Patents by Inventor Eyal Leviav
Eyal Leviav 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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Patent number: 10645342Abstract: A striped composed video image is disclosed, in which a main segment image is displayed with a strip of small strip segments. The strip of small strip segments is composed from a plurality of video images from a plurality of video streams. A user may pull video from the strip into the main segment. The strip of small strip segments may scrolled without affecting the main segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: POLYCOM, INC.Inventors: Ami Noy, Uri Avni, Eyal Leviav
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Publication number: 20180103236Abstract: A striped composed video image is disclosed, in which a main segment image is displayed with a strip of small strip segments. The strip of small strip segments is composed from a plurality of video images from a plurality of video streams. A user may pull video from the strip into the main segment. The strip of small strip segments may scrolled without affecting the main segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Ami Noy, Uri Avni, Eyal Leviav
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Patent number: 9876989Abstract: A striped composed video image is disclosed, in which a main segment image is displayed with a strip of small strip segments. The strip of small strip segments is composed from a plurality of video images from a plurality of video streams. A user may pull video from the strip into the main segment. The strip of small strip segments may scrolled without affecting the main segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Ami Noy, Uri Avni, Eyal Leviav
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Publication number: 20170310932Abstract: Content presented in association with a transmitting endpoint is obtained by the transmitting endpoint and transmitted to a receiving endpoint of a videoconference, along with associated information regarding interaction of a presenter with the content at the transmitting side. The receiving endpoint presents the presented content obtained from the transmitting endpoint similar to the presentation format at the transmitting side. Where the original presentation format is not suitable for transmission, a video image of the content in the original presentation format may be transmitted. An intermediate control unit, such as a multipoint control unit, may relay content and associated information between transmitting and receiving endpoints.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Avihay Barazany, Eyal Leviav
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Patent number: 9743043Abstract: A technique allows delivering content in a videoconference among a plurality of conferees in multiple quality levels. Content distributed from a multipoint control unit that is connected to an endpoint that delivers the content to receiving endpoints may have two or more quality levels. The quality level can be adapted to the capabilities of the receiving endpoints and the current quality of the connection that is used to deliver the content toward the receiving endpoints. The quality level associated with an endpoint may change during a session dynamically, adapting the delivery mode to changes in the condition of the connection between the receiving endpoints and the multipoint control unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Uri Avni, Alon Klein, Danny Shnaps, Yoella Bourshan, Eyal Leviav, Noa Reiter
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Patent number: 9729822Abstract: Content presented in association with a transmitting endpoint is obtained by the transmitting endpoint and transmitted to a receiving endpoint of a videoconference, along with associated information regarding interaction of a presenter with the content at the transmitting side. The receiving endpoint presents the presented content obtained from the transmitting endpoint similar to the presentation format at the transmitting side. Where the original presentation format is not suitable for transmission, a video image of the content in the original presentation format may be transmitted. An intermediate control unit, such as a multipoint control unit, may relay content and associated information between transmitting and receiving endpoints.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Avihay Barazany, Eyal Leviav
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Publication number: 20160373697Abstract: A technique allows delivering content in a videoconference among a plurality of conferees in multiple quality levels. Content distributed from a multipoint control unit that is connected to an endpoint that delivers the content to receiving endpoints may have two or more quality levels. The quality level can be adapted to the capabilities of the receiving endpoints and the current quality of the connection that is used to deliver the content toward the receiving endpoints. The quality level associated with an endpoint may change during a session dynamically, adapting the delivery mode to changes in the condition of the connection between the receiving endpoints and the multipoint control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Uri Avni, Alon Klein, Danny Shnaps, Yoella Bourshan, Eyal Leviav, Noa Reiter
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Patent number: 9516272Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Uri Avni, Eyal Leviav
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Patent number: 9369671Abstract: A technique allows delivering content in a videoconference among a plurality of conferees in multiple quality levels. Content distributed from a multipoint control unit that is connected to an endpoint that delivers the content to receiving endpoints may have two or more quality levels. The quality level can be adapted to the capabilities of the receiving endpoints and the current quality of the connection that is used to deliver the content toward the receiving endpoints. The quality level associated with an endpoint may change during a session dynamically, adapting the delivery mode to changes in the condition of the connection between the receiving endpoints and the multipoint control unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Uri Avni, Alon Klein, Danny Shnaps, Yoella Bourshan, Eyal Leviav, Noa Reiter
