Title:
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/072534
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A messaging system comprises a plurality of devices wherein at least a first sending user device is arranged in use to transmit an image to at least a second receiving user device which image comprises an electronically captured image of at least a part of a head of the sender extracted from a background. Figure 1, shows various images 100 on displays (110) as received by recipients. The method and apparatus described above allow something between a text message exchange and a video call. The message sender uses either the front camera or the rear camera in the device, typically a smart phone, to capture a short video of them speaking and the app software cuts out the sender's head 100 from any background before transmitting the video clip to appear on the recipient's screen (110). The cut-out head can appear on a recipient's desktop, conveniently as part of a messaging screen. Alternatively the recipient, who also has the app, can open the rear-facing camera of their phone so that the head appears to float in their environment (112) as it plays the short performance. The process is reversed to make a reply.
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Inventors:
SOPPELSA DAVID (GB)
KNIGHT CHRISTOPHER GEORGE (GB)
RILEY JAMES PATRICK (GB)
ALLEN GERRARD (GB)
KNIGHT CHRISTOPHER GEORGE (GB)
RILEY JAMES PATRICK (GB)
ALLEN GERRARD (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2016/053373
Publication Date:
June 15, 2017
Filing Date:
October 31, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
2MEE LTD (GB)
International Classes:
H04N5/232; G06T7/194; H04N5/262; H04N5/272
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MOHUN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LTD (GB)
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