Abstract: Different embodiments on hearing enhancement enhancing a user's hearing. For example, a system can include an interface unit with a directional speaker and a microphone. The microphone captures input audio signals that are transformed into ultrasonic signals. The speaker transmits the ultrasonic signals, which are transformed into output audio signals by interaction with air. At least part of the output audio signals is modified to enhance the hearing of the user. Based on the system, the user's ear remains free from any inserted objects and thus is free from annoying occlusion effects. Compared to existing hearing aids, the system is relatively inexpensive. In another embodiment, the system can also be used as a phone. In another embodiment, the system can also access audio signals from other portable or non-portable instruments, wired or wirelessly, such as from home entertainment units, phones, microphones at a conference or speakers at a movie theater.

Abstract: Collaboration devices are disclosed. An example non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least cause a display of a collaboration device to display first data associated with a first participant on a first portion of the display; cause the display of the collaboration device to display second associated with a second participant on the first portion of the display or a second portion of the display, the second portion different than the first portion; identify, based on a user input, a command associated with the first data or the second data; and cause the display to display an icon representative of the command proximate to the first data or the second data.

Abstract: Audio splicing is rendered more effective by the use of one or more truncation unit packets inserted into the audio data stream so as to indicate to an audio decoder, for a predetermined access unit, an end portion of an audio frame with which the predetermined access unit is associated, as to be discarded in playout.

Abstract: Video conferencing systems are popular means for remote parties to interact in real-time. A user may wish to emphasize certain visual elements of the video conference, for example, a company's logo or the contents of a whiteboard may be important to remain clearly seen by the viewers of the video conference. As elements are obscured, a previously captured image of the obscured visual element may be overlaid on top of the obscuring image to visual remove the obscuring object. Additionally, certain visual elements may be enhanced, such that a small visual element may appear larger or clearer within the video image.

Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods may receive a request to set up a video conference between a first account associated with a first person and a second account associated with a second person, retrieve a stored first representation of a first face of the first person and a stored second representation of a second face of the second person based on the request, initiate the video conference between a first user device associated with the first person and a second user device associated with the second person, receive facial expressions of the first person from the first user device, encode the facial expressions of the first person to generate first encoded facial expressions, and transmit the first encoded facial expressions of the first person to the second user device to be decoded and combined with the stored first representation of the first face.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a multi-step identification process using a hybrid edge/server infrastructure to generate machine learned inferences are provided. One example method includes obtaining sensor data of an environment including one or more user. The method includes selecting at least a portion of the sensor data that is associated with the one or more users. The method includes generating, using one or more machine learning models, an intermediate representation of the selected portion of the sensor data that represents the face of the one or more users. The method includes transmitting the intermediate representation and a request for a user identification based on the intermediate representation, the remote computing system configured to perform additional steps of the multi-step identification process using the intermediate representation and the machine-learned system. The method includes receiving a user identifier for the one or more users.

Abstract: The invention discloses an electroencephalogram-controlled video input and auditory display blind guiding apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a video acquisition module, an electroencephalogram acquisition module, a processor and an audio playback module. The video acquisition module is connected to the processor, the electroencephalogram module is connected to the processor and configured to acquire an electroencephalogram signal, the audio playback module is connected to the processor, and the processor is separately connected to the video acquisition module, the electroencephalogram acquisition module and the audio playback module. According to the present invention, control of a region of interest in the blind guiding apparatus is achieved by means of the electroencephalogram signal, so that sensing a whole image and sensing details of interest in the image are switched conveniently.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes calculating second information indicating a line of sight of the second user in the call performing period based on second user images displayed on the first display; estimating a display region of the first user images in a screen of a second display in the second display that displays the content and the first user images, based on a difference between the line of sight of the second user in the first period and the line of sight of the second user in the second period indicated in the second information; and estimating whether the second user looks at the first user images displayed on the second display in the call performing period based on the estimated display region of the first user images and the second information.

Abstract: Electronic conferences allow participants to join lectures, meetings, and other events remotely via connection of a computing device to a network. The quality received by each node may not be ideal, or even satisfactory. Presenters of the conference content are made aware of the state of the participants by determining, at the end device receiving the conference, a quality of the conference. A monitoring node, such as a communication device utilized by a presenter, may then provide indications of the quality received.

Abstract: A sink information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may comprise a network interface device to receive a plurality of video frame slices of a video frame of a remote participant user of a source information handling system participating in a video conference session, the network interface device to receive an identification of a subset of the plurality of video frame slices having an assigned probability of presence of the remote participant's body that exceeds a threshold probability, based on a human object presence (HOP) heat map, as a HOP video frame slice group, the processor to decode data within the HOP video frame slice group, and a digital display device to display the video frame, as transformed by the audio/visual processing instruction algorithm.

