Patents by Inventor Bjorn Winsvold
Bjorn Winsvold has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230252970Abstract: Managing noise during an online conference session includes obtaining audio data from an endpoint participating in an online conference session. The audio data is derived from audio captured at the endpoint that includes musical sounds. The audio data is processed to identify a portion of the audio data in which a decibel level of the musical sounds is stable for a period of time. Non-musical noise present, if any, in the audio data with the musical sounds is identified and the non-musical noise is attenuated from the audio data to generate noise-reduced musical audio data. The noise-reduced musical audio data is transmitted for play out at one or more other endpoints participating in the online conference session.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Bjørn Winsvold, Eric Yi-hua Chen, Wei-Lien Hsu, Pi-Hsin Liu
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Patent number: 11688384Abstract: Managing noise during an online conference session includes obtaining audio data from an endpoint participating in an online conference session. The audio data is derived from audio captured at the endpoint that includes musical sounds. The audio data is processed to identify a portion of the audio data in which a decibel level of the musical sounds is stable for a period of time. Non-musical noise present, if any, in the audio data with the musical sounds is identified and the non-musical noise is attenuated from the audio data to generate noise-reduced musical audio data. The noise-reduced musical audio data is transmitted for play out at one or more other endpoints participating in the online conference session.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Bjørn Winsvold, Eric Yi-hua Chen, Wei-Lien Hsu, Pi-Hsin Liu
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Publication number: 20220051652Abstract: Managing noise during an online conference session includes obtaining audio data from an endpoint participating in an online conference session. The audio data is derived from audio captured at the endpoint that includes musical sounds. The audio data is processed to identify a portion of the audio data in which a decibel level of the musical sounds is stable for a period of time. Non-musical noise present, if any, in the audio data with the musical sounds is identified and the non-musical noise is attenuated from the audio data to generate noise-reduced musical audio data. The noise-reduced musical audio data is transmitted for play out at one or more other endpoints participating in the online conference session.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Bjørn Winsvold, Eric Yi-hua Chen, Wei-Lien Hsu, Pi-Hsin Liu
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Patent number: 10142521Abstract: Disclosed is a method that includes receiving an audio video stream, decoding the audio video stream to yield decoded video and decoded audio, transmitting the decoded video on a video cable to a display, transmitting a signal, such as, for example, a signal on an audio channel of the video cable, identifying an impulse response based on a received signal responsive to the transmitting of the signal, identifying a delay amount based on the impulse response and transmitting the decoded audio to a loudspeaker according to the delay amount. The cable can include an HDMI cable with the audio return channel (ARC) capability.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Bjørn Winsvold, Lennart Burenius
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Publication number: 20180278811Abstract: Disclosed is a method that includes receiving an audio video stream, decoding the audio video stream to yield decoded video and decoded audio, transmitting the decoded video on a video cable to a display, transmitting a signal, such as, for example, a signal on an audio channel of the video cable, identifying an impulse response based on a received signal responsive to the transmitting of the signal, identifying a delay amount based on the impulse response and transmitting the decoded audio to a loudspeaker according to the delay amount. The cable can include an HDMI cable with the audio return channel (ARC) capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Bjørn Winsvold, Lennart Burenius
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Patent number: 9801026Abstract: Techniques are presented herein for a server to automatically determine the locations of collaboration endpoints and user devices throughout a building, and then provide the user devices with directions to the endpoints. The server collects air pressure and GPS readings from the user devices over a period of time. The readings may be collected from user devices that are paired or unpaired with endpoints at the time of the readings. Over a period of time, the plurality of readings may be used by the server to calculate user device offsets, endpoint offsets, floor level offsets, and endpoint relative orientations within the building. The server may then, in response to a notification of an upcoming meeting, provide the user device with directions to the meeting based on the collected readings.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Oystein Birkenes, Bjorn Winsvold
