IP Library Granted Patent US 12704810
Granted Patent B1
US 12704810 · App. 19/076,072 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Holographic communication device

Inventor: Gregory Kirkorowicz (Irvine, CA)
G03H1/0005G06T19/006H04N7/142G03H2001/0088G03H2226/04
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12704810
App. No.
19/076,072
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

A holographic communication device for facilitating holographic communication between a plurality of users includes a plurality of computers each located at a respective one of a plurality of locations. Each computer of the plurality of computers is in wireless communication with an extrinsic communication network. A plurality of receiver and holographic image processors each located at a respective location to capture imagery of a respective user at the respective location. Each receiver and holographic image processor is in electrical communication with a respective computer to produce a holographic image of the user who is located at the respective location such that each user who is located at each of the plurality of locations can view holographic images of other users.

Claims (92)

1 . A holographic communication device for facilitating holographic communication, said device comprising:

a plurality of computers, each computer of said plurality of computers being located at a respective one of a plurality of locations being remote from each other, each computer of said plurality of computers being in wireless communication with an extrinsic communication network, each computer of said plurality of computers including an electronic memory, said electronic memory associated with each computer of said plurality of computers storing a database comprising an artificial intelligence, each computer of said plurality of computers including a computer processor, said computer processor of a respective computer being in electrical communication with said electronic memory of said respective computer; and

a plurality of receiver and holographic image processors, each receiver and holographic image processors being located at a respective one of said plurality of locations wherein each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors is configured to capture imagery of a respective user that is located at said respective location, each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer, said artificial intelligence being stored in said electronic memory associated with a respective computer processing image data from a respective receiver and holographic image processor, said artificial intelligence stored in said electronic memory associated with said respective computer producing a full body holographic image produced from said image data wherein said artificial intelligence stored in said electronic memory of said respective computer is configured to produce a full body holographic image of the user who is located at said respective location, each computer of said plurality of computers communicating said holographic image produced from said image data to said extrinsic communication network, each computer of said plurality of computers receiving said image data from said extrinsic communication network which was communicated from a respective computer wherein each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors is configured to produce a holographic image of the user who is located at said respective location such that each user who is located at each of said plurality of locations can view holographic images of other users;

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a receiver base having a lower surface and an upper surface wherein said lower surface is configured to rest upon a support surface;

said upper surface being convexly arcuate with respect to said lower surface;

said lower surface being planar;

said receiver base having a hemispherical shape;

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a cylinder having a bottom end and a top end and an outside surface extending between said top end and said bottom end, said bottom end being coupled to said upper surface of said receiver base, said bottom end being centrally located on said upper surface of said receiver base;

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a receiver stem having a coupled end and a free end opposite said coupled end, said coupled end being coupled to said top end of said cylinder, said coupled end being centrally located on said top end;

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a ball having an outer surface, said outer surface being coupled to said free end of said receiver stem wherein said ball is configured to be elevated above the support surface, said outer surface of said ball having a planar section, said ball being oriented such that said planar section lies on a plane being oriented perpendicular to said free end of said receiver stem and parallel to a central longitudinal axis of said cylinder;

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a camera being coupled to said planar section of said outer surface of said ball wherein said camera is configured to capture imagery of a respective user who is standing in front of said camera;

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a holographic projector being coupled to said planar section of said outer surface of said ball wherein said holographic projector is configured to project the holographic image of a respective user such that the holographic image is visible to the user who is standing in front of said camera;

said camera defining an annular ring; and

said annular ring defined by said camera surrounding said holographic projector.

2 . The holographic communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a microphone being integrated into said outer surface of said ball wherein said microphone is configured to capture words spoken by the user who is standing in front of said camera;

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a receiver data port being recessed into said outside surface of said cylinder;

said receiver data port being in electrical communication with said camera;

said receiver data port being in electrical communication with said holographic projector; and

said receiver data port being in electrical communication with said microphone.

3 . The holographic communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

each computer of said plurality of computers includes a computer base having a bottom surface and a top surface wherein said bottom surface is configured to rest upon a support surface;

each computer of said plurality of computers includes a computer stem having a bottom end of said computer stem and a top end of said computer stem;

said bottom end of said computer stem being coupled to said top surface of said computer base; and

said computer stem being centrally located on said top surface.

4 . The holographic communication device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

each computer of said plurality of computers includes a display housing having a front side and a back side and a perimeter edge extending between said front side and said back side;

said perimeter edge having a lower side;

said lower side being coupled to said top end of said computer stem wherein said display housing is configured to be elevated above the support surface; and

said computer stem being centrally located on said lower side.

