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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Onur G. Guleryuz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Antonius Kalker, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive a video teleconferencing image, wherein the video teleconferencing image has a background and at least one foreground, wherein the foreground has a boundary, determine the boundary of the foreground, overlay the boundary of the foreground with a drawing area, wherein the drawing area obscures the boundary, and replace the background of the image with a new background.