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AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsEDWARD RIOS, TERANCE B. BLAKE, GREGORY J. DUNN, BOAZ J. SUPER
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A method of providing three dimensional (3D) information is disclosed in which a master recruits a local slave to provide contemporaneous images. The images are collected and 3D information extracted therefrom. The 3D information or various images may be transmitted to a remote device and is employed to provide a substitute background that replaces the background of the original image. Either the new image is displayed on one or both devices. The images can be collected and the 3D information extracted at either of the master or slave or at a separate device. To recruit the slave, the master broadcasts a query to all local devices, determines the available devices and their characteristics, automatically or manually selects a particular device, requests authorization from the selected device, and pairs with the selected device when authorization is received. Devices of the same or different types may be paired.
A method of providing three dimensional information, the method comprising:
A communication device comprising:
A communication system comprising a plurality of devices, at least a first and second of the devices being local and comprising a camera, wherein the first device recruits the second device, one of the paired first or second devices acting as a master device and the other of the first or second devices acting as a slave device, the master and slave devices matching at least one of image capture, image transmission or image display characteristics transmitted therebetween and capturing contemporaneous images after the characteristics of the master and slave devices have been matched, the contemporaneous images being collected at one of the plurality of devices and being employed to extract three dimensional information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.