US 12,273,653 B2
Chat view modification based on user identification or user movement
Dongeek Shin, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/944,893.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089403 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/147 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
identifying, in a chat view associated with a video chat session, a first authorized participant and a second authorized participant of the video chat session;
rendering, in the chat view, first visual data indicative of the first authorized participant and second visual data indicative of the second authorized participant based at least in part on identification of the first authorized participant and the second authorized participant, respectively;
defining, in the chat view, a chat zone indicative of a reference location of the first authorized participant, wherein defining the chat zone comprises performing a chat zone calibration process using a facial recognition module to define the chat zone in the chat view based at least in part on reference key point data corresponding to the first authorized participant, the reference key point data being descriptive of the first authorized participant and indicative of the first authorized participant being positioned at a reference location;
determining that the first authorized participant moved outside the chat zone; and
concealing, in the chat view, the first visual data indicative of the first authorized participant based at least in part on determination that the first authorized participant moved outside the chat zone.