Patents Examined by Melur Ramakrishnaiah
  • Patent number: 11798149
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting information displayed by a display device and reflected into a camera feed are disclosed. Described systems and methods remove the reflected information from the camera feed so that unintended disclosure of private information when the camera feed is shared can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Grover, Cary Arnold Bran
  • Patent number: 11800058
    Abstract: One example method includes joining, using a computing device, a video conference hosted by a video conference provider, the video conference having a plurality of participants; accessing, by the computing device, presentation content during the video conference, the presentation content comprising one or more content items and one or more video filters, at least one of the one or more video filters corresponding to one of the content items; receiving a selection of a first item of the one or more content items; accessing a first video filter of the one or more video filters, the first video filter corresponding to the content item; receiving a video feed from a video source; generating a composite video feed comprising the first content item and the first video feed, the composite video feed based on the video filter; and providing, via the video conference provider, the composite video feed to one or more video conference participants via the video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Douglas Mayfield
  • Patent number: 11800306
    Abstract: Example techniques may involve calibration with multiple recording devices. An implementation may include a mobile device receiving data indicating that a calibration sequence for multiple playback devices has been initiated in a venue. The mobile device displays a prompt to include the first mobile device in the calibration sequence for the multiple playback devices and a particular selectable control that, when selected, includes the first mobile device in the calibration sequence. During the calibration sequence, the mobile device records calibration audio as played back by the multiple playback devices and transmits data representing the recorded calibration audio to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventor: Klaus Hartung
  • Patent number: 11799926
    Abstract: A conferencing system terminal device includes an image capture device capturing images of a subject during a videoconference occurring across a network and a communication device transmitting the images to at least one remote electronic device engaged in the videoconference. One or more processors apply a virtual background or virtual background indicia in the images behind depictions of the subject. In response to one or more sensors detecting initiation of a demonstration operation by the subject, the one or more processors cause the virtual background or virtual background indicia to appear behind depictions of a demonstration object of the demonstration operation such that the demonstration object is visible against the virtual background indicia or virtual background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Bharat Desai, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11792364
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to headset virtual presence techniques. For example, a participant of a communication session may not have an associated video feed, for example as a result of a user preference to disable video communication or a lack of appropriate hardware. Accordingly, a virtual presence may be generated for such a non-video participant, such that the non-video participant may be represented within the communication session similar to video participants. The virtual presence may be controllable using a headset device, for example such that movements identified by the headset device cause the virtual presence to move. In some instances, user input may be received to control emotions conveyed by the virtual presence, for example specifying an emotion type and/or intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michel Pahud, Mar Gonzalez Franco, Edward Sean Lloyd Rintel, Eyal Ofek, Jaron Zepel Lanier, Molly Jane Nicholas, Payod Panda
  • Patent number: 11785414
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a plurality of audio channels for a speaker setup, comprises a processor repeating an energy distribution from a speaker not contained in the speaker setup to the speakers in the speaker setup to acquire a downmix information for a downmix to the speaker setup; and a renderer for generating the plurality of audio channels using the downmix information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Christian Borss, Christian Ertel, Johannes Hilpert, Achim Kuntz, Michael Fischer, Florian Schuh, Bernhard Grill
  • Patent number: 11785180
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computer system identifies multiple sub-sessions of a network-based communication session in which multiple remote endpoint devices each provide media streams over a communication network. For each of the sub-sessions, the computer system can identify the endpoint devices included in the sub-session. The computer system can obtain user state data for each of the endpoint devices, the user state data for each endpoint device being generated based on analysis of face images of the user of the endpoint device. The computer system aggregates the user state data to determine a sub-session state for each of the sub-sessions. During the communication session, the computer system communicates over the communication network with a remote device associated with the communication session to cause a user interface of the remote device to indicate the sub-session states determined for one or more of the multiple sub-sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Reelay Meetings, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael H Peters
  • Patent number: 11785179
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jules C. Graybill, Katherine M. Ryan, Maren Marie Costa, Marshall Friend Tappen, Kristina Lisa Klinkner
  • Patent number: 11785063
    Abstract: One example method includes joining, using a video conferencing application, a video conference hosted by a video conference provider, the video conference having one or more participants; executing, within an execution environment provided by the video conferencing application, a software application to access a content object; receiving a command to share the content object to the one or more participants; and providing the content object to the one or more participants via the video conference provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Arun Janakiraman, Yeki Giles, Ross Douglas Mayfield, Shishir Sharma
  • Patent number: 11785384
