Granted Patent B2

US 12,749,252 · App. 18/905,209 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Inventors: Avihay Assouline (Tel Aviv, IL); Itamar Berger (Hod Hasharon, IL); Yuncheng Li (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: SNAP INC.

G06T13/40G06V40/107

Abstract

Claims (50)

1 . A method comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, a pose represented by a body depicted in an image;

in response to determining the pose represented by the body, modifying, by the one or more processors, poses of a plurality of avatars from being in different neutral poses to having identical poses that match the pose represented by the body; and

generating, for display by the one or more processors, the plurality of avatars having the modified poses that match the pose represented by the body.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a monocular image that includes a depiction of a body of a user; and

detecting a plurality of skeletal joints of the body depicted in the monocular image, the pose being determined based on the detected plurality of skeletal joints.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the poses of the plurality of avatars are modified by adjusting a set of skeletal joints of rigs of the avatars based on a plurality of skeletal joints of the body.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing, as a screenshot, a frame of a video that simultaneously depicts a first user and a first avatar of the plurality of avatars; and

concurrently with displaying the screenshot, displaying a separate region comprising a blank space indicating that receipt of a corresponding screenshot from a second user is pending.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

during display of the image that simultaneously depicts the body and the plurality of avatars, detecting a condition for capturing a screenshot.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the condition comprises passage of a threshold period of time.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the condition comprises receiving a spoken command from a first user to capture the screenshot.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the condition comprises maintaining a particular pose for a threshold period of time.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving input that selects a first avatar from the plurality of avatars.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting that the pose corresponds to a specified pose.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing a list of recipients to be presented;

receiving input that selects a designated recipient from the list of recipients as a second user; and

transmitting a screenshot to the second user in response to receiving the input that selects the designated recipient.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing receiving of a video of a second user;

causing detecting a condition for capturing a screenshot; and

causing capturing of the screenshot in response to detecting the condition.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

causing automatically sending of the screenshot a recipient; and

causing the screenshot to be presented in place of a blank space.

14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising animating modification of the different poses of the plurality of avatars.

15 . A system comprising:

at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:

determining a pose represented by a body depicted in an image;

in response to determining the pose represented by the body, modifying poses of a plurality of avatars from being in different neutral poses to having identical poses that match the pose represented by the body; and

generating, for display, the plurality of avatars having the modified poses that match the pose represented by the body.

16 . The system of claim 15 , the operations comprising:

receiving a monocular image that includes a depiction of a body of a user; and

detecting a plurality of skeletal joints of the body depicted in the monocular image, the pose being determined based on the detected plurality of skeletal joints.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the poses of the plurality of avatars are modified by adjusting a set of skeletal joints of rigs of the avatars based on a plurality of skeletal joints of the body.

18 . The system of claim 15 , the operations comprising:

storing, as a screenshot, a frame of a video that simultaneously depicts a first user and a first avatar of the plurality of avatars; and

concurrently with displaying the screenshot, displaying a separate region comprising a blank space indicating that receipt of a corresponding screenshot from a second user is pending.

19 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that includes instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining a pose represented by a body depicted in an image;

in response to determining the pose represented by the body, modifying poses of a plurality of avatars from being in different neutral poses to having identical poses that match the pose represented by the body; and

generating, for display, the plurality of avatars having the modified poses that match the pose represented by the body.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , the operations comprising:

receiving a monocular image that includes a depiction of a body of a user; and

detecting a plurality of skeletal joints of the body depicted in the monocular image, the pose being determined based on the detected plurality of skeletal joints.

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