Patents by Inventor Stephen Botzko

Stephen Botzko 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: 10148909
    Abstract: A portable immersive telepresence conferencing system which can capture audio data and video data and communicate at least some of the captured data to at least one remote endpoint via a network interface, receive image data and audio data from at least one remote source via the network interface and render a depiction of at least one object, which is substantially the same size of the actual object being shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Publication number: 20180027211
    Abstract: A portable immersive telepresence conferencing system which can capture audio data and video data and communicate at least some of the captured data to at least one remote endpoint via a network interface, receive image data and audio data from at least one remote source via the network interface and render a depiction of at least one object, which is substantially the same size of the actual object being shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Patent number: 9743039
    Abstract: A portable immersive telepresence conferencing system which can capture audio data and video data and communicate at least some of the captured data to at least one remote endpoint via a network interface, receive image data and audio data from at least one remote source via the network interface and render a depiction of at least one object, which is substantially the same size of the actual object being shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Patent number: 9661376
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for reconstruction video information lost as a result of transmission errors. The system and method have four aspects, including: (1) changing the bit and/or packet rate; (2) inserting redