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Google patents virtual meeting views from any angle

Google has patented a system that lets participants in a virtual meeting request a view of the room from a specific angle that no camera is currently facing. The system uses machine learning to combine images from existing cameras to generate a new perspective, allowing users to see objects or people from a chosen vantage point.

Why it mattersThis could make virtual meetings feel more immersive by letting users look around a digital space rather than being stuck with fixed camera angles.

In the filing’s own words

Methods and systems for user-selected viewpoint rendering of a virtual meeting are provided herein. First image data generated by a first client device during a virtual meeting and second image data generated by a second client device during a virtual meeting is obtained. The first image data depicts object(s) captured from a first vantage point and the second image data depicts the object(s) captured from a second vantage point. A request is received from a third client device for third image data depicting the object(s) captured from a third vantage point. The third image data depicting the object(s) corresponding to the third vantage point is generated based on the first image data and the second image data. A rendering of the third image data is provided for presentation via a graphical user interface (GUI) of the third client device during the virtual meeting in accordance with the request.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: obtaining, by a processing device associated with a platform, first image data generated by a first client device at a particular location during a virtual meeting and second image data generated by a second client device at the particular location during the virtual meeting, wherein the first image data depicts one or more objects captured from a first vantage point of the particular location and the second image data depicts the one or more objects captured from a second vantage point of the particular location; receiving, by the processing device, a request from a third client device for third image data depicting the one or more objects captured from a third vantage point, wherein the first vantage point and the second vantage point surround the third vantage point; determining whether the third image data depicting the one or more objects from the third vantage point is to be generated; responsive to determining that the third image data is to be generated: providing the first image data, the second image data, and an indication of the third vantage point as input to a machine learning model, wherein the machine learning model is trained to predict characteristics of an image depicting objects captured from a particular vantage point based on characteristics of given image data corresponding to two or more different vantage points; and extracting, from one or more outputs of the machine learning model, characteristics of the image depicting the one or more objects corresponding to the third vantage point; generating, by the processing device, the third image data depicting the one or more objects corresponding to the third vantage point based on the obtained extracted characteristics; and providing, by the processing device, a rendering of the third image data for presentation via a graphical user interface (GUI) of the third client device during the virtual meeting in accordance with the request.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
User-selected viewpoint rendering of a virtual meeting
Patent number
US12739346B2
Application number
18316136
Filed
May 11, 2023
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
17

Classified under

H04N 7/157 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/04842 Physics & computingG06V 10/56 Physics & computingG06V 10/761 Physics & computingH04N 7/147 Electricity & electronicsH04N 7/152 Electricity & electronics

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