Enhanced video telephony through augmented reality
AssigneeSony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorGregory A. Dunko
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Abstract
A method for enhancing video telephony that includes initiating a video telephone call from a first device to a second device, displaying a live video view by the first device, transferring video from the second device to the first device during the video telephone call, and overlaying the transferred video over the live video view displayed at the first device. The first device and the second device may be mobile devices. A portion of the transferred video may be selected and the selected portion displayed over the displayed live video view at the first device. The transferred video may be video taken from a camera on the second device. The transferred video may also be displayed over the live video view on a third device attached to the first device.
Claims19
A method for enhancing video telephony comprising:
- initiating a video telephone call from a first device to a second device;
- capturing a live video view by the first device;
- transferring media from the second device to the first device during the video telephone call;
- transferring the live video view from the first device to a third device during the video telephone call;
- transferring the media from the first device to the third device during the video telephone call;
- receiving user input by a control device in communication with the third device, the user input indicating the location and size of the media overlaid over the live video view;
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- presenting the transferred media over the live video view displayed at the third device.
A device for enhancing video telephony comprising:
- a video capture device, the video capture device being capable of capturing a live video view;
- a video telephony module, the video telephony module being capable of receiving transferred media during a video telephone call;
- a processor, the processor being capable of overlaying the transferred media over the live video view and communicating the overlaid transferred media and the live video view to a peripheral device;
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- a control device in communication with the peripheral device, the control device being capable of receiving user input indicating a location and size of the media overlaid over the live video view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.