US 12,126,937 B2
Method and system for virtual 3D communications having multiple participants per camera
Nery Strasman, Los Altos, CA (US); Yuval Gronau, Ramat Hasharon (IL); and Ran Oz, Maccabim (IL)
Assigned to TrueMeeting, LTD., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by TrueMeeting, Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/304,376.
Application 17/304,376 is a continuation of application No. 17/249,468, filed on Mar. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,792,367.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/201,713, filed on May 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/199,014, filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,860, filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/023,836, filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053168 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); H04N 7/144 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01); G06T 2200/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a three dimensional (3D) video conference between multiple participants, the method comprises:
acquiring visual information, by a visual sensing unit, the visual sensing unit is related to a certain participant;
identifying multiple persons that appear in the visual information;
finding, out of the multiple persons, at least one relevant person;
determining 3D entity representation information, for each of the at least one relevant person;
generating, for at least one participant, a representation of a virtual 3D video conference environment, based on the 3D entity representation information for each of the at least one relevant person; and
continuing to indicate that a relevant person of the at least one relevant person, is within the field of view of the visual sensing unit related to a certain participant, even during a predefined period in which the relevant person exits the field of view of the visual sensing unit; wherein a duration of the predefined period ranges between 5 and 30 seconds.