IP Library Granted Patent US 9,955,121
Granted Patent B2
US 9,955,121 · App. 15/825,131 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

Display an image during a communication

Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren (Hong Kong, CN)
H04N7/157H04N7/147H04N13/0429H04N13/0484H04N13/0497H04N2007/145
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Patent No.
US 9,955,121
App. No.
15/825,131
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device displays an image during a communication between two people. The image represents one of the people to the communication. The electronic device determines a location where to place the image and displays the image such that the image appears to exist at the location.

Claims (51)

1. A method that displays suggested locations where to place three dimensional (3D) images representing people to telephone calls, the method comprising:

commencing, over a wireless network, a telephone call between electronic glasses of a first person situated at a location and an electronic device of a second person that is remote from the location;

determining, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, two different suggested locations that are separate from each other and located where a 3D image that represents the second person can be placed during the telephone call between the first person and the second person;

simultaneously displaying, with the electronic glasses, the two different suggested locations to the first person such that the two different suggested locations are visually distinguished from other areas at the location so the first person can determine where to place the 3D image that represents the second person during the telephone call between the first person and the second person; and

displaying, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, the 3D image that represents the second person at the one of the two different suggested locations selected by the first person, wherein the electronic glasses are wearable electronic glasses.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, the two different suggested locations with color to visually distinguish the two different suggested locations from the other areas.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, the two different suggested locations as 3D images that represent the second person so the first person has a preview of where the 3D image that represents the second person will be placed; and

receiving, at the electronic glasses and from the first person during the telephone call, a selection of one of the two different suggested locations.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, a location that is not recommended for where the 3D image that represents the second person will be placed during the telephone call between the first person and the second person, wherein the location that is not recommended is visually distinguishable with color from the two different suggested locations.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, the two different suggested locations with a 3D perimeter that shows a size and a shape of the two different suggested locations.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, a map that shows different available locations where to place the 3D image that represents the second person during the telephone call between the first person and the second person, wherein the map visually identifies with light locations that are not recommended for receiving the 3D image that represents the second person.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses, different locations where the 3D image that represents the second persons appeared in previous telephone calls between the first person and the second person.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

recognizing, with object recognition software, physical objects at the location with the first person; and

displaying, with the electronic glasses during the telephone call, ones of the physical objects that are available where to place the 3 D image that represents the second person.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions that are executed by a one or more processors in a computer system to perform a method that displays with electronic glasses suggested locations where to place virtual images that represent people during telephone calls, the method comprising:

capturing, with a camera of the electronic glasses, images of objects that are located proximate to a first person wearing the electronic glasses; determining, based on the images of the objects, locations that are available to include a virtual image that represents a second person in a telephone call between the first person and the second person;

visually highlighting, on a display of the electronic glasses, the locations that are available to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person;

receiving, from the first person, a selection of one of the locations that is available to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person; and

displaying, with the display of the electronic glasses and in response to receiving the selection, the virtual image at the one of the locations selected by the first person during the telephone call, wherein the electronic glasses are wearable electronic glasses.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:

determining, with the electronic glasses and based on object recognition, the locations that are available to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:

determining, with the electronic glasses, a distance to different objects in a room with the first person to determine the locations that are available to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:

visually highlighting, on the display of the electronic glasses, locations that are not suitable to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:

simultaneously displaying, with the display of the electronic glasses, the locations so the first person can preview different places where to place the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:

displaying, with the display of the electronic glasses, suggested locations where the first person can physically move to have the telephone call with the second person.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:

determining, with the electronic glasses, whether any of the locations are restricted as being designated areas not available for including an image during a communication and as such are unavailable to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person.

16. A method executed by a one or more electronic devices in a computer system to display with electronic glasses suggested locations where to place virtual images that represent people during telephone calls, the method comprising:

determining, with the electronic glasses, a location of a first person wearing the electronic glasses; determining, with the electronic glasses, locations that are available at the location of the first person to include a virtual image that represents a second person in a telephone call between the first person and the second person;

simultaneously displaying, on a display of the electronic glasses, the locations that are provided with color to show the locations are available to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person;

receiving, from the first person, a selection of one of the locations that are available to include the virtual image that represents the second person in the telephone call between the first person and the second person; and

displaying, with the display of the electronic glasses and in response to receiving the selection, the virtual image at the one of the locations selected by the first person during the telephone call, wherein the electronic glasses are wearable electronic glasses.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses, the locations with a three dimensional (3D) outline that shows a size and a shape of the locations.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

displaying, before the telephone call commences with the electronic glasses and at the locations, a preview of the virtual image that represents the second person to show the first person where the virtual image can be placed during the telephone call.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses, a different physical location to where the first person can move during the telephone call, wherein the different location is highlighted with color to enable the first person to visually distinguish the different location from other locations.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

displaying, with the electronic glasses, a different location highlighted with color to show where the first person can move the virtual image during the telephone call.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2024
From: LYREN, PHILIP SCOTT
To: PELAGIC CONCEPTS LLC
Reel/Frame 069221/0750 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2022
From: LYREN, PHILIP SCOTT
To: FOUR MILE BAY LLC
Reel/Frame 059063/0963 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2022
From: FOUR MILE BAY LLC
To: LYREN, PHILIP SCOTT
Reel/Frame 059064/0159 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15632300 · Jun 24, 2017
Continuation 14823582 · Aug 11, 2015
Provisional Application 62116642 · Feb 16, 2015
Related Publication 20180091774A1 · Mar 29, 2018