Patent ID: 8504640

Claim:
A method of providing three dimensional information, the method comprising: a master electronic device, having a first coupled camera, wirelessly querying for other electronic devices with a second coupled camera within proximity to the master electronic device to participate in extracting three dimensional information; the master electronic device wirelessly receiving a query response from at least a particular one of the other electronic devices; the master electronic device recruiting the particular one of the other electronic devices for pairing with the master electronic device, the particular electronic device serving as a slave electronic device to the master electronic device; the master electronic device wirelessly obtaining image processing characteristics for the slave electronic device and, based on the wirelessly obtained characteristics, self-determining image capture characteristics for the slave electronic device; the master electronic device determining image capture characteristics for the master electronic device; storing, at one of the master electronic device, the slave electronic device, and a remote electronic device, an image contemporaneous captured from each of the master and slave electronic devices using the respective determined image capture characteristics of the master and slave electronic; extracting, at one of the master electronic device, slave electronic device, and remote electronic device, three dimensional information from the stored images and providing the extracted three dimensional information to one of the master electronic device and slave electronic device; employing the three dimensional information in replacing an original background of at least one of the images with a substitute background to form a replacement image containing the substitute background; and displaying the replacement image on the screen of at least one of the master and slave electronic devices.