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US 2016/0105640 A1Published application
Telepresence experience
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAdrian Robert Leigh TRAVIS, Andreas GEORGIOU
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Abstract
The description relates to creating a window-like experience during video communication scenarios. One example can include a spatial light deflector including a steerable array of light deflecting elements. The example can also include a wedge device positioned relative to the spatial light deflector. The example can also include a camera positioned at an end of the wedge device to receive the captured light.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a display having front and back surfaces;
- a spatial light deflector juxtaposed against the back surface of the display;
- a wedge device juxtaposed against the spatial light deflector;
- a camera associated with the wedge device;
- and,
- a window-simulation controller configured to receive information about a remote user in front of a remote display, the information comprising a location of the remote user relative to the remote display and a direction that the remote user is looking, the window-simulation controller configured to simulate that the remote user is at the location behind the display and looking in the direction at the display, the window-simulation controller configured to identify a region of light that would pass through the display and be visible to the simulated remote user and cause the spatial light deflector to steer the region of light into the wedge device and to cause the camera to capture an image of the region of light from the wedge device, the window-simulation controller further configured to cause the image to be sent to the remote display.
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A device, comprising:
- a display having front and back surfaces and configured to project light from the front surface;
- a spatial light deflector juxtaposed against the back surface and configured to receive other light that passes through the display and to refract the other light;
- a wedge device configured to receive the refracted other light from the spatial light deflector;
- and,
- a camera configured to capture the refracted other light captured by the wedge device.
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A device, comprising:
- a spatial light deflector comprising a steerable array of light deflecting elements;
- a wedge device positioned in a light receiving relation to the spatial light deflector;
- and,
- a camera positioned at an end of the wedge device to receive light from the wedge device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.