US 12,002,137 B2
Context-based virtual backgrounds for video communications
Shane Paul Springer, Manchester, MI (US); Ryan Weddle, Alexandria, VA (US); Servio Lee, San Francisco, CA (US); and Irina Cohen, Paramus, NJ (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,357.
Application 17/852,357 is a continuation of application No. 17/246,571, filed on Apr. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,475,615.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351435 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 11/60 (2013.01) [G06V 10/768 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing dynamic virtual backgrounds within a video communication system, the method comprising:
receiving contextual information about a meeting;
applying at least one virtual background selection rule to the received contextual information to identify a virtual background for use by a first client device associated with a first user during the meeting;
in response to identifying the virtual background for use by the first client device during the meeting, synchronizing a second client device associated with a second user of the meeting to use the virtual background during the meeting;
receiving video content depicting imagery of the first user of the first client device, the video content having multiple video frames; and
generating, for display on at least one client device, a composite video depicting imagery of the first user overlaid on imagery of the virtual background.