    Abstract: A device for manipulating an incident acoustic wave to generate an acoustic output is described wherein the device comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged into an array, at least some of said unit cells being configured to introduce time delays to an incident acoustic wave at the respective positions of the unit cells within the array of unit cells, such that said plurality of unit cells define an array of time delays to thereby define a spatial delay distribution for manipulating an incident acoustic wave to generate an acoustic output. The array of time delays may be re-configured to vary the spatial delay distribution of the device in order to generate different acoustic outputs. Also described are methods for designing or configuring such devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Sussex
    Inventors: Sriram Subramanian, Gianluca Memoli, Bruce Drinkwater, Mihai Caleap, Deepak Ranjan Sahoo
  • Patent number: 11775834
    Abstract: A videoconferencing endpoint is described that uses a cascading sequence of convolutional neural networks to perform face detection and upper body detection of participants in a videoconference at the endpoint, where at least one member of the sequence of neural networks performs upper body detection, and where the final member of the sequence of neural networks performs face detection based on the results of the upper body detection. The models of the neural networks are trained on both large datasets of faces well as images that have been distorted by a wide-angle camera of the videoconferencing endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Polycom, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Xu, Xi Lu, Yongkang Fan, Wenxue He
  • Patent number: 11777883
    Abstract: A telecommunication and multimedia management apparatus and method that supports voice and other media communications and that enables users to: (i) participate in multiple conversation modes, including live phone calls, conference calls, instant voice messaging or tactical communications; (ii) review the messages of conversations in either a live mode or a time-shifted mode and to seamlessly transition back and forth between the two modes; (iii) participate in multiple conversations either concurrently or simultaneously; (iv) archive the messages of conversations for later review or processing; and (v) persistently store media either created or received on the communication devices of users. The latter feature enables users to generate or review media when either disconnected from the network or network conditions are poor and to optimize the delivery of media over the network based on network conditions and the intention of the users participating in conversations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Voxer IP LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Katis, James T. Panttaja, Mary G. Panttaja, Matthew J. Ranney
  • Patent number: 11778357
    Abstract: The present invention employs a privacy mask, with elongated mouth-piece, having a semi-circular opening for a user's mouth and a second opening coupled with a transfer tube in which a user's voice travels until it reaches the receiver of a mobile phone or computer, inserted in a head-set equipped with ear-pieces. The present invention is a telecommunication device allowing both speaking and listening with privacy, since it prevents both the user's voice to spread in the surrounding and outside noises to disturb the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolas Casati, Francois Casati
  • Patent number: 11778142
    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: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11775127
    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: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Baloga
  • Patent number: 11778143
    Abstract: Manipulating an image in an immersive video conference space includes associating an anchor to a background of the immersive video conference space, static interior objects in the immersive video conference space, and/or dynamic interior objects in the immersive video conference space or an area within a display pane of the immersive video conference space and actuating an anchor activation control that causes the image to move to a position of the anchor. The image may be an image of the presenter. The presenter may provide a gesture that actuates the anchor activation. The gesture may be a keyboard shortcut or a touch gesture. The touch gesture may be a tap, a swipe, or a tap and hold. The image may move to the position of the anchor along a transitional route. The image may change appearance as the image moves to the position of the anchor along the transitional route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: mmhmm inc.
    Inventor: Phil Libin
  • Patent number: 11770500
    Abstract: A system for managing a virtual meeting (e.g., video conference) includes memory storing a video conference application and at least one processor to execute the video conference application to generate a virtual meeting view for a first attendee including multiple attendee video streams arranged according to a virtual attendee arrangement specifying positions of the attendee video streams relative to each other in the virtual meeting view, receive second attendee audio data associated with a second attendee video stream, identify a particular video stream position specified by the virtual attendee arrangement, determine differential stereo effect data corresponding with the particular video stream position, and apply the differential stereo effect data to the second attendee audio data to provide differential audio signals on different audio channels output to the first attendee to create a stereo sound effect corresponding with the particular video stream position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Lloyd Clark, Keith Curtis
  • Patent number: 11770499
    Abstract: In one example, a video conferencing method to align video conference participant windows is disclosed. The method determines a position of a camera that captures images of a video conference participant. The method determines which one of multiple participant windows is a speaker participant window and aligns the speaker participant window with the position of the camera. The method may capture user-input parameters of an area adjacent to the camera to position the speaker participant window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase, N.A.
    Inventor: Vikas Kohli
  • Patent number: 11755692
    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: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Shmuel Ur Innovation LTD.
    Inventor: Shmuel Ur
  • Patent number: 11758086
    Abstract: One example method for conducting a conference between conference participants includes obtaining a scene layout for the conference, the scene layout comprising a plurality of video areas that are each assigned to a respective display video stream from one of the conference participants, and the scene layout forming a common visual presentation for the conference; receiving video streams from one or more of the conference participants; and displaying the scene layout, wherein the video streams from the conference participants are displayed in their respective assigned video areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Han, Wei Li