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Publication number: 20150341596Abstract: A striped composed video image is disclosed, in which a main segment image is displayed with a strip of small strip segments. The strip of small strip segments is composed from a plurality of video images from a plurality of video streams. A user may pull video from the strip into the main segment. The strip of small strip segments may scrolled without affecting the main segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Ami Noy, Uri Avni, Eyal Leviav
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Patent number: 9041767Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Eyal Leviav, Niv Wagner, Efrat Be'ery
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Patent number: 8970657Abstract: Upon receiving a continuous presence video image, an endpoint of a videoconference may identify its self image and replace the self image with other video data, including an alternate video image from another endpoint or a background color. Embedded markers may be placed in a continuous presence video image corresponding to the endpoint. The embedded markers identify the location of the self image of the endpoint in the continuous presence video image. The embedded markers may be inserted by the endpoint or a multipoint control unit serving the endpoint.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Yaakov Moshe Rosenberg, Eyal Leviav
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Publication number: 20140354764Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Uri Avni, Eyal Leviav
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Publication number: 20140347435Abstract: Content presented in association with a transmitting endpoint is obtained by the transmitting endpoint and transmitted to a receiving endpoint of a videoconference, along with associated information regarding interaction of a presenter with the content at the transmitting side. The receiving endpoint presents the presented content obtained from the transmitting endpoint similar to the presentation format at the transmitting side. Where the original presentation format is not suitable for transmission, a video image of the content in the original presentation format may be transmitted. An intermediate control unit, such as a multipoint control unit, may relay content and associated information between transmitting and receiving endpoints.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Avihay Barazany, Eyal Leviav
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Publication number: 20140225982Abstract: A technique allows delivering content in a videoconference among a plurality of conferees in multiple quality levels. Content distributed from a multipoint control unit that is connected to an endpoint that delivers the content to receiving endpoints may have two or more quality levels. The quality level can be adapted to the capabilities of the receiving endpoints and the current quality of the connection that is used to deliver the content toward the receiving endpoints. The quality level associated with an endpoint may change during a session dynamically, adapting the delivery mode to changes in the condition of the connection between the receiving endpoints and the multipoint control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Uri Avni, Alon Klein, Danny Shnaps, Yoella Bourshan, Eyal Leviav, Noa Reiter
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Patent number: 8805928Abstract: The present invention is a system and a method for providing a control unit for a multipoint multimedia/audio conference that enables one or more participants to take part in more than one conference simultaneously. The control unit can operate in audio and/or video sections of an MCU and/or Management and Control System (MCS). The MCS, in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, controls the participation of at least one participant in more than one conference simultaneously by using a Cross-Conference Database (CCDB). The MCU performs connection changes affecting which participants are associated with one or more conferences based on the information that is stored in the CCDB.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Sergey Potekhin, Eran Knaz, Moshe Elbaz, Eyal Leviav
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Patent number: 8704871Abstract: One or more horizontal stripes are defined in a continuous presence video conferencing image, comprising one or more segments of the video image. The horizontal stripes may have different heights. A horizontal stripe builder associated with a continuous presence videoconferencing port composes and compresses the horizontal stripe from two or more video images received from a plurality of endpoints of the video conferencing system. A continuous presence image stream generator organizes compressed horizontal strips into a plurality of compressed continuous presence video streams for sending toward sites of the video conferencing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Aviv Eisenberg, Niv Wagner, Eyal Leviav, Craig Clapp
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Publication number: 20140002585Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Eyal Leviav, Niv Wagner, Efrat Be'ery
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Patent number: 8542266Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for adapting a continuous presence videoconferencing layout according to interactions between conferees. Using regions of interest found in video images, the arrangement of images of conferees may be dynamically arranged as displayed by endpoints. Arrangements may be responsive to various metrics, including the position of conferees in a room and dominant conferees in the videoconference. Video images may be manipulated as part of the arrangement, including cropping and mirroring the video image. As interactions between conferees change, the layout may be automatically rearranged responsive to the changed interactions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Eyal Leviav, Niv Wagner, Efrat Be'ery
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Patent number: 8427520Abstract: Upon receiving a continuous presence video image, an endpoint of a videoconference may identify its self image and replace the self image with other video data, including an alternate video image from another endpoint or a background color. Embedded markers may be placed in a continuous presence video image corresponding to the endpoint. The embedded markers identify the location of the self image of the endpoint in the continuous presence video image. The embedded markers may be inserted by the endpoint or a multipoint control unit serving the endpoint.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Polycom, Inc.Inventors: Yaakov Moshe Rosenberg, Eyal Leviav