Patents Examined by Melur Ramakrishnaiah
  • Patent number: 11356620
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for including a video feed in a message thread. The program and method provide for determining that a message thread is being concurrently displayed on a first device associated with a first user and on a second device associated with a second user, the first user and the second user corresponding to contacts within a messaging application; and transmitting, in response to the determining, image data captured on the first device to the second device, for display within the message thread on the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo
  • Patent number: 11350059
    Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent appearance monitoring management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user and the processor to input videoframe data, including the detected user's image, into a trained neural network of the intelligent appearance monitoring management system to generate optimized appearance filtering adjustments indicating detection of a user appearance anomaly in the user's image or altering a user's image in the captured videoframes in response to the user appearance anomaly and prepare those videoframes for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11350058
    Abstract: An information handling system executing an intelligent collaboration contextual session management system may comprise a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, a microphone, a sensor hub detecting participation of a user in a videoconference session, and a processor to execute a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join the videoconference session with a remotely located computing device. The processor may also input a detected user participation level into a trained neural network and output an optimized media capture instruction to the video camera predicted to adjust performance of the multimedia multi-user collaboration application to meet a preset performance benchmark value, during the videoconference session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11350029
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LOGITECH EUROPE S.A.
    Inventors: Oleg Ostap, Kostiantyn Verhun, Ihor Dutchak, Henry Levak
  • Patent number: 11343630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, which synthesize an object signal and a channel signal and effectively perform binaural rendering of the synthesized signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., GCOA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunoh Oh, Taegyu Lee, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11334649
    Abstract: Method, system and computer program product, the method comprising: during a streaming session of a media by a capturing device to the processing platform, transmitting to the capturing device an instruction to implement an operation mode when capturing a second portion of the media; receiving from the capturing device the media, wherein the media comprises at least a first portion and the second portion; and verifying authenticity of the media, wherein said verifying is based on a determination that the second portion of the media complies with the operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Shmuel Ur Innovation LTD.
    Inventor: Shmuel Ur
  • Patent number: 11327626
    Abstract: A conferencing arrangement for sharing information within a conference space, the arrangement comprising a common presentation surface including a presentation surface area, a common presentation surface driver, a system processor linked to the driver and receiving and presenting the information content via the common presentation surface and a portable user interface device including a device display screen and a device processor, the device processor programmed to provide an interface via the device display screen useable to view content and to enter a command to replicate content presented on the device display on the common presentation surface, the device processor capable of identifying a direction of a swiping action on the interface as a command to replicate the content, wherein, upon identifying that the direction of a swiping action on the interface is in the direction of the common presentation surface, the arrangement creates a sharing space on the presentation surface area and replicates the cont
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Baloga
  • Patent number: 11330230
    Abstract: A system is provided having a computer, a user device, an audiovisual data source, a virtual distance assigned to the audiovisual data source received by the user device, video data from the audiovisual data source received by the user device, the user device displaying the video data at a first size, wherein when the virtual distance is changed, the size at which the video data is displayed changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Leo McElroy
  • Patent number: 11330526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for optimizing power consumption in video communication in mobile devices. The system comprises a video codec encoder module, a video codec decoder module and post-processing filtering module (Deblocking filter) modules. The post-processing modules are implemented on a DSP/VLIW processor, while the video encoder and decoder modules are implemented on a CPU with SIMD extensions. This pipelined implementation of modules in multi-core reduces current consumption in the SoC by up to 50 percent compared to an implementation of the modules in a single/multiple DSP/VLIW core. The significant reduction in current consumption of the modules enables reduction of power consumption in the video call time. Thus, the invention provides a simple method of optimizing power consumption by multi core implementation of the modules in a video call in mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TriSpace Technologies (OPC) Pvt. Ltd.
