Patents by Inventor Henry Levak
Henry Levak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240054655Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to livestreaming methods and systems, and more particularly to whiteboard presentation systems that can be used in a livestreaming or video conferencing environment. In some embodiments, the whiteboard presentation system is configured to perform one or more processing operations, such as capture images on a whiteboard, perform image processing routines on the captured images, and transmit processed images as a video feed to one or more remote users, such as people or locations attending a video conference. The image processing routines can include one or more operations such as image denoising, contrast enhancement, color reconstruction, segmentation of a presenter, and image reconstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Oleg OSTAP, Henry LEVAK, Miguel Angel MAESTRE TRUEBA, Viktor SAKHARCHUK, Yaroslav Vasilovich TERESHCHENKO, Ihor OKHRIMENKO
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Patent number: 11880983Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to livestreaming methods and systems, and more particularly to whiteboard presentation systems that can be used in a livestreaming or video conferencing environment. In some embodiments, the whiteboard presentation system is configured to perform one or more processing operations, such as capture images on a whiteboard, perform image processing routines on the captured images, and transmit processed images as a video feed to one or more remote users, such as people or locations attending a video conference. The image processing routines can include one or more operations such as image denoising, contrast enhancement, color reconstruction, segmentation of a presenter, and image reconstruction.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Henry Levak, Miguel Angel Maestre Trueba, Viktor Sakharchuk, Yaroslav Vasilovich Tereshchenko, Ihor Okhrimenko
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Patent number: 11800213Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Henry Levak, John Scott Skeehan
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Publication number: 20230049989Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to an electronic system and a method of monitoring and providing feedback to adjust and improve the allocation of, use of, and/or control over one or more physical spaces. Embodiments of the disclosure can provide an electronic system and method that allows a user to reserve a work space within a room or building. The methods disclosed herein can include inputting one or more desk preferences into one or more processing devices, receiving, at one or more electronic devices, the desk preferences, determining whether a suitable desk matching the desk preferences is available, and generating an alert on the one or more electronic devices regarding the availability of the suitable desk.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Gregory FRANC DE FERRIERE, Henry LEVAK, Aleksandr KIROV, Trevor Alan RUSH, Karthik RAJAGOPAL
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Publication number: 20230050116Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to an electronic system and a method of monitoring and providing feedback to adjust and improve the allocation of, use of, and/or control over one or more physical spaces. Embodiments of the disclosure can provide an electronic system and method that allows a user to reserve a work space within a room or building. The methods disclosed herein can include inputting one or more desk preferences into one or more processing devices, receiving, at one or more electronic devices, the desk preferences, determining whether a suitable desk matching the desk preferences is available, and generating an alert on the one or more electronic devices regarding the availability of the suitable desk.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Gregory FRANC DE FERRIERE, Henry LEVAK, Aleksandr KIROV, Trevor Alan RUSH, Karthik RAJAGOPAL
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Patent number: 11570749Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system relating to a notification system for merging a new message into a pending notification.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: FITBIT, INC.Inventors: Heiko Behrens, Henry Levak, Yoon Kean Wong
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Publication number: 20220335620Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to livestreaming methods and systems, and more particularly to whiteboard presentation systems that can be used in a livestreaming or video conferencing environment. In some embodiments, the whiteboard presentation system is configured to perform one or more processing operations, such as capture images on a whiteboard, perform image processing routines on the captured images, and transmit processed images as a video feed to one or more remote users, such as people or locations attending a video conference. The image processing routines can include one or more operations such as image denoising, contrast enhancement, color reconstruction, segmentation of a presenter, and image reconstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Oleg OSTAP, Henry LEVAK, Miguel Angel MAESTRE TRUEBA, Viktor SAKHARCHUK, Yaroslav Vasilovich TERESHCHENKO, Ihor OKHRIMENKO
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Publication number: 20220279115Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Oleg OSTAP, Henry LEVAK, John Scott SKEEHAN
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Publication number: 20220210763Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system relating to a notification system for merging a new message into a pending notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Heiko Behrens, Henry Levak, Yoon Kean Wong
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Patent number: 11350029Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to video conferencing systems and, more particularly, to multi-camera systems used to detect participants in a conference environment and auto frame a video stream of a priority group from the detected participants. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes determining a plurality of subjects within a first view of a conference environment and altering a second view of the conference environment after determining that at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of subjects cannot fit in the second view when the second view is adjusted to include the other ones of the plurality of subjects. Here, each of the plurality of subjects includes a region-of-interest corresponding to a portion of an individual conference participant. Altering the second view includes determining a priority subject group and adjusting the second view to include the priority subject group.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Kostiantyn Verhun, Ihor Dutchak, Henry Levak
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Patent number: 11336817Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Henry Levak, John Scott Skeehan
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Patent number: 11258982Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Andreas Franz William Atkins, Joseph Yao-Hua Chu, Henry Levak, Kevin McLintock
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Publication number: 20210306555Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Oleg OSTAP, Henry LEVAK, John Scott SKEEHAN
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Patent number: 11095467Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Andreas Franz William Atkins, Joseph Yao-Hua Chu, Henry Levak, Kevin McLintock
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Patent number: 11088861Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Andreas Franz William Atkins, Joseph Yao-Hua Chu, Henry Levak, Kevin McLintock
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Patent number: 11038704Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Andreas Franz William Atkins, Joseph Yao-Hua Chu, Henry Levak, Kevin Mclintock
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Patent number: 10972655Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems, and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing, a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Henry Levak, John Scott Skeehan
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Patent number: 10965908Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems, and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing, a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Henry Levak, John Scott Skeehan
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Patent number: 10951858Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides for advanced single camera video conferencing systems, and methods related thereto. The advanced single camera video conferencing system features a hybrid optical/digital camera, herein a camera device, having a controller that is configured to execute one or more of the methods set forth herein. In one embodiment, a method includes optically framing, a first portion of a video conferencing environment to provide an actual field-of-view, digitally framing a second portion of the video conferencing environment to provide an apparent field-of-view that is encompassed within the actual field-of-view, generating a video stream of the apparent field-of-view, surveying the actual field-of-view to generate survey data, and detecting changes in the survey data over time. The method may be performed using a single camera device using a single image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Henry Levak, John Scott Skeehan
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Publication number: 20210051037Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Andreas Franz William ATKINS, Joseph Yao-Hua CHU, Henry LEVAK, Kevin MCLINTOCK