System and method for interactive animations for enhanced and personalized video communications

摘要

A videoconferencing system and method using personalized, 3D interactive animations across screen barriers. Via auditory, behavior, visual, or computer-inputted cues, preloaded images, sounds, and gestures as well as customized images, sounds, and gestures can be manipulated and sent into and across one or more videoconference feeds in the form of animated sequences. These images, sounds, and gestures can be mapped onto the images of users' faces or other features within the video feed frame.

主权项

1. A method for providing automatic communications based on computer detected visual cues to generate preselected automatic personalized animation communications during a videoconference on a computer system and network comprising at least one computer processor and non-transitory media and computer memory, the method comprising:
(a) electronically activating at least one audiovisual capturing device for providing the video conference over the computer system and network; (b) recording and transmitting audio data and visual data of users participating in the video conference as audiovisual data sets recorded on non-transitory computer readable media operably connected to the activated audiovisual capturing device; (c) storing on non-transitory computer readable media said audiovisual data; (d) transmitting at least a portion of said audiovisual data sets, said portion comprising speech and visual images of the users participating in the videoconference over a computer network, wherein said audiovisual capturing device is electronically communicating with at least one computer interface comprising at least one video camera and display screen and at least one audio recording input and audio output for each of said users participating in said video conference; (e) electronically detecting and recording, using said computer system and network, cue data corresponding to at least one preselected audio cue in said audio data or at least one preselected video cue in said video data of said audiovisual data sets, said audio or video cue detected from at least a first user of said users; (f) electronically recognizing said cue data by software on non-transitory computer readable media in the computer system and network that activates processing and transmission on said computer system and network of at least one preselected personalized visual object correlated with said visual cue; (g) electronically and automatically generating using software on non-transitory computer readable media in said computer system and network at least one personalized visual animation communication sequence using said at least one preselected personalized visual object, said generated at least one personalized visual animation communication sequence selected by said first user by selecting a corresponding at least one selection icon on said first user's display screen for display of said at least one personalized visual animation communication sequence to at least one second user of said users; and (h) displaying the selected at least one personalized visual animation communication sequence to at least one of said at least one second user of said users on said at least one of said at least one second users' second display screen or audio output; wherein said at least one personalized visual animation communication sequence is provided by electronically generating on said computer system animation data sets comprising a 2D or 3D representation of said at least one personalized visual object to generate, select, and display said at least one personalized visual animation communication sequence.