee, IL (US); Bill Ryan, Libertyville, IL (US); and Daniel M Vacura, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,379.
Prior Publication US 2024/0104857 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G06T 2219/024 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic system comprising:
a communication subsystem that enables the electronic system to connect over a network to a video communication session with one or more second electronic device;
one or more output devices;
at least one image capturing device (ICD) that has a field of view (FOV) that includes a foreground and a background;
a controller communicatively connected to the communication subsystem and the at least one image capturing device, and which:
determines a first spatial orientation and a first physical location of the electronic system;
receives a selection of a spherical background image and determines a stationary orientation of the spherical background image in a virtual space geospatially aligned with the first physical location;
extracts a foreground image extracted from an image stream of the field of view from the at least one image capturing device;
generates a composite image stream of the foreground image superimposed on the spherical background image;
generates and presents a spherical background effect as the foreground image moves from a first location to a second location and is viewed from a different vantage point by the at least one ICD rotating the FOV while the at least one ICD moves from a first ICD location to a second ICD location, to provide an illusion that the spherical background image remains geospatially stationary within the composite image stream; and
communicates the composite image stream to one or more second electronic systems that participate in a video communication session.