METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE OF A PERSON ON THE RTP STREAM COMING FROM A MEDIA TERMINAL

• US 20090070476A1
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 7,996,551 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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. Method for replacing an input RTP stream (1) coming from a media terminal (G) by an output RTP stream (6) integrating an environment which improves the appearance of a person on said input RTP stream, wherein, in case of receipt of the input RTP stream, said method providing for:

the identification of the media terminal user (2) and of a person, at least one, who authorizes the said user to see him with an improved appearance;

if such persons exist, the identification of said person on the input RTP stream is made amongst the authorizing persons;

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 which improves the appearance of the person on the said input RTP stream;

the sending back of the output RTP stream thus obtained to the media terminal.

2. Method of claim 1, characterized in that the user activates beforehand on his media terminal (G) the function enabling to replace the input RTP stream (1) by the output RTP stream (6).

3. Method of claim 1, characterized in that the input RTP stream is sent via the network without being saved in the media terminal (G).

4. Method of claim 1, characterized in that the user is identified by its SIM data.

5. Method of claim 1, characterized in that the person on the input RTP stream is identified by facial recognition.

6. Method of claim 5, characterized in that parameters of the input RTP stream such as the person'"'"'s head position and lighting conditions are also identified in order to customize the data for the environment, such customized data being integrated in the output RTP stream.

7. Method of claim 1, characterized in that the persons wishing to be viewed on an output RTP stream with an improved appearance previously provide:

the data for the environment corresponding to their improved appearance,

and the list of media terminal users who can see them with the said appearance.

8. Method of claim 1, characterized in that the output RTP stream including the environment is sent to the media terminal in near-real time.

9. System for providing a near-real time augmented reality appearance in which an identified user (A) uses a media terminal (G) transmitting an input RTP stream (1) to a server (B) through a network which identifies (2) the media terminal user (1), said system comprising:

a recognition module (C), said module being able to identify, in the input RTP stream, a person who authorizes the user to see him with an improved appearance, and to send the identification of the user and of the person (3) to an environment module (D);

an environment module (D), said module being able to determine the data for an environment to be integrated in the RTP stream, and to send the data for the environment (4) to an integration module (F);

an integration module (F), said module being able to integrate the environment in the output RTP stream and send the said output RTP stream to the media terminal (G).

10. System of claim 9, characterized in that the recognition module (C) is also able to identify parameters of the input RTP stream, said system further comprising a customization module (E), said module being able to customize the environment with the parameters of the input RTP stream, the RTP stream being sent from the environment module (D) to the integration module (F) via the customization module (E).