Immersive videoconference method and system
US9432625B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2213/003
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An immersive videoconference method wherein multiple participants (21, 22, 23, 24) in different locations (11, 12, 13) remotely interact with each other through a telecommunication network architecture (8, 31, 38), wherein the method comprises at the location (11, 12, 13) of a given participant (21, 22, 23, 24); —capturing video images of the participant by a pair of video cameras (4A, 4B); —detecting, tracking and determining size and position related parameters of the participant in the video images; —generating a single elementary video stream related to the participant; —associating a room identifier to the elementary video stream, the room identifier being uniquely associated to the given participant; —sending the elementary video stream, the size and position related parameters and the room identifier (41A, 42A, 43A) to a centralized entity (30); —repeating the above steps for each participant (21, 22, 23, 24) at the different location (11, 12, 13); wherein the method further comprises at the centralized entity (30): —creating a virtual room (70) by combining the elementary video streams (41A, 42A, 43A) for all the participants; —staging the elementary video streams of all th…
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