Patents by Inventor Conrad BEBBINGTON

Conrad BEBBINGTON 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).

  • Method and apparatus for motion based participant switching in multipoint video conferences
    Patent number: 9723264
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory that stores executable instructions and a processor that executes the instructions in order to determine, for plural received compressed video inputs, at least one motion vector included in each of the plural compressed video inputs; calculate, based on the determined motion vectors, a motion value corresponding to each of the plural compressed video inputs, the motion values representing a level of motion over several frames for each of the plural compressed video inputs; and select, based on the calculated motion values, at least one of the plural compressed video inputs to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad Bebbington, Paul Bright-Thomas
  • Method and Apparatus for Motion Based Participant Switching in Multipoint Video Conferences
    Publication number: 20150326825
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory that stores executable instructions and a processor that executes the instructions in order to determine, for plural received compressed video inputs, at least one motion vector included in each of the plural compressed video inputs; calculate, based on the determined motion vectors, a motion value corresponding to each of the plural compressed video inputs, the motion values representing a level of motion over several frames for each of the plural compressed video inputs; and select, based on the calculated motion values, at least one of the plural compressed video inputs to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Conrad Bebbington, Paul Bright-Thomas
  • Method and apparatus for motion based participant switching in multipoint video conferences
    Patent number: 9106793
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory that stores executable instructions and a processor that executes the instructions in order to determine, for plural received compressed video inputs, at least one motion vector included in each of the plural compressed video inputs; calculate, based on the determined motion vectors, a motion value corresponding to each of the plural compressed video inputs, the motion values representing a level of motion over several frames for each of the plural compressed video inputs; and select, based on the calculated motion values, at least one of the plural compressed video inputs to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad Bebbington, Paul Bright-Thomas
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION BASED PARTICIPANT SWITCHING IN MULTIPOINT VIDEO CONFERENCES
    Publication number: 20140184731
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory that stores executable instructions and a processor that executes the instructions in order to determine, for plural received compressed video inputs, at least one motion vector included in each of the plural compressed video inputs; calculate, based on the determined motion vectors, a motion value corresponding to each of the plural compressed video inputs, the motion values representing a level of motion over several frames for each of the plural compressed video inputs; and select, based on the calculated motion values, at least one of the plural compressed video inputs to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Conrad BEBBINGTON, Paul Bright-Thomas