{
  "patent_number": "US 12737049",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Video Apps Add Special Effects and Frame People",
  "original_title": "Video application graphical effects",
  "summary": "This patent describes ways for video applications to show special visual effects, like filters or backgrounds, during live video calls or when recording, and how to automatically frame a person.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent outlines methods and user interfaces for displaying graphical effects within video applications. This includes applying visual effects during a \"real-time communication session,\" which means live video calls, and sharing content with these effects. It also covers displaying these graphical effects across \"multiple video applications\" and a system for \"framing a subject\" within the camera's view. For instance, a video chat application could automatically zoom and pan to keep a speaker centered in the frame, or a user could add a virtual hat graphical effect to their head during a live broadcast.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover applying effects to purely audio communication without any video component.",
    "Does not cover graphical effects in applications that are not video-based, such as static image viewers or text editors.",
    "Does not cover the underlying video compression or transmission technologies themselves, only the display of effects.",
    "Does not cover physical camera hardware or lens systems that capture the video.",
    "Does not cover effects that are only applied during post-production editing of a recorded video, rather than during display or real-time communication."
  ],
  "filed": "2024-01-18",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for displaying graphical effects in a video application. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying graphical effects during a real-time communication session are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for sharing content during a real-time communication session are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying graphical effects in multiple video applications are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for framing a subject in a representation of the field of view of one or more camera sensors is described.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737049/video-application-graphical-effects",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737049/video-application-graphical-effects/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12737049",
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