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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven P. Trombetta, Seattle, WA (US);
Travis J. Muhlestein, Redmond, WA (US);
Joanna Mason, Redmond, WA (US);
Saswata Mandal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Corey E. Rogers, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryan Y. Kim, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sudhakar V. Prabhu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jesse D. Kaplan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Adam M. Smith, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A gaming console composites a camera video overlay on gameplay video for broadcasting such that the gameplay area that is rendered by the gaming console is not obscured, even when the camera video overlay is composited on the gameplay video for broadcasting. The gaming console or a companion device of the gaming console can also allow a user to specify placement of the camera video overlay on the gameplay video for broadcasting, permitting the user to choose the portion of the gameplay video for broadcasting that is obscured by the camera video overlay.