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Publication number: 20170086032Abstract: Techniques are presented herein for a server to automatically determine the locations of collaboration endpoints and user devices throughout a building, and then provide the user devices with directions to the endpoints. The server collects air pressure and GPS readings from the user devices over a period of time. The readings may be collected from user devices that are paired or unpaired with endpoints at the time of the readings. Over a period of time, the plurality of readings may be used by the server to calculate user device offsets, endpoint offsets, floor level offsets, and endpoint relative orientations within the building. The server may then, in response to a notification of an upcoming meeting, provide the user device with directions to the meeting based on the collected readings.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Oystein Birkenes, Bjorn Winsvold
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Patent number: 9451414Abstract: Techniques are presented herein for a server to automatically determine the locations of collaboration endpoints and user devices throughout a building, and then provide the user devices with directions to the endpoints. The server collects air pressure and GPS readings from the user devices over a period of time. The readings may be collected from user devices that are paired or unpaired with endpoints at the time of the readings. Over a period of time, the plurality of readings may be used by the server to calculate user device offsets, endpoint offsets, floor level offsets, and endpoint relative orientations within the building. The server may then, in response to a notification of an upcoming meeting, provide the user device with directions to the meeting based on the collected readings.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Oystein Birkenes, Bjorn Winsvold
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Patent number: 9338544Abstract: A video conference endpoint determines a position of a best audio pick-up region for placement of a sound source relative to a microphone having a receive pattern configured to capture sound signals from the best region. The endpoint captures an image of a scene that encompasses the best region and displays the image of the scene. The endpoint generates an image representative of the best region and displays the generated image representative of the best region as an overlay of the scene image.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Haohai Sun, Bjørn Winsvold, Per Waagø, Amund Holmboe Basmo, Øystein Bredvei
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Patent number: 9226062Abstract: A telepresence video conference endpoint device includes spaced-apart microphone arrays each configured to transduce sound into corresponding sound signals. A processor receives the sound signals from the arrays and determines a direction-of-arrival (DOA) of sound at each array based on the set of sound signals from that array, determines if each array is blocked or unblocked based on the DOA determined for that array, selects an array among the arrays based on whether each array is determined to be blocked or unblocked, and perform subsequent sound processing based on one or more of the sound signals from the selected array.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Haohai Sun, Espen Moberg, Bjørn Winsvold
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Patent number: 9225937Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for controlling the level of ultrasound pairing signals generated in a teleconferencing environment. The levels of ultrasound pairing signals transmitted in a meeting room are adjusted automatically based on the ultrasound signal levels received at one or more of the sound receiving devices that can communicate with a teleconferencing endpoint in the meeting room.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Haohai Sun, Bjorn Winsvold
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Patent number: 9215543Abstract: A processing system can include a processor that includes circuitry. The circuitry can be configured to: receive far-end and near-end audio signals; detect silence events and voice activities from the audio signals; determine whether an audio event in the audio signals is an interference event or a speaker event based on the detected silence events and voice activities, and further based on localized acoustic source data and faces or motion detected from an image; and generate a mute or unmute indication based on whether the audio event is the interference event or the speaker event. The system can include a near-end microphone array to output the near-end audio signals, one or more far-end microphones to output the far-end audio signals, and one or more cameras to capture the image of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Haohai Sun, Bjorn Winsvold
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Publication number: 20150350769Abstract: A video conference endpoint determines a position of a best audio pick-up region for placement of a sound source relative to a microphone having a receive pattern configured to capture sound signals from the best region. The endpoint captures an image of a scene that encompasses the best region and displays the image of the scene. The endpoint generates an image representative of the best region and displays the generated image representative of the best region as an overlay of the scene image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Haohai Sun, Bjørn Winsvold, Per Waagø, Amund Holmboe Basmo, Øystein Bredvei
