Patents by Inventor Frode Tjøntveit

Frode Tjøntveit 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).

  • Publication number: 20230119874
    Abstract: Distance-based framing includes obtaining at least a video stream during an online conference session. The video stream, an audio stream received with the video stream, or both the video stream and the audio stream are analyzed and a framing that either focuses on a speaker in the video stream or provides an overview of participants in the video stream, the framing being is composed based on the analyzing. A potential error in the framing is detected based on further analysis of at least one of the video stream, the audio stream, or distance sensor data received with the video stream. If the distance sensor data contradicts the potential error, the framing is maintained, but if the distance sensor data confirms the potential error, a new framing is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Frode Tjøntveit, Erik Hellerud, Øystein Damhaug, Kristian Tangeland
  • Patent number: 11563783
    Abstract: Distance-based framing includes obtaining at least a video stream during an online conference session. The video stream, an audio stream received with the video stream, or both the video stream and the audio stream are analyzed and a framing that either focuses on a speaker in the video stream or provides an overview of participants in the video stream, the framing being is composed based on the analyzing. A potential error in the framing is detected based on further analysis of at least one of the video stream, the audio stream, or distance sensor data received with the video stream. The potential error may be contradicted or confirmed based on an amount of motion when the framing focuses on the speaker. If the distance sensor data contradicts the potential error, the framing is maintained, but if the distance sensor data confirms the potential error, a new framing is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Frode Tjøntveit, Erik Hellerud, Øystein Damhaug, Kristian Tangeland
  • Patent number: 11336840
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for virtual background replacement during a video communication session. A frame comprising a user image and a captured background is obtained from a video capture device as part of a video stream. The frame is processed to replace the captured background with a virtual background. A change to an exposure characteristic of the video capture device is determined. In response to determining the change to the exposure characteristic, the virtual background is modified to match a virtual background brightness with a user image brightness to produce a modified virtual background. The frame is modified by combining the user image with the modified virtual background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kristian Tangeland, Frode Tjøntveit, Erik Hellerud, Torgeir Moringen, Mattias Ahnoff
  • Publication number: 20220070389
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for virtual background replacement during a video communication session. A frame comprising a user image and a captured background is obtained from a video capture device as part of a video stream. The frame is processed to replace the captured background with a virtual background. A change to an exposure characteristic of the video capture device is determined. In response to determining the change to the exposure characteristic, the virtual background is modified to match a virtual background brightness with a user image brightness to produce a modified virtual background. The frame is modified by combining the user image with the modified virtual background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kristian Tangeland, Frode Tjøntveit, Erik Hellerud, Torgeir Moringen, Mattias Ahnoff
  • Publication number: 20220053037
    Abstract: Distance-based framing includes obtaining at least a video stream during an online conference session. The video stream, an audio stream received with the video stream, or both the video stream and the audio stream are analyzed and a framing that either focuses on a speaker in the video stream or provides an overview of participants in the video stream, the framing being is composed based on the analyzing. A potential error in the framing is detected based on further analysis of at least one of the video stream, the audio stream, or distance sensor data received with the video stream. If the distance sensor data contradicts the potential error, the framing is maintained, but if the distance sensor data confirms the potential error, a new framing is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Frode Tjøntveit, Erik Hellerud, Øystein Damhaug, Kristian Tangeland
  • Patent number: 11032482
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems related to automatic adjustment of screen brightness for optimized presentation to both physically present and remote audience during the multimedia collaboration session. In one aspect, a method includes detecting presence of a screen in the field of view of a camera in a meeting room; determining if exposure of the camera or brightness of the screen is to be adjusted, to yield a determination; and controlling at least one of the exposure of the camera or the brightness of the screen based on the determination such that viewing of meeting room and the screen are legible for one or more audience and the screen is legible for one or more audience present in the meeting room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kristian Tangeland, Frode Tjøntveit, Erik Hellerud
  • Publication number: 20210044734
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems related to automatic adjustment of screen brightness for optimized presentation to both physically present and remote audience during the multimedia collaboration session. In one aspect, a method includes detecting presence of a screen in the field of view of a camera in a meeting room; determining if exposure of the camera or brightness of the screen is to be adjusted, to yield a determination; and controlling at least one of the exposure of the camera or the brightness of the screen based on the determination such that viewing of meeting room and the screen are legible for one or more audience and the screen is legible for one or more audience present in the meeting room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kristian Tangeland, Frode Tjøntveit, Erik Hellerud
  • Patent number: 10623657
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for automatically setting exposure levels in a session based on an active participant. In some embodiments, a method can include detecting faces of one or more participants in one or more images in a captured video feed at a location of the participants illuminated at one or more illumination levels at the location. The one or more detected faces can be associated with brightness levels of the one or more participants based on the one or more illumination levels at the location. Audio input can be received for the one or more participants at the location and a first participant can be identified as an active participant using the audio input. Further, an exposure level of the captured video feed can be set based on the first participant acting as the active participant according to a brightness level in the one or more images associated with a face detection of the first participant in the one or more images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Hellerud, Frode Tjøntveit, Lennart Burenius
  • Patent number: 10560636
    Abstract: Crop synchronized auto focus and exposure may be provided. First, a command corresponding to a new crop region of a sensor of a camera may be received. Then new capture settings corresponding to the new crop region may be obtained. Next, a frame may be captured from the sensor of the camera according to the obtained new capture settings. The captured frame may then be cropped according to the new crop region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Hellerud, Frode Tjøntveit, Anh Duc Dao
  • Publication number: 20190379839
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for automatically setting exposure levels in a session based on an active participant. In some embodiments, a method can include detecting faces of one or more participants in one or more images in a captured video feed at a location of the participants illuminated at one or more illumination levels at the location. The one or more detected faces can be associated with brightness levels of the one or more participants based on the one or more illumination levels at the location. Audio input can be received for the one or more participants at the location and a first participant can be identified as an active participant using the audio input. Further, an exposure level of the captured video feed can be set based on the first participant acting as the active participant according to a brightness level in the one or more images associated with a face detection of the first participant in the one or more images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Erik Hellerud, Frode Tjøntveit, Lennart Burenius