5 . The holographic communication device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

said display housing having a prominence extending rearwardly from said back side;

said perimeter edge of said display housing having a top side and a first lateral side and a second lateral side;

said prominence being positioned closer to said lower side of said perimeter edge than said top side of said perimeter edge;

said prominence being centrally located between said first lateral side and said second lateral side;

said prominence having a perimeter surface and a rear surface;

said perimeter surface extending between said back side of said display housing and said rear surface; and

said rear surface lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said back side of said display housing.

6 . The holographic communication device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

said prominence having a plurality of slots each extending through said rear surface into an interior of said prominence wherein said plurality of slots is configured to pass air into said interior of said prominence;

each slot of said plurality of slots being elongated along a line extending between said top side of said perimeter edge of said display housing and said lower side of said perimeter edge of said display housing;

said plurality of slots being arranged in a pair of groups of said slots;

said perimeter surface of said prominence having an upper side and a lowermost side and a primary lateral side and a secondary lateral side;

each group of said pair of groups of said slots being positioned closer to said upper side than said lowermost side; and

each group of said pair of groups of said slots being spaced from a respective one of said primary lateral side and said secondary lateral side.

7 . The holographic communication device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

each computer of said plurality of computers includes a display being positioned on said front side of said display housing;

said display being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer wherein said display is configured to display imagery that is visible to a respective user.

8 . The holographic communication device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

said perimeter surface of said prominence having a primary lateral side;

each computer of said plurality of computers includes a computer data port being recessed into said primary lateral side of said perimeter surface of said prominence; and

said computer data port associated with a respective computer being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with said respective computer which is associated with said computer data port.

9 . The holographic communication device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

each computer of said plurality of computers includes a transceiver being positioned within said prominence;

said transceiver being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer which is associated with said transceiver;

said transceiver being in communication with said extrinsic communication network;

said transceiver broadcasting said image data to said extrinsic communication network which was received from said computer processor associated with said respective computer which is associated with said transceiver; and

said transceiver receiving said image data from said extrinsic communication network which was communicated from a respective computer.

10 . The holographic communication device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

each computer of said plurality of computers includes a power cord being coupled to and extending away from said prominence;

said power cord being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer;

said power cord having a distal end with respect to said prominence; and

said power cord having a male plug being coupled to said distal end wherein said male plug is configured to be plugged into a power source comprising a female electrical outlet.

11 . The holographic communication device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors including a receiver data port;

a plurality of data cords;

each data cord of said plurality of data cords having a first end and a second end;

each data cord of said plurality of data cords having a first data plug being coupled to said first end;

each data cord of said plurality of data cords having a second data plug being coupled to said second end;

said first data plug on a respective data cord being electrically mateable to said computer data port associated with a respective computer;

said second data plug on said respective data cord being electrically mateable to said receiver data port associated with a respective receiver and holographic image processor; and

a respective data cord placing a respective receiver and holographic image processor in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer.

12 . A holographic communication device for facilitating holographic communication, said device comprising:

a plurality of computers, each computer of said plurality of computers being located at a respective one of a plurality of locations being remote from each other, each computer of said plurality of computers being in wireless communication with an extrinsic communication network, each computer of said plurality of computers including an electronic memory, said electronic memory associated with each computer of said plurality of computers storing a database comprising an artificial intelligence, each computer of said plurality of computers including a computer processor, said computer processor of a respective computer being in electrical communication with said electronic memory of said respective computer;

a plurality of receiver and holographic image processors, each receiver and holographic image processors being located at a respective one of said plurality of locations wherein each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors is configured to capture imagery of a respective user that is located at said respective location, each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer, said artificial intelligence being stored in said electronic memory associated with a respective computer processing image data from a respective receiver and holographic image processor, said artificial intelligence stored in said electronic memory associated with said respective computer producing a full body holographic image produced from said image data wherein said artificial intelligence stored in said electronic memory of said respective computer is configured to produce a full body holographic image of the user who is located at said respective location, each computer of said plurality of computers communicating said holographic image produced from said image data to said extrinsic communication network, each computer of said plurality of computers receiving said image data from said extrinsic communication network which was communicated from a respective computer wherein each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors is configured to produce a holographic image of the user who is located at said respective location such that each user who is located at each of said plurality of locations can view holographic images of other users, each receiver and holographic image processor of said plurality of receiver and holographic image processors comprising:

a receiver base having a lower surface and an upper surface wherein said lower surface is configured to rest upon a support surface, said upper surface being convexly arcuate with respect to said lower surface, said lower surface being planar, said receiver base having a hemispherical shape;