    Inventor: Narasimhan Vijay Anand
  • Patent number: 11330228
    Abstract: Implementations for selecting processing settings based on a device characteristic are described. A content signal, such as an audio signal or a video signal, is received. A characteristic of an input device and/or an output device is then determined and one or more processing settings for processing the content signal are determined based on the characteristic of the input device and/or the output device. The content signal is then processed based on the one or more settings and the processed content signal is sent for output. Feedback regarding the quality of the processed content signal is received. If the quality of the processed content signal is unacceptable, then one or more of the signal processing settings can be changed by deactivating a setting or changing a parameter of a setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddhartha Shankara Rao, John Joseph Dunne
  • Patent number: 11323659
    Abstract: One or more embodiment relates to a video communication device, video communication method, and a video communication mediating method, which are capable of preventing a user in a video communication from being exposed to an inappropriate image or sound from the other party. One or more embodiment may provide a video communication method comprising establishing a first video communication session with a first terminal, consecutively receiving images or sounds from the first terminal through the first video communication session, examining at least a portion of images or sounds received in a period of recent specific time among the received images or sounds, and blocking an output of at least a portion of the received images or sounds or reporting a user of the first terminal as an abusive user to a first server according to the result of the examining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sangil Ahn, Kangsik Jung, Hyountaek Yong
  • Patent number: 11322316
    Abstract: This application is directed to a home monitoring and control system including a doorbell installed at a door of a home. The doorbell has a button configured to, upon being touched, depressed or activated, wirelessly initiate a first communication to indicate presence of a person at the door. The doorbell also has a camera configured to capture video data within a field of view, and a processor configured to cause a communication component to enable the first communication and wirelessly stream via a remote server the video data captured by the camera to a monitoring device associated with an occupant of the home. A rechargeable battery is coupled to a housing wire and configured to be charged via the housing wire, and the doorbell is configured to charge and discharge the rechargeable battery based on power usage of the doorbell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Anthony M. Fadell, Matthew L. Rogers, Yoky Matsuoka, David Sloo, Maxime Veron, Isabel I. Guenette, Shigefumi Honjo
  • Patent number: 11310465
    Abstract: A video conference terminal, comprises a camera device configuring to collect conference video of the video conference terminal; a smart terminal configuring to realize data interaction and information processing with other video conference terminals, transmit conference information to a projection device in real time, and display content of the video conference terminal on splitting screens; the projection device enlarges and displays the conference information sent by the smart terminal and Internet realizes connections of a plurality of video conference terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AMPULA INC.
    Inventor: Yajun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11310586
    Abstract: A loudspeaker parameter system for vented box driver excursion modeling, may include a loudspeaker driver having a conductor, a magnet and a diaphragm. The system may further include a processor for excursion modeling configured to receive an input signal, determine a voltage level of the input signal, an enclosure having a resonant port, estimate port parameters including at least one of an acoustic resistance or acoustic mass, and apply a voltage limit based on the vented box excursion model utilizing the port parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Russell H. Lambert, Douglas J. Button
  • Patent number: 11310464
    Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) including 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 input: computations from an execution of a blur AV detection processing instruction module by the processor descriptive of a blur in an image frame received at a multimedia framework pipeline and infrastructure platform (MFPIP); computations from an execution of a compression artifact AV detection processing instruction module by the processor descriptive of compression artifacts present in the image frame received at the MFPIP; and computations from an execution of a color vector AV detection processing instruction module by the processor descriptive of color vector artifacts present in the image frame received at the MFPIP;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11303849
    Abstract: There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform controlling a delivery of a video conference call to a viewport, setting a timer and an event-based threshold with respect to the video conference call, determining whether any of the timer and the event-based threshold have been triggered based on any of an elapsed time and an event, and further controlling the delivery of the video conference call to the viewport based on determining whether any of the timer and the event-based threshold have been triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Abhishek, Iraj Sodagar
  • Patent number: 11294622
    Abstract: Systems and methods for audio output control are disclosed. Audio may be output via a speaker of a communal device associated with a first portion of an environment. A user may provide a user utterance indicating an intent to add another device in a second portion of the environment to the audio-output session, and/or an intent to move the audio-output session from the first device to the second device, and/or an intent to remove a device from an audio-output session. Based on this determined intent, audio-session queues may be associated and dissociated from devices and device states may be altered to effectuate the intent of the user utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gautham Kumar Jayakumar, Nishant Kumar, Steven Michael Saxon, Frederic Johan Georges Deramat
  • Patent number: 11290684
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically arranging the display of a plurality of videos on a display of a computing device. One example method includes receiving, at the computing device, a plurality of video streams. An order in which to display the video streams is determined, based on the video of the video streams. The plurality of video streams is displayed on a display of the computing device based on the determined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Sindhuja C S, Jeffry Copps Robert Jose, Mithun Umesh
  • Patent number: 11290465
    Abstract: One example method includes connecting, by a first client device associated with a user, to a video conference hosted by a video conference provider, the video conference having a plurality of participants; receiving participant information for each participant of the plurality of participants; generating, for one or more of the participants, an identity record corresponding to the respective participant, the identity record including video conference information, at least a portion of the participant information, and a cryptographic signature; appending, for each generated identity record, the respective identity record to a user contact list; and verifying at least one participant of the plurality of participants based on the user contact list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Karan Lyons
  • Patent number: 11290687
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a system and methods for providing a live multi-user video session. Access to the live video session may be limited and user devices may be moved between waiting rooms and the live session. The system may provide a first set of credentials to a first user device upon receiving a request from the user device to participate in the live video session. The first set of credentials allows the first user device to have access to a first separate video session different from the live video session. The system may place the first user device into the first separate video session. The system may provide a second set of credentials to the first user device. The second set of credentials allows the user device to have access to the live video session after the user device has been placed into the separate video session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ZWEB HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventor: Francesco Becchetti