IMMERSIVE TELECONFERENCING WITH TRANSLUCENT VIDEO STREAM

摘要

An immersive video teleconferencing system may include a transparent display and at least one image sensor operably coupled to the transparent display. The at least one image sensor may be multiple cameras included on a rear side of the transparent display, or a depth camera operably coupled to the transparent display. Depth data may be extracted from the images collected by the at least one image sensor, and an image of a predetermined subject may be segmented from a background of the collected images based on the depth data. The image of the segmented predetermined subject may also be scaled based on the depth data. The image of the scaled segmented predetermined subject may be transmitted to a remote transparent display at a remote location, and displayed on the remote transparent display such that a background surrounding the displayed image of the remote location is visible through the transparent display, so that the predetermined subject appears to be physically located at the remote location.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
establishing a connection between a first video teleconferencing device at a first location to a second video teleconferencing device at a second location to initiate a video teleconferencing session, the second location being different from the first location; synchronizing operation of a first transparent display at the first location and at least one first image sensor at the first location, the at least one first image sensor being operably coupled to the first transparent display; capturing images at the first location using the at least one first image sensor; generating a scaled image of a subject at the first location based on the images captured at the first location by the at least one first image sensor; and transmitting the generated scaled image of the subject at the first location to the second video teleconferencing device at the second location for display on a second transparent display of the second video teleconferencing system at the second location.