US 12,088,962 B2
Configuring participant video feeds within a virtual conferencing system
Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Long Island City, NY (US); and Walton Lin, Chatham, NJ (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/340,450.
Application 18/340,450 is a continuation of application No. 17/390,711, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,689,696.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,078, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0336691 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
providing, in association with designing a room for virtual interaction, an interface for configuring plural participant video elements which are assignable to respective participant video feeds, wherein the interface provides for specifying depth of background objects relative to the plural participant video elements;
receiving, via the interface, an indication of first user input for setting properties for the plural participant video elements, and second user input for specifying depth of the background objects relative to the plural participant video elements;
providing, in association with virtual interaction between plural participants, display of the room based on the first user input and the second user input; and
assigning, for each of the plural participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element of the plural participant video elements.