Patent Document ID: 9910275
Application ID: 14801574
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A head mounted display (HMD) device, comprising: a device body arranged to cover a first portion of a face of a user such that eyes of the user are hidden from view, wherein the HMD device, when worn by the user, is arranged to leave a second portion of the face of the user viewable; one or more sensors positioned on the device body that are arranged to track one or more of eye movement, eyelid movement and eyebrow movement of the user; a network interface unit arranged to receive a composite image of a face of another user wearing another HMD device that covers a first portion of the face of the other user including eyes of the other user, wherein the composite image is obtained by merging a patch image with a facial image of the other user and with a background patch image, the patch image being formed based on eye movement, eyelid movement and eyebrow movement of the other user, and wherein the background patch image is of a background of the other user that is behind non-facial regions covered by the other HMD device; and a display positioned on the device body that is arranged to display an image including the composite image for the user when the HMD device is worn by the user.