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Publication number: 20150271593Abstract: A telepresence video conference endpoint device includes spaced-apart microphone arrays each configured to transduce sound into corresponding sound signals. A processor receives the sound signals from the arrays and determines a direction-of-arrival (DOA) of sound at each array based on the set of sound signals from that array, determines if each array is blocked or unblocked based on the DOA determined for that array, selects an array among the arrays based on whether each array is determined to be blocked or unblocked, and perform subsequent sound processing based on one or more of the sound signals from the selected array.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Haohai Sun, Espen Moberg, Bjørn Winsvold
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Publication number: 20150156598Abstract: A processing system can include a processor that includes circuitry. The circuitry can be configured to: receive far-end and near-end audio signals; detect silence events and voice activities from the audio signals; determine whether an audio event in the audio signals is an interference event or a speaker event based on the detected silence events and voice activities, and further based on localized acoustic source data and faces or motion detected from an image; and generate a mute or unmute indication based on whether the audio event is the interference event or the speaker event. The system can include a near-end microphone array to output the near-end audio signals, one or more far-end microphones to output the far-end audio signals, and one or more cameras to capture the image of the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Haohai SUN, Bjorn Winsvold
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Publication number: 20150109404Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for controlling the level of ultrasound pairing signals generated in a teleconferencing environment. The levels of ultrasound pairing signals transmitted in a meeting room are adjusted automatically based on the ultrasound signal levels received at one or more of the sound receiving devices that can communicate with a teleconferencing endpoint in the meeting room.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Haohai Sun, Bjorn Winsvold
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Patent number: 8264519Abstract: A video conferencing system provides realistic presence of participants in a videoconference by way of standards-based communication. The system includes three large displays, and at least one slave codec and one camera for each display. In addition, there is an extra codec installed which is the master codec. The master codec is able to establish a conference by instructing the slave codecs at its own site and at the other participating sites to set up point-to-point connections with other slave codecs at different participation sites in a pattern providing an optimal feeling of natural communication so that when a user A talk to user B at another site, user B will experience that the user A turns to him.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Finn Helge Lunde, Einar Andreas Hustadnes Hagen, Fredrik Eric Magnus Oledal, Bjorn Winsvold, Jon Auden Reiersen Nordal
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Patent number: 8212854Abstract: A method and system with means for preventing unauthorized monitoring of a local conference room in which a local conferencing system is located comprising generation of a deterministic sound signal, and loading the deterministic sound signal on a first loudspeaker connected to, or integrated in the conferencing system, detecting the deterministic signal by analyzing a microphone signal picked up by a microphone connected to, or integrated in the conferencing system, and transferring the conference system into a security mode, if the deterministic signal is not detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Trygve Frederik Marton, Espen Holmbakken, Bjørn Winsvold
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Patent number: 7519347Abstract: A system and method for detecting cell phone noise induced in telecommunication equipment, especially in microphones and other unshielded electronic units connected to a communication terminal. A noise detector is configured to execute a so-called “cepstrum” transform of a captured signal exposed to cell phone noise. Due to the characteristics of cell phone radio signals using TDMA, cell phone induced can then easily be detected from the cepstrum transform as peaks at known samples, and noise elimination or attenuation may then be executed on the captured signal when cell phone noise is detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Tandberg Telecom ASInventor: Bjørn Winsvold
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Patent number: 7477735Abstract: An audio communication system and method with improved acoustic characteristics features a stereo detector that is introduced in the echo canceller of the system. When stereo in far-end audio is detected, converging of the adaptive mono model of the canceller is suspended, and when stereo in far-end audio is not detected, converging of the adaptive stereo model of the canceller is suspended. The system may also be extended with a miscellaneous processing unit configured to attenuate the signal at certain events implying a large stereo echo contribution. A stereo collapsing unit is also introduced on the channels of the far-end audio to remove the stereo image at certain events to further suppress the echo contribution.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Tandberg Telecom ASInventors: Trygve Frederik Marton, Ingvar Flaten Aarnes, Bjørn Winsvold, Geir Ole Øverby