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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Henrik Valdemar Turbell, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew Jason Pope, Seattle, WA (US);
John C. Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gina D. Venolia, Kailua, HI (US);
David Yuheng Zhao, Redmond, WA (US);
Kori Marie Inkpen, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
According to a disclosed example, a first video stream is captured via a first camera associated with a first communication device engaged in a multi-party video conference. The first video stream includes a plurality of two-dimensional image frames. A subset of pixels corresponding to a first human subject is identified within each image frame of the first video stream. A second video stream is captured via a second camera associated with a second communication device engaged in the multi-party video conference. A composite video stream formed by at least a portion of the second video stream and the subset of pixels of the first video stream is rendered, and the composite video stream is output for display at one or more of the first and/or second communication devices. The composite video stream may provide the appearance of remotely located participants being physically present within the same visual scene.