US 12,137,005 B2
Real time virtual teleportation in a browser
Jason Mayes, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/042,084
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/070453
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/046149, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246864 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [G06V 20/49 (2022.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
opening a web-based video call in a browser on a first device;
receiving, by the first device, a request to join the web-based video call from a second device;
capturing, by the first device, a first video including a frame;
segmenting, by the first device, the frame;
selecting, by the first device, at least one segment of the segmented frame;
streaming, directly from the first device to the second device, the first video including the at least one segment as a real-time virtual teleportation;
receiving, by the first device from the second device, a second video;
using the browser, selecting an orientation and a location in an environment of the first device; and
projecting the second video onto a background representing the environment based on the orientation and location.