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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Inventors:
Mark J. Huber, Burbank, CA (US);
Mark Leroy Walker, Castaic, CA (US);
William Gibbens Redmann, Glendale, CA (US);
Assignee:
THOMSON LICENSING, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); G06K 9/0061 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a telepresence system, a local station receives images of participants at remote stations processed to isolate the remote participant in the image from image background. The local station merges the images of the participants at the remote stations to generate an output image in which a first remote participant appears to partially overlay another participant. The output image undergoes display at the local station.