Patents by Inventor Glenn R. G. Aarrestad

Glenn R. G. Aarrestad 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).

  • Patent number: 10440322
    Abstract: A system that automatically configures the behavior of the display devices of a video conference endpoint. The controller may detect, at a microphone array having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to a camera, audio emitted from one or more loudspeakers, each loudspeaker having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to at least one of one or more display devices in a conference room. The controller may then generate data representing a spatial relationship between the one or more display devices and the camera based on the detected audio. Finally, the controller may assign video sources received by the endpoint to each of the one or more display devices based on the data representing the spatial relationship and the content of each received video source, and may also assign outputs from multiple video cameras to an outgoing video stream based on the on the data representing the spatial relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Lennart Burenius, Jochen Christof Schirdewahn, Johan Ludvig Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20180192002
    Abstract: A system that automatically configures the behavior of the display devices of a video conference endpoint. The controller may detect, at a microphone array having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to a camera, audio emitted from one or more loudspeakers, each loudspeaker having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to at least one of one or more display devices in a conference room. The controller may then generate data representing a spatial relationship between the one or more display devices and the camera based on the detected audio. Finally, the controller may assign video sources received by the endpoint to each of the one or more display devices based on the data representing the spatial relationship and the content of each received video source, and may also assign outputs from multiple video cameras to an outgoing video stream based on the on the data representing the spatial relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Lennart Burenius, Jochen Christof Schirdewahn, Johan Ludvig Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20180124354
    Abstract: A system that automatically configures the behavior of the display devices of a video conference endpoint. The controller may detect, at a microphone array having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to a camera, audio emitted from one or more loudspeakers, each loudspeaker having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to at least one of one or more display devices in a conference room. The controller may then generate data representing a spatial relationship between the one or more display devices and the camera based on the detected audio. Finally, the controller may assign video sources received by the endpoint to each of the one or more display devices based on the data representing the spatial relationship and the content of each received video source, and may also assign outputs from multiple video cameras to an outgoing video stream based on the on the data representing the spatial relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Lennart Burenius, Jochen Christof Schirdewahn, Johan Ludvig Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9942513
    Abstract: A system that automatically configures the behavior of the display devices of a video conference endpoint. The controller may detect, at a microphone array having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to a camera, audio emitted from one or more loudspeakers, each loudspeaker having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to at least one of one or more display devices in a conference room. The controller may then generate data representing a spatial relationship between the one or more display devices and the camera based on the detected audio. Finally, the controller may assign video sources received by the endpoint to each of the one or more display devices based on the data representing the spatial relationship and the content of each received video source, and may also assign outputs from multiple video cameras to an outgoing video stream based on the on the data representing the spatial relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Lennart Burenius, Jochen Christof Schirdewahn, Johan Ludvig Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9674453
    Abstract: At a video conference endpoint including a microphone array and a camera, different camera framings are established to frame different views of a talker based on different sets of pan, tilt, and focal length settings of the camera. Different video frames of the different views are captured using the different camera framings, respectively. A sound source direction of the talker relative to the microphone array in a fixed three-dimensional (3D) global coordinate system is determined for the different views based on sound from the talker detected by the microphone array. The sound source direction relative to the microphone array is converted to different sound source positions in planar coordinates relative to the different video frames based on the different sets of pan, tilt, and focal length settings, respectively. The different video frames, the sound, and the different sound source positions in planar coordinates are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristian Tangeland, Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Johan Ludvig Nielsen, Øivind Stuan
  • Patent number: D679707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Evelyne Chaubert, Eric W. Nichols, Shawn E. Bender, Danny H. B. Chan, Torence Lu, Daniel C. Nunez, David M. Sanguinet, Kenneth D. Wood, Terri L. Cruse, Emory T. Richards, Dan Harden, Christopher L. Whittall, Kyle A. Buzzard
  • Patent number: D710336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Eric W. Nichols, Evelyne Chaubert, David M. Sanguinet, Shawn E. Bender, Olin D. Williford
  • Patent number: D718762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn R. G. Aarrestad, Jorunn Tyssø, Eva-Marit Tøftum