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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Lenovo (United States) Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);
Howard J. Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Daryl C Cromer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (United States) Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
A video conferencing system includes an image of a participant in a video conference and a depth map of the image. The system identifies objects in the background of the image, identifies objects in the foreground of the image, and identifies objects in the middle-ground of the image. The system removes the objects from the middle-ground, and replaces the removed objects from the middle-ground with the objects from the background that are located behind the removed objects. The system then uses the image with the removed and replaced objects in a video stream of the video conference.