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Granted Patent B2
US 10,582,156 · App. 16/472,649 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Electronic device for performing video call and computer-readable recording medium

Inventors: Soo-Yeon Kim (Seoul, KR); Won-Nam Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Kwang-Youn Kim (Seoul, KR); Su-Yeon Hwang (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04N7/147H04N5/265H04N5/272H04W4/029
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Patent No.
US 10,582,156
App. No.
16/472,649
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a first electronic device for performing a video call. The first electronic device may comprise: a communication module for receiving video and audio for a video call from a second electronic device connected thereto for the video call; a display; a camera module; and a processor. The processor may: receive location information indicating the location of the second electronic device from the second electronic device through the communication module; identify a place where the second electronic device is located, using at least one of the received video and the received location information; generate a first spatial image indicating the second electronic device being located in the identified place; and transmit an image captured by the camera module and the generated first spatial image to the second electronic device through the communication module.

Claims (41)

1. A first electronic device comprising:

a communication module;

a display;

a camera module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive an image and voice for video communication from a second electronic device connected for the video communication through the communication module;

receive location information indicating a location of the second electronic device from the second electronic device through the communication module;

identify a place where the second electronic device is located, by using at least one of the received image or the received location information;

generate a first spatial image indicating the second electronic device being located in the identified place; and

transmit an image captured through the camera module and the generated first spatial image to the second electronic device through the communication module.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to extract a plurality of feature points from the received image and search for at least one place corresponding to the extracted feature points.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein, when one place is searched, the processor is configured to identify the searched place as the place where the second electronic device is located.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein, when a plurality of places are searched, the processor is configured to identify a place corresponding to the location information among the plurality of searched places as the place where the second electronic device is located.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain at least one of weather information or time information corresponding to the location information from an external server.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to determine based on an image received from the second electronic device whether to use at least one of the weather information or the time information to generate the first spatial image.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine not to use the weather information and the time information to generate the first spatial image, when determining that the identified place where the second electronic device is located is an indoor place, based on the image received from the second electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine to use at least one of the weather information or the time information to generate the first spatial image, when determining that the identified place where the second electronic device is located is an outdoor place, based on the image received from the second electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

extract a partial image corresponding to a user from the captured image; and

generate a first synthesized image by synthesizing the extracted partial image with the first spatial image.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a global positioning system (GPS) module configured to receive a GPS signal,

wherein the processor is configured to:

generate location information indicating a location of the first electronic device, based on the GPS signal obtained from the GPS module; and

transmit the location information to the second electronic device through the communication module.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, from the second electronic device through the communication module, a second spatial image generated by the second electronic device to indicate a place where the first electronic device is placed and an image obtained by the second electronic device; and

display, on the display, a second synthesized image generated by synthesizing the second spatial image generated by the second electronic device with the image obtained by the second electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to:

extract a partial image corresponding to a user of the second electronic device from the image obtained by the second electronic device; and

generate the second synthesized image by synthesizing the extracted partial image with the second spatial image generated by the second electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to display the image captured through the camera module and the second synthesized image on the display at the same time.

14. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to:

generate a third synthesized image by synthesizing the second spatial image with the partial image corresponding to the user in the image captured through the camera module; and

display the second synthesized image and the third synthesized image together on the display.

15. An operation method of a first electronic device, the operation method comprising:

receiving an image and voice for video communication from a second electronic device connected for the video communication;

receiving location information indicating a location of the second electronic device from the second electronic device;

identifying a place where the second electronic device is located, by using at least one of the received image or the received location information;

generating a first spatial image indicating the second electronic device being located in the identified place; and

transmitting the captured image and the generated first spatial image to the second electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: KIM, SOO-YEON; JANG, WON-NAM; KIM, KWANG-YOUN; HWANG, SU-YEON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049553/0060 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0003796 · Jan 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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