- Number
- 11048099
- Published
- 2021-06-29
- Filed
- 2018-11-20
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Haseltine; Eric C., Wong; Clifford, Nocon; Nathan, Goslin; Michael P.
- CPC
- H04N13/398; G02B30/56; G02B30/54; H04N13/351; H04N13/302
- Verdict
- Medium Hardware
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Floating-image telepresence display hardware (granted).
Abstract
According to one implementation, a communication system includes a computing platform having one or more hardware processor(s) and a system memory storing a software code, as well as an image capture device, a transceiver, and a display including one or more display screen(s) controlled by the hardware processor(s). The communication system also includes a base including a motor coupled to a rotor for rotating the display. The hardware processor(s) is/are configured to execute the software code to receive audio-visual data including image data corresponding to a remote venue and render the image data on the display screen(s) while spinning the display to generate a floating image of the remote venue. The hardware processor(s) is/are further configured to execute the software code to, concurrently with spinning the display, obtain local image data of a local venue and transmit local audio-visual data including the local image data to the remote venue.
Background
BACKGROUND (1) The display screens with which many modern communication devices are equipped are typically designed to display a two-dimensional (2D) image from a single viewing perspective. As a result, and despite their ability to display sharp, richly featured, high definition images, interactive group communications such as video conferencing using those devices tend to be less engaging and immersive than if the participants could be provided with the illusion of being together in person. (2) One conceivable improvement to the conventional approach to providing 2D images is to render group communications using 3D imagery. However, several significant obstacles to wider use of 3D imagery exist. For example, in order to project a 3D image, multiple projectors, augmented reality (AR) headgear, and/or other complex display technology is typically required to create the illusion of a real-world 3D image. Additional complications can arise if the 3D image is to be viewed from multiple perspectives. SUMMARY (3) There are provided communication systems and methods for generating a floating image of a remote venue, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, and as set forth more completely in the claims.
Claims
1. A communication system comprising: a computing platform including at least one hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code; a plurality of image capture devices, a transceiver, and a display including a display screen, controlled by the at least one hardware processor; a base including a motor coupled to a rotor for rotating the display; the at least one hardware processor configured to execute the software code to: receive, using the transceiver, an audio-visual data including a 360 degree remote image data corresponding to a remote venue; determine a location of each of a plurality of local viewers in a local venue; generate multiple two-dimensional (2D) images each depicting a perspective of the 360 degree remote image data that is appropriate to a respective one of the locations of each of the plurality of local viewers; render on the display screen, the multiple 2D images of the 360 degree remote image data, while spinning the display using the motor and the rotor to generate a floating image of the remote venue; concurrently with spinning the display, obtain, using the plurality of image capture devices, a local image data of the local venue, wherein the plurality of image capture devices comprise a plurality of image sensors configured to spin with the display; and transmit, using the transceiver, a local audio-visual data including the local image data to the remote venue. ||
8. A method for use by a communication system including a plurality of image capture devices, a transceiver, a display having a display screen, a base including a motor coupled to a rotor for rotating the display, and a computing platform having at least one hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code, the method comprising: receiving, using the transceiver controlled by the at least one hardware processor, an audio-visual data including a 360 degree remote image data corresponding to a remote venue; determining, using the at least one hardware processor, a location of each of a plurality of local viewers in a local venue; generating multiple two-dimensional (2D) images each depicting a perspectives of the 360 degree remote image data that is appropriate to a respective one of the locations of each of the plurality of local viewers; rendering, on the display screen using the at least one hardware processor, the multiple 2D images of the 360 degree remote image data, while spinning the display using the motor and the rotor to generate a floating image of the remote venue; concurrently with spinning the display, obtaining, using the plurality of image capture devices controlled by the at least one hardware processor, a local image data of the local venue, wherein the plurality of image capture devices comprise a plurality of image sensors configured to spin with the display; and transmitting, using the transceiver controlled by the at least one hardware processor, a local audio-visual data including the local image data to the remote venue. ||
15. A communication system comprising: a computing platform including at least one hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code; a transceiver, and a display including a first display screen, controlled by the at least one hardware processor; a base including a motor coupled to a rotor for rotating the display; the at least one hardware processor configured to execute the software code to: receive, using the transceiver, an audio-visual data including a 360 degree remote image data corresponding to a remote venue; determine a local location of each of a plurality of local viewers in a local venue; generate multiple two-dimensional (2D) images each depicting a perspective of the 360 degree remote image data corresponding to each of remote locations in the remote venue; render, using the display screen, the multiple 2D images of the 360 degree remote image data, while spinning the display using the motor and the rotor to generate a floating image of the remote venue, wherein rendering renders a different one of the multiple 2D images for each of the plurality of local viewers based on its local location matching one of the remote locations having the corresponding perspective of the 360 degree remote image data in the remote venue.