131 patents
Utility
User status detection and interface
28 Nov 23
A computer implemented method includes gathering metrics from components of a conferencing endpoint in a conference call, and determining status indicator values according to the metrics.
Jonathan Grover
Filed: 7 Sep 21
Utility
Image demosaicing taking account of chromatic aberration
21 Nov 23
A method of chromatically-corrected image demosaicing for a sensor with a colour filter array (CFA) such as a Bayer filter array.
Gareth John McCaughan, Euan Christopher Smith
Filed: 26 Jun 20
Utility
Optimal view selection in a teleconferencing system with cascaded cameras
31 Oct 23
A method (1000) for operating cameras (202) in a cascaded network (100), comprising: capturing a first view (1200) with a first lens (326) having a first focal point (328) and a first centroid (352), the first view (1200) depicting a subject (1106); capturing a second view (1202) with a second lens (326) having a second focal point (328) and a second centroid (352); detecting a first location of the subject (1106), relative the first lens (326), wherein detecting the first location of the subject (1106), relative the first lens (326), is based on audio captured by a plurality of microphones (204); estimating a second location of the subject (1106), relative the second lens (326), based on the first location of the subject (1106) relative the first lens (326); selecting a portion (1206) of the second view (1202) as depicting the subject (1106) based on the estimate of the second location of the subject (1106) relative the second lens (326).
Yongkang Fan, Hai Xu, Wenxue He, Hailin Song, Tianran Wang, Xi Lu
Filed: 4 Jun 20
Utility
Audio device and method of audio processing with improved talker discrimination
31 Oct 23
An audio device for improved talker discrimination is provided.
Iain McNeill, Matthew Neves, Gavin Radolan
Filed: 22 Sep 21
Utility
Tracker activation and deactivation in a videoconferencing system
31 Oct 23
A method of tracking a presenter during a videoconference, comprising: detecting, in a data stream, data indicating a presence of one or more persons at a videoconferencing endpoint, the data stream comprising a plurality of frames; detecting tracker initiation data (e.g., that a person is actively talking, or that a person has raised their hand, or both) in the data stream; determining a subject of interest responsive to the tracker initiation data, and tracking the subject of interest as they move while making a presentation.
Hai Xu, Xi Lu, Yongkang Fan, Wenxue He, Hailin Song
Filed: 10 Jun 20
Utility
Wireless charging dock
31 Oct 23
A headset charging dock includes a headset mechanical support configured to hang a first headset by a headband of the first headset; and a wireless charging interface for the first headset, the wireless charging interface integrated in the headset mechanical support.
John A. Kelley, Jacob T. Meyberg Guzman, Nicholas W. Paterson, David Laniado Lacarra, Rogers Van Buren Clark, III, Roman M. Duran, Darrin Caddes, Bowman Wang, John B. Ledingham, Dave Hansung Kim
Filed: 28 May 21
Utility
Removing reflected information from within a video capture feed during a videoconference
24 Oct 23
Systems and methods for detecting information displayed by a display device and reflected into a camera feed are disclosed.
Jonathan Grover, Cary Arnold Bran
Filed: 1 Nov 21
Utility
Adjustable mounting system for a telepresence device
24 Oct 23
An adjustable mounting system enables a telepresence device to be easily mounted to a wall.
Nicholas W. Paterson, Stann N. Sheperd
Filed: 29 Jun 21
Utility
System and method of speaker reidentification in a multiple camera setting conference room
24 Oct 23
In a multi-camera videoconferencing configuration, the locations of each camera are known.
Yong Yan, Kui Zhang, David Young
Filed: 31 Dec 21
Utility
Multi-person tracking and identification for robust framing experience
3 Oct 23
The number of persons in a still image acquired during a videoconference may change over time due to movement or persons entering or exiting a conference room.
Kui Zhang, Raghavendra Balavalikar Krishnamurthy, Rajen Bhatt
Filed: 24 Oct 22
Utility
Hybrid noise suppression for communication systems
3 Oct 23
A method for hybrid noise suppression includes receiving a processed audio signal from an audio device.
Kwan Kin Truong, Jacob T. Meyberg Guzman, Peter L. Chu
Filed: 12 Sep 22
Utility
Camera-view acoustic fence
3 Oct 23
Determining the angle of sound relative to the centerline of a microphone array.
Peter L. Chu, Stephen C. Botzko
Filed: 10 Aug 21
Utility
Preventing the number of meeting attendees at a videoconferencing endpoint from becoming unsafe
26 Sep 23
Systems and methods of managing videoconferencing endpoint capacity based on safety concerns (e.g., COVID-19), comprising: capturing a video feed corresponding to a geographic location; detecting a presence of one or more persons corresponding to the geographic location, based on data of the video feed; determining a quantity of persons corresponding to the geographic location, based the data of the video feed; determining that the quantity of persons corresponding to the geographic location exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and—in response to the determination that the quantity of persons corresponding to the geographic location exceeds the first predetermined threshold—issuing one or more alert messages and/or taking other appropriate action(s).
Jeffrey Schwerdtfeger, Robert Manassero, II, Geoffrey Dean Jensen, Sean Michael Burke, Kem Gallione, Ryan Michael Dalke, Brian Jensen
Filed: 17 Aug 21
Utility
Microphone boom rotation mechanism for headsets
26 Sep 23
A communication headset includes an earcup, a headband, and a microphone boom assembly.
Wen Tang
Filed: 25 Mar 22
Utility
Method for out-of-the-box pairing for unassociated wireless devices
5 Sep 23
An apparatus includes a network circuit to communicate with a network and a server on the network.
Jonathan Grover, Scott Walsh, Wilson Ching-Lun Chung
Filed: 5 Jan 21
Utility
Second-order gradient microphone system with baffles for teleconferencing
5 Sep 23
An audio device including a housing having a side facing outwardly of the housing, the housing further having a first mounting position disposed on the side.
Peter L. Chu
Filed: 15 Dec 20
Utility
Device authorization systems
15 Aug 23
A method of distributed authorization of one or more client applications to one or more connected devices.
Euan Christopher Smith, Julian Hall
Filed: 19 Nov 18
Utility
Securing image data from unintended disclosure at a videoconferencing endpoint
4 Jul 23
A system for preventing private image data captured at an endpoint from being shared during a videoconference is provided.
Kui Zhang, Varun Ajay Kulkarni, Raghavendra Balavalikar Krishnamurthy, Rajen Bhatt, Stephen Schaefer
Filed: 30 Nov 21
Utility
System and method of dynamic, natural camera transitions in an electronic camera
4 Jul 23
Scene changes should be done pleasingly and without user input or control.
Rommel Gabriel Childress, Jr., Alain Elon Nimri, Stephen Paul Schaefer
Filed: 14 Jul 21
Utility
Multiple camera color balancing
4 Jul 23
Color and exposure matching for systems, such as a videoconferencing endpoint, that have overlapping camera fields of view.
James Miles Bousquet, Joseph Daniel Friel, George D. Wilson, Jr.
Filed: 20 Apr 22