Abstract: A static lens system is disclosed and includes the following in one embodiment: a lens assembly housing defining a front opening; an imaging sensor; a lens assembly disposed within the lens assembly housing and comprising: first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens elements, the sixth lens element being adjacent to the imaging sensor and the first lens element being adjacent to the front opening; wherein the first through third and sixth lens elements are concave lenses have a negative focal length and the fourth and fifth lens elements are concave lens and have a positive focal length.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to a keyboard key structure, a light guide for the keyboard key structure, and a computer key mechanism. The keyboard key structure can include a substrate; a key switch where the bottom of the key switch is configured to be coupled to the substrate; a keycap including a transparent region; a light guide coupled to the side of the key switch, the light guide comprising: a bottom surface and a top surface that is wider than and parallel to the bottom surface; a light emitting element coupled to the substrate and configured under the bottom surface of the light guide such that the light emitting element, the light guide, and the transparent region of the key cap are in a collinear arrangement.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally relate to methods and video system components that have integrated background differentiation capabilities that allow for background replacement and/or background modification. In some embodiments, undesired portions of video data generated in a video environment are separated from desired portions of the video data by taking advantage of the illumination and decay of the intensity of electromagnetic radiation, provided from an illuminator, over a distance. Due to the decay of intensity with distance, the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the undesired background has a lower intensity when received by the sensor than the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the desired foreground. The difference in the detected intensity at the one or more wavelengths can then be used to separate and/or modify the undesired background from the desired foreground for use in a video feed.

Abstract: A camera mounting system comprises a clip body configured to be coupled to a rear surface of the display monitor. The camera mounting system further comprises a bracket assembly that includes a first portion configured to be coupled to the camera and comprising a base and a lip extending from the base. The base is configured to be supported on a top surface of the display monitor and the lip is configured to contact a front surface of the display monitor and limit movement of the bracket assembly in a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the front surface of the display monitor. The bracket assembly also includes second portion coupled to the first portion and configured to be releasably coupled to the clip body with the clip body coupled to the rear surface of the monitor in order to prevent movement of the bracket assembly in the first horizontal direction and prevent rotation of the base relative to the display monitor.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a system comprises a host computing device and an audio device including at least one speaker and a plurality of microphones, the audio device being wirelessly and communicatively coupled to the host computing device. The host computing device can include one or more processors and one or more machine-readable, non-transitory storage mediums that include instructions configured to cause the one or more processors of the host computing device to perform operations including: receiving user environment data by one or more sensors of the host computing device; determining a characterization profile of a surrounding environment of the user based on the user environment data; and sending the characterization profile to the audio device, the characterization profile configured to cause the audio device to adapt an audio cardioid pattern of the plurality of microphones on the audio device based on the characterization profile.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a video doorbell system includes a video doorbell device on an exterior surface of a structure and a chime kit within an interior of the structure. A transformer can be coupled in-series via electrical conductors with the video doorbell device and the chime kit. The chime kit can include an energy storage device that is charged via the electrical conductors. When a user activates a button on the video doorbell device power control circuitry within the video doorbell device can transmit a signal on the electrical conductors. Button detection circuitry within the chime kit can detect the signal and respond by transferring power from the energy storage device to a chime. While the chime is activated the transformer can continuously supply the video doorbell device with power.

Abstract: Digitized audio command is decoded to generate audio features. An in-domain confidence score is calculated for a model trained by a limited set of peripheral device commands. An out-domain confidence score is calculated for a model trained without the peripheral device commands. The best score determines whether to process the audio locally or at a remote server. In some embodiments, a likelihood ratio (LR) is calculated of the in-domain and out-domain confidence scores. Based on the likelihood ratio, a locally decoded audio command is performed, or the audio features are sent to a remote server for processing to determine the audio command.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving first and second movement data corresponding to a movement of a first and second computer mouse, respectively, wherein the first and second computer mice are oriented in a same direction are moving in unison over a same trajectory while the first and second movement data is contemporaneously received; determining a movement distance for the first and second computer mice based on the first and second movement data, respectively; determining a performance characteristic for the first computer mouse based on the determined first movement distance; determining the performance characteristic for the second computer mouse based on the determined second movement distance; determining a difference in the performance characteristic for the first computer mouse with respect to the second computer mouse; and calibrating the performance characteristic of the second computer mouse to match the performance characteristic of the first computer mouse.

Abstract: An input device comprising a processor(s), an input element, an electropermanent magnet (EPM) assembly including: a permanent magnet operable to generate a magnetic field; and a magnetizing assembly configured to set a magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet, a first ferromagnetic element, and a second ferromagnetic element. The first ferromagnetic element is configured to part and move away from the second ferromagnetic element as the input element is depressed. When the EPM assembly magnetizes the permanent magnet to a first polarity, the first and second ferromagnetic elements are magnetically attracted to each other and provide an attracting that magnetically opposes the first and second ferromagnetic elements from parting, and when the EPM assembly magnetizes the permanent magnet to a second polarity, the first and second ferromagnetic elements are not magnetically attracted to each other and do not magnetically oppose the first and second ferromagnetic elements from parting.