Patents Assigned to Huddly AS
  • Patent number: 12063455
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and a processing device that allows smoothing of all camera parameters that are changeable while the camera is running through a tasklist component that schedules transitions synchronized with the output video frame rate. A device-native thread runs the scheduler which picks smoothing tasks off a list to meet real-time requirements. Different strategies for smoothing based on Bézier curves, splines and linear interpolation are scheduled on the runtime. The camera, which is automatically able to detect people and frame them based on where they are, uses this module to smoothly change the frame when people move in the camera field of view, among other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Huddly AS
    Inventors: Kacper Wysocki, Mats Gabriel Love Johansen, Kai Alexander Wig, Mona Kleven Lauritzen
  • Publication number: 20240257553
    Abstract: Consistent with disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for analyzing video output streams and generating a primary video stream may be provided. Embodiments may include automatically analyzing a first video output stream and a second video output stream, based on at least one identity indicator, to determine whether a first representation of a meeting participant and a second representation of a meeting participant correspond to a common meeting participant. Disclosed embodiments may involve evaluating the first representation and the second representation of the common meeting participant relative to one or more predetermined criteria. Embodiments may involve selecting, based on the evaluation, either the first video output stream or the second video output stream as a source of a framed representation of the common meeting participant to be output as a primary video stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Huddly AS
    Inventors: Jon Tore HAFSTAD, Lars HEIMDAL, Lars Erling STENSEN, Tamás BECSEI, Stian SELBEK, Vegard HAMMER, Knut Helge TEPPAN
  • Publication number: 20240257383
    Abstract: Consistent with disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for analyzing video output streams and generating a primary video stream may be provided. Embodiments may include a video conferencing camera configured to generate a video output representative of an environment. The video conferencing camera may comprise a video processing unit configured to determine, for a plurality of subjects represented in the video output, whether each of the plurality of subjects is inside or outside of a meeting region within the environment. The video processing unit may be further configured to determine a frame configuration for a primary video stream, constituting a portion of the video output, to be shown on a display based on one or more characteristics of at least one subject, among the plurality of subjects, determined to be located inside the meeting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Huddly AS
    Inventors: Bendik KVAMSTAD, Jon Tore HAFSTAD, Lars Erling STENSEN, Stian SELBEK, Therese BYHRING, Anders Skibeli ROKKONES, Lars HEIMDAL, Trym NORDAL, Robin ANDLAUER
  • Patent number: 11671782
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for enhanced audio experiences in VR/AR applications. The apparatuses of this disclosure are adapted to record multiple binaural stereo pairs and play back select binaural pairs corresponding to users' head positions. A substantially spherical microarray is utilized in various embodiments for recording multiple binaural stereo pairs. A VR/AR headset is further adapted to track a user's head positions and dynamically play back binaural sound pairs corresponding to the head positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Huddly AS
    Inventor: Stein Ove Eriksen
  • Patent number: 10237548
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for alleviating bandwidth limitations of video transmission, enhancing the quality of videos at a receiver, and improving the VR/AR experience. In particular, an improved video transmission and rendering system is provided for generating high-resolution videos. The systems have therein a transmitter and a VR/AR receiver; the transmitter includes an outer encoder and a core encoder, while the receiver includes a core decoder and an outer decoder. The outer encoder is adapted to receive the video from a source and separately output a salient video and an encoded three-dimensional background, and the outer decoder is adapted to merge the background with the salient video thereby producing an augmented video. Also provided is a system that simulates pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) operations without PTZ hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Huddly AS
    Inventors: Jan Tore Korneliussen, Anders Eikenes, Havard Pedersen Alstad, Stein Ove Eriksen, Eamonn Shaw
  • Patent number: 9871967
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for alleviating bandwidth limitations of video transmission and enhancing the quality of videos at a receiver. In particular, an improved video transmission system is provided for generating high-resolution videos. The systems have therein a transmitter and a receiver; the transmitter includes an outer encoder and a core encoder, while the receiver includes a core decoder and an outer decoder. The outer encoder is adapted to receive the video from a source and separately output a salient video and an encoded background, and the outer decoder is adapted to merge the background with the salient video thereby producing an enhanced video. Also provided is a system that simulates pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) operations without PTZ hardware. Further provided are methods for video transmission whereby a background model is initialized, a background independently encoded, updated incrementally, and the background and the updates transmitted independently from the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Huddly AS
    Inventors: Jan Tore Korneliussen, Anders Eikenes, Håvard Pedersen Alstad, Stein Ove Eriksen, Eamonn Shaw
  • Patent number: D995601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Huddly AS
    Inventors: Sindre Widerberg, Stein Ove Eriksen, Sondre Frost Urstad
  • Patent number: D995613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Huddly AS
    Inventors: Niklas Schmidt, Knut Teppan, André Lyngra, Thomas Hauge