Telepresence system with automatic preservation of user head size
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1. A method for mutually-immersive telepresencing comprising:
- viewing a user at a user'"'"'s location to provide a user'"'"'s image;
determining the size of the user'"'"'s head in the user'"'"'s image;
providing a surrogate having a surrogate'"'"'s face display about the size of the user'"'"'s head;
processing the user'"'"'s image based on the size of the surrogate'"'"'s face display to provide an about life-size image of the user'"'"'s head; and
displaying the about life-size image on the surrogate'"'"'s face display whereindisplaying the about life-size image includes exponential time weighted averaging of a plurality of the user'"'"'s images to display the about life-size image.
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Abstract
A method and system for mutually immersive telepresencing are provided. A user is viewed at a user'"'"'s location to provide a user'"'"'s image. The size of the user'"'"'s head is determined in the user'"'"'s image. A surrogate having a surrogate'"'"'s face display about the size of the user'"'"'s head is provided. The user'"'"'s image is processed based on the size of the surrogate'"'"'s face display to provide an about life-size image of the user'"'"'s head. The about life-size image is displayed on the surrogate'"'"'s face display.
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1. A method for mutually-immersive telepresencing comprising:
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viewing a user at a user'"'"'s location to provide a user'"'"'s image; determining the size of the user'"'"'s head in the user'"'"'s image; providing a surrogate having a surrogate'"'"'s face display about the size of the user'"'"'s head; processing the user'"'"'s image based on the size of the surrogate'"'"'s face display to provide an about life-size image of the user'"'"'s head; and displaying the about life-size image on the surrogate'"'"'s face display wherein displaying the about life-size image includes exponential time weighted averaging of a plurality of the user'"'"'s images to display the about life-size image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for mutually-immersive telepresencing comprising:
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a camera set for viewing a user at a user'"'"'s location to provide a user'"'"'s image; a computer for determining the size of the user'"'"'s head in the user'"'"'s image; a surrogate having a surrogate'"'"'s face display about the size of the user'"'"'s head; and a processor for processing the user'"'"'s image based on the size of the surrogate'"'"'s face display to provide an about life-size image of the user'"'"'s head and for displaying the about life-size image on the surrogate'"'"'s face display wherein the processor includes means for exponential time weighted averaging of a plurality of the user'"'"'s images to display the about life-size image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for mutually-immersive telepresencing comprising:
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a camera set for viewing a user at a user'"'"'s location to provide a user'"'"'s image; a computer for determining the size of the user'"'"'s head in the user'"'"'s image using a distance of the user'"'"'s head in the image from where the user is viewed and a width of the user'"'"'s head in the image; a surrogate having a surrogate'"'"'s face display about the size of the user'"'"'s head; and a processor for processing the user'"'"'s image based on the size of the surrogate'"'"'s face display to provide an about life-size image of the user'"'"'s head and for displaying the about life-size image on the surrogate'"'"'s face display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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