Method and system for improving the appearance of a person on the RTP stream coming from a media terminal

• US 7,996,551 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Brackx, Michael, Van Broeck, Sigurd
• Primary Examiner(s): HIGA, BRENDAN Y
• Application Number:
  US12/147,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-207, 709/231, 348 1401- 1416, 345629-633, 353/28
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Method for replacing an input RTP stream coming from a media terminal by an output RTP stream integrating an environment which improves the appearance of a person on said input RTP stream, said method providing for the identification of the media terminal user and of a person, the providing of the data for the environment to be integrated in the input RTP stream of the identified user, the integration in the input RTP stream of data for the environment, and the sending back of the output RTP stream thus obtained to the media terminal.

Claims

1. A method for replacing an input Real Time Protocol (RTP) stream coming from a media terminal by an output RTP stream, which modifies an appearance of a person on the input RTP stream, the method comprising:

capturing real-world visual data of at least one person by a media terminal, the media terminal associated with a media terminal user that is different from the at least one person;

integrating, by the media terminal, the real-world visual data into an input RTP stream;

sending, by the media terminal, the input RTP stream to a server;

receiving the input RTP stream by the server;

identifying, at the server, the at least one person from the real-world visual data in the input RTP stream, and the media terminal user;

determining, by the server, whether the at least one person identified in the real-world visual data authorizes the media terminal user to see the at least one person with a modified appearance;

creating, by the server, an output RTP stream comprising data integrated into the input RTP stream that modifies the appearance of the at least one person in the real-world visual data in response to determining that the media terminal user is authorized to see the at least one person with the modified appearance; and

sending, by the server, the output RTP stream back to the media terminal for viewing by the media terminal user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media terminal user activates a function enabling replacement of the input RTP stream with the output RTP stream before integrating the real-world visual data into an input RTP stream.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the in input RTP stream is sent via a network without being saved in the media terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is identified by SIM data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the person on the input RTP stream is identified by facial recognition.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the input RTP stream comprises parameters that include a person'"'"'s head position and lighting conditions, and customizing the data in the output RTP stream according to the parameters.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein persons wishing to be viewed on an output RTP stream with a modified appearance previously provide:

the data corresponding to the persons'"'"' modified appearance, and

a list of media terminal users who are authorized to see the persons with the modified appearance.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the output RTP stream is sent to the media terminal in near-real time.

9. A system for providing a near-real time augmented reality appearance, said system comprising:

a media terminal configured to;

capture real-world visual data of at least one person, the media terminal associated with a media terminal user that is different from the at least one person;

integrate the real-world visual data into an input RTP stream; and

send the input RTP stream to the server;

the server configured to;

identify the at least one person from the real-world visual data in the input RTP stream, and the media terminal user;

determine whether the at least one person identified in the real-world visual data authorizes the media terminal user to see the at least one person with a modified appearance;

create an output RTP stream comprising data integrated into the input RTP stream that modifies the appearance of the at least one person in the real-world visual data in response to determining that the media terminal user is authorized to see the at least one person with the modified appearance; and

send the output RTP stream back to the media terminal for viewing by the media terminal user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the server is configured to identify parameters of the input RTP stream, and customize the data with the parameters of the input RTP stream.