Mutually-immersive mobile telepresence with gaze and eye contact preservation
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1. A method for user and participant telepresencing comprising:
- viewing the user from a plurality of views to obtain a plurality of user'"'"'s images;
communicating the plurality of user'"'"'s images to a surrogate; and
displaying the plurality of user'"'"'s images on surrogate'"'"'s displays with gaze of the user preserved.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for user and participant telepresencing including viewing a user from a plurality of views to obtain an image of a user, communicating the image of the user to a surrogate, and displaying the image of the user on the surrogate with eye contact between the user and the participant preserved.
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1. A method for user and participant telepresencing comprising:
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viewing the user from a plurality of views to obtain a plurality of user'"'"'s images;
communicating the plurality of user'"'"'s images to a surrogate; and
displaying the plurality of user'"'"'s images on surrogate'"'"'s displays with gaze of the user preserved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of user and participant telepresencing comprising:
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viewing a user from a plurality of views to obtain images of a user from 360 degrees around the user;
processing the images of the user to provide cropped video images of the user'"'"'s head;
communicating the cropped video images of the user'"'"'s head to a surrogate; and
displaying the cropped video images on surrogate'"'"'s displays with horizontal gaze of the user preserved. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A user and participant telepresence system comprising:
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user'"'"'s cameras for viewing the user from a plurality of views to obtain a plurality of user'"'"'s images;
a communication system for communicating the plurality of images from the user'"'"'s cameras; and
a surrogate in communication with the communication system, the surrogate including surrogate'"'"'s displays for displaying the plurality of images of the user with the gaze of the user preserved. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user and participant telepresence system comprising:
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user'"'"'s cameras for viewing a user from a plurality of views to obtain images of a user from 360 degrees around the user;
a processing system for processing the images of the user to provide cropped video images of the user'"'"'s head;
a communication system for communicating the cropped video images of the user'"'"'s head; and
a surrogate in communication with the communication system, the surrogate having surrogate'"'"'s displays for displaying the cropped video image with horizontal gaze of the user preserved. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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