Patent Document ID: 20120092445
Application ID: 12904980
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for automatically tracking movement of a user participating in a video chat application executing in a computing device, the method comprising: receiving a capture frame comprising one or more depth images of a capture area from a depth camera connected to a computing device; determining if the capture frame includes a user in a first location in the capture area; identifying a sub-frame of pixels in the capture frame, the sub-frame of pixels identifying a position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user in the capture frame; displaying the sub-frame of pixels to a remote user at a remote computing system; automatically tracking the position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user to a next location within the capture area; identifying a next sub-frame of pixels, the next sub-frame of pixels identifying a position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user in the next location, wherein the next sub-frame of pixels is included in a next capture frame of the capture area; and displaying the next sub-frame of pixels to the remote user in the remote computing system.