Systems and methods for implementing privacy filters with variable obfuscation for video communications

An electronic device comprising:

• one or more displays;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the storage media, the one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
• maintain a video communication between two or more client devices, wherein each client device comprises one or more cameras, and wherein each client device is associated with a respective video stream in the video communication;
• determine scene data within a field of view in a real-world environment captured by one or more of the cameras of a first client device of the two or more client devices;
• determine, based at least in part on the scene data, a level of engagement, with respect to the video communication, of a participant shown in a first video stream associated with the first client device;
• determine, based on the level of engagement of the participant shown in the first video stream with the video stream, a privacy filter, which intentionally obfuscates at least a portion of the participant shown in the first video stream, to apply to the participant shown in the first video stream;
• and
• provide instructions to apply the privacy filter to the first video stream in the video communication.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• maintain a video communication between two or more client devices, wherein each client device comprises one or more cameras, and wherein each client device is associated with a respective video stream in the video communication;
• determine scene data within a field of view in a real-world environment captured by one or more of the cameras of a first client device of the two or more client devices;
• determine, based at least in part on the scene data, a level of engagement, with respect to the video communication, of a participant shown in a first video stream associated with the first client device;
• determine, based on the level of engagement of the participant shown in the first video stream with the video stream, a privacy filter, which intentionally obfuscates at least a portion of the participant shown in the first video stream, to apply to the participant shown in the first video stream;
• and
• provide instructions to apply the privacy filter to the first video stream in the video communication.

A method comprising, by an electronic device:

• maintaining a video communication between two or more client devices, wherein each client device comprises one or more cameras, and wherein each client device is associated with a respective video stream in the video communication;
• determining scene data within a field of view in a real-world environment captured by one or more of the cameras of a first client device of the two or more client devices;
• determining, based at least in part on the scene data, a level of engagement, with respect to the video communication, of a participant shown in a first video stream associated with the first client device;
• determining, based on the level of engagement of the participant shown in the first video stream with the video stream, a privacy filter, which intentionally obfuscates at least a portion of the participant shown in the first video stream, to apply to the participant shown in the first video stream;
• and
• providing instructions to change a transparency of the privacy filter associated with a first camera of the one or more cameras associated with the first client device of the two or more client devices in response to an electrical signal, wherein the privacy filter comprises a physical element placed in on optical path associated with the first camera, and wherein the physical element is operable to change the transparency of the privacy filter to at least four different transparency levels.