Abstract: A multi-core audio processor includes a plurality of audio processing cores having differing capabilities, a plurality of buffers, wherein each buffer is configured to store a plurality of samples associated with a corresponding audio stream, a deadline scheduler including a plurality of deadline registers configured to store a plurality of deadline values for each audio stream, and a plurality of audio processing core interfaces coupling the plurality of audio processing cores to the deadline scheduler, each of the audio processing core interfaces associated with a corresponding audio processing core. The plurality of deadline values indicate an order of processing of samples stored in the plurality of buffers by the plurality of processing cores.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: providing a gallery or user interface comprising a plurality of images; identifying either a mirrored or non-mirrored state associated with at least one of the images; determining, based on at least one criterion, that at least part of the at least one image is to be modified from its associated mirrored or non-mirrored state to the opposite state; and based on the determination, performing the modification.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for connecting to an online meeting room with multiple people. A first client device of a first user initiates a connection to the online meeting room. After the connection has been initiated, the first client device starts receiving video data and audio data from one or more client devices of one or more other users connected to the online meeting room. While connected to the online meeting room, the first client device displays a video stream based on the received video data from the one or more client device of the one or more other users connected to the online meeting. Upon receiving a request from a second user to start a conversation with the first user, the first client device plays an audio stream based on the audio data received from the client device of the second user.

Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a memory; a power management unit; a camera to capture video of a user participating in a video conference session; a processor configured to execute code instructions of a trained intelligent collaboration contextual session management system (ICCSMS) neural network to receive as inputs: the type of AV processing instruction modules enabled descriptive of how to visually transform a video frame during a video conference session executed by a multimedia multi-user collaboration application; and sensor data from a plurality of sensors including an ambient light sensor to detect ambient light around a participant of the video conference session and a color senser to detect color vectors in the video frame; the processor applies AV processing instruction adjustments to the enabled AV processing instruction modules received as output from the trained ICC SMS machine learning module to adjust the lighting

Abstract: Systems and methods to improve video conferencing may include various improvements and modifications to image and audio data to simulate mutual presence among users. For example, automated positioning and presentation of image data of users via presentation devices may present users at a position, size, and scale to simulate mutual presence of users within a same physical space. In addition, rendering image data of users from virtual camera positions via presentation devices may simulate mutual eye gaze and mutual presence of users. Further, blending a background, or accentuating a user, within image data that is presented via presentation devices may match visual characteristics of the environment or the user to simulate mutual presence of users. Moreover, dynamic steering of individual audio transducers of an audio transducer array, and simulating audio point sources using a combination of speakers, may simulate direct communication and mutual presence of users.

Abstract: A conference device comprising a first image sensor for provision of first image data, a first image processor configured for provision of a first primary videostream and a first secondary videostream based on the first image data, an intermediate image processor in communication with the first image processor and configured for provision of a field-of-view videostream and a region-of-interest videostream, wherein the field-of-view videostream is based on the first primary videostream, and the region-of-interest videostream is based on the first secondary videostream, and an output processor configured to determine first image control data based on the field-of-view videostream and transmit the first image control data to the first image processor, wherein the first image processor is configured for provision of the first secondary videostream based on the first image control data.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided that may include an output to present audio/video (AV) content, and a memory to store executable instructions. The electronic device can also provide a communications interface configured to communicate with a network resource, and one or more processors. The one or more processors when implementing the executable instructions are configured to obtain a camera characteristic related to a camera of a remote electronic device, and identify a condition present in the environment of interest of the remote electronic device based on the camera characteristic. The one or more processors are also configured to undertake a remedial action based on the condition identified.

Abstract: Discrepancies between a current profile picture and a current visual appearance of the user is detected utilizing image data captured during a video teleconference, and potential updates to the user's profile picture are automatically generated and presented to the user for their consideration and selection. Additionally, for greater efficiency, an automated profile picture update process is triggerable by predetermined conditions or events, including hardware conditions, lighting or other environmental conditions, or events detected through other sensors, including concurrent audio analysis of the user during the video teleconference. A set of images, whether still pictures or live pictures, are obtained from the video information. Such an image set is initially filtered to create a smaller subset, which is then graphically modified. An image is selected and compared to an existing user profile image, with the comparison informing the generation of a user notification for choosing a new profile picture.

Abstract: The present technology pertains to a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, the instructions effective to cause at least one processor to detect a facial recognition trigger by a device in a meeting room and present a notification in a meeting room that a camera is be to activated in order to recognize a user, wherein the meeting room is a multi-user meeting room.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for providing an active pane within a communication platform. The system displays video of a video conference with one or more participants. A view menu is configured to receive selection of a view layout. Selection of an active pane view may be received via the view menu. The system may display a draggable active pane. A drag input from the user is received to move the active pane to a new location on screen near a camera capturing video of the user in the video conference. The system displays the active pane on the screen at the new location near the camera.