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US 6,889,120 B2Granted
Mutually-immersive mobile telepresence with gaze and eye contact preservation
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorNorman Paul Jouppi
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for user and participant telepresencing including viewing a user from a plurality of views to obtain an image of a user, communicating the image of the user to a surrogate, and displaying the image of the user on the surrogate with eye contact between the user and the participant preserved.
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A method for user and participant telepresencing comprising:
- viewing the user from a plurality of views to obtain a plurality of user's images;
- communicating the plurality of user's images to a surrogate;
- and
- displaying the plurality of user's images on surrogate's displays with gaze of the user preserved.
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A method of user and participant telepresencing comprising:
- viewing a user from a plurality of views to obtain images of a user from 360 degrees around the user;
- processing the images of the user to provide cropped video images of the user's head;
- communicating the cropped video images of the user's head to a surrogate;
- and
- displaying the cropped video images on surrogate's displays with horizontal gaze of the user preserved.
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A user and participant telepresence system comprising:
- user's cameras for viewing the user from a plurality of views to obtain a plurality of user's images;
- a communication system for communicating the plurality of images from the user's cameras;
- and
- a surrogate in communication with the communication system, the surrogate including surrogate's displays for displaying the plurality of images of the user with the gaze of the user preserved.
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A user and participant telepresence system comprising:
- user's cameras for viewing a user from a plurality of views to obtain images of a user from 360 degrees around the user;
- a processing system for processing the images of the user to provide cropped video images of the user's head;
- a communication system for communicating the cropped video images of the user's head;
- and
- a surrogate in communication with the communication system, the surrogate having surrogate's displays for displaying the cropped video image with horizontal gaze of the user preserved.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.