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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Yancey Christopher Smith, Kirkland, WA (US);

Eric G. Lang, Yarrow Point, WA (US);

Zhengyou Zhang, Bellevue, WA (US);

Christian F. Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/117 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 13/257 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 7/157 (2013.01); H04N 13/117 (2018.05); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 13/257 (2018.05); G06T 2210/56 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Implementations provide an in-person communication experience by generating a changable virtual viewpoint for a participant in an online communication. For instance, techniques described herein capture visual data about participants in an online communication, and create a realistic geometric proxy from the visual data. A virtual scene geometry is generated that mimics an arrangement of an in-person meeting for the online communication. According to various implementations, a virtual viewpoint displays a changing virtual viewpoint, such as based on a change in position of a participants face.


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