a cylinder having a bottom end and a top end and an outside surface extending between said top end and said bottom end, said bottom end being coupled to said upper surface of said receiver base, said bottom end being centrally located on said upper surface of said receiver base;

a receiver stem having a coupled end and a free end, said coupled end being coupled to said top end of said cylinder, said coupled end being centrally located on said top end;

a ball having an outer surface, said outer surface being coupled to said free end of said receiver stem wherein said ball is configured to be elevated above the support surface, said outer surface having a planar section, said ball being oriented such that said planar section lies on a plane being oriented perpendicular to said free end of said receiver stem and parallel to a central longitudinal axis of said cylinder;

a camera being coupled to said planar section of said outer surface of said ball wherein said camera is configured to capture imagery of a respective user who is standing in front of said camera;

a holographic projector being coupled to said planar section of said outer surface of said ball wherein said holographic projector is configured to project the holographic image of a respective user such that the holographic image is visible to the user who is standing in front of said camera, said camera defining an annular ring, said annular ring defined by said camera surrounding said holographic projector;

a microphone being integrated into said outer surface of said ball wherein said microphone is configured to capture words spoken by the user who is standing in front of said camera; and

a receiver data port being recessed into said outside surface of said cylinder, said receiver data port being in electrical communication with said camera, said receiver data port being in electrical communication with said holographic projector, said receiver data port being in electrical communication with said microphone;

wherein each computer of said plurality of computers comprises:

a computer base having a bottom surface and a top surface wherein said bottom surface is configured to rest upon the support surface;

a computer stem having a bottom end of said computer stem and a top end of said computer stem, said bottom end of said computer stem being coupled to said top surface of said computer base, said computer stem being centrally located on said top surface;

a display housing having a front side and a back side and a perimeter edge extending between said front side and said back side, said perimeter edge having a lower side, said lower side being coupled to said top end of said computer stem wherein said display housing is configured to be elevated above the support surface, said computer stem being centrally located on said lower side, said display housing having a prominence extending rearwardly from said back side, said perimeter edge of said display housing having a top side and a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said prominence being positioned closer to said lower side of said perimeter edge than said top side of said perimeter edge, said prominence being centrally located between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said perimeter edge, said prominence having a perimeter surface and a rear surface, said perimeter surface extending between said back side of said display housing and said rear surface, said rear surface lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said back side of said display housing, said prominence having a plurality of slots each extending through said rear surface into an interior of said prominence wherein said plurality of slots is configured to pass air into said interior of said prominence, each slot of said plurality of slots being elongated along a line extending between said top side of said perimeter edge of said display housing and said lower side of said perimeter edge of said display housing, said plurality of slots being arranged in a pair of groups of said slots, said perimeter surface of said prominence having an upper side and a lowermost side and a primary lateral side and a secondary lateral side, each group of said pair of groups of said slots being positioned closer to said upper side than said lowermost side, each group of said pair of groups of said slots being spaced from a respective one of said primary lateral side and said secondary lateral side, said electronic memory associated with a respective computer being located in said prominence associated with said respective computer, said computer processor of a respective computer being located in said prominence associated with said respective computer;

a display being positioned on said front side of said display housing, said display being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer wherein said display is configured to display imagery that is visible to a respective user;

a computer data port being recessed into said primary lateral side of said perimeter surface of said prominence, said computer data port associated with a respective computer being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with said respective computer which is associated with said computer data port;

a transceiver being positioned within said prominence, said transceiver being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer which is associated with said transceiver, said transceiver being in communication with said extrinsic communication network, said transceiver broadcasting said image data to said extrinsic communication network which was received from said computer processor associated with said respective computer which is associated with said transceiver, said transceiver receiving said image data from said extrinsic communication network which was communicated from a respective computer;

a power cord being coupled to and extending away from said prominence, said power cord being in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer, said power cord having a distal end with respect to said prominence, said power cord having a male plug being coupled to said distal end wherein said male plug is configured to be plugged into a power source comprising a female electrical outlet; and

a plurality of data cords, each data cord of said plurality of data cords having a first end and a second end, each data cord of said plurality of data cords having a first data plug being coupled to said first end, each data cord of said plurality of data cords having a second data plug being coupled to said second end, said first data plug on a respective data cord being electrically mateable to said computer data port associated with a respective computer, said second data plug on said respective data cord being electrically mateable to said receiver data port associated with a respective receiver and holographic image processor, a respective data cord placing a respective receiver and holographic image processor in electrical communication with said computer processor associated with a respective computer.