A method for generating an avatar having expressions that mimics expressions of a person, the method may include obtaining expression parameters that represent an expression of the person; generating, in real time, a texture map of a face of the person, the texture map of the face of the person represents the expression of the person, wherein the generating is based on the expression parameters, wherein the generating comprises (i) determining, using a neural network and based on the expression parameters, weights, and (ii) calculating a weighted sum of a set of base texture maps, wherein the set of base texture maps belongs to a group of base texture maps that spans different acquired texture maps, the acquired texture maps are calculated based on images of arbitrary expressions made by the person; and rendering the avatar using the texture map.

An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.

A method for creating a non-riggable model of a face of a person, the method includes obtaining video and depth information regarding the face of the person, wherein different images of the video are acquired by a camera at different camera locations; and for each image of the different images repeating the steps of: separating face information from background information; determining translation and rotation parameters that represent the different camera locations; and generating the non-riggable model of the face of the person based on the face information and the translation and rotation parameters.

An information handling system touch screen display and peripheral camera cooperate to coordinate presentation of visual images related to camera operations. For example, in one embodiment a tap on the camera housing commands presentation of a settings on screen display menu generated by a controller of the camera. In another example, a touch screen of the display detects a position of the camera by its capacitive effects to adjust presentation of visual images at the display, such as moving the settings on screen display menu to a position proximate the camera or adjusting a video conference presentation around the camera position.

In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a first user, presenting a communication interface including a plurality of layers, wherein a first layer of the communication interface includes a video communication of the second user, and wherein a second layer of the communication interface includes a thumbnail view of a video communication of the first user, receiving a request from the second user to initiate a first game, receiving a user input indicative an acceptance of the request to initiate the first game, generating a game container containing the first game in a third layer of the communication interface, reducing the first layer to a thumbnail within the communication interface, and overlaying the first layer onto the third layer, wherein the second layer is closed responsive to the overlaying of the first layer onto the third layer.

The invention relates to a waveguide having a partially transparent incoupling portion, having a decoupling portion which is spaced apart from the incoupling portion in the lateral direction, having a substantially transparent base body which is outside of the incoupling portion and outside of the decoupling portion, wherein the transparent base body has a front side and a rear side, the wave guide having a diffractive incoupling structure in the incoupling portion and the waveguide having a decoupling structure in the decoupling portion, the diffractive incoupling structure being designed to diffract radiation coming from an object to be detected and incident on a front side of the waveguide in the incoupling portion only in part such that the diffracted part propagates to the decoupling portion by reflections in the base body as incoupled radiation, wherein the decoupling structure deflects at least one part of the incoupled radiation incident thereon such that the deflected part exits the base body in the decoupling portion via the front side or the rear side of the base body as decoupled radiation, and wherein the diffractive incoupling structure has at least one diffractive efficiency which continually decreases toward one edge of the incoupling portion.

In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a first user, receiving a request from a second user to initiate a first game within a first layer of a communication interface, wherein the communication interface includes several layers, wherein a first layer includes a video communication of the second user, and wherein a second layer of the communication interface includes a thumbnail view of a video communication of the first user; generating a first game container in a third layer of the communication interface, wherein the third layer contains the first game in an augmented reality overlay; expanding the second layer into a full-screen view within the communication interface; and displaying the third layer as the augmented reality overlay over the second layer, wherein the first layer is closed responsive to the overlaying of the augmented reality overlay onto the second layer.

An example image capture device includes a display configured to display captured images, a camera sensor, the camera sensor being disposed to receive light through at least a portion of the display, memory configured to store captured images, and one or more processors coupled to the camera sensor, the display, and the memory. The one or more processors are configured to receive a signal from a sensor. The one or more processors are configured to determine, based at least in part on the signal, a user interface mode. The user interface mode includes a first mode having a first number of black pixels or a second mode having a second number of black pixels. The first number is greater than the second number. The one or more processors are also configured to receive image data from the camera sensor.

An electronic device includes a communication module, a display, a memory, and at least one processor connected to the communication module, the display, and the memory. The at least one processor is configured to identify an external electronic device connectable to the electronic device based on video calling and content execution, identify at least one function executable in the external electronic device among functions associated with video calling and content execution, identify, based on device configuration information of the electronic device and device configuration information of the external electronic device, a function to be executed in the external electronic device among the at least one function executable in the external electronic device, and transmit, to the external electronic device via the communication module, information corresponding to the function to be executed in the external electronic device.

A method for virtually mimicking an arm movement of participant of a 3D video conference, the method may include (i) obtaining a video that captures an arm movement of a participant of the 3D video conference; (ii) generating, based on the video, joint movement information about joints movements that facilitated the arm movement; (iii) receiving, by a machine learning process, the joint movement information; (iv) determining, by the machine learning process, arm appearance information indicative of an appearance of the arm of the participant during the arm movement; wherein the determining is based on a machine learning process based mapping between joint movements and texture and muscle movements; and (v) responding to the determining, wherein the responding comprises at least one out of (a) rendering an avatar of the participant based on the arm appearance information, (b) storing the arm appearance information, or (c) sending the arm appearance information to another computerized device related to the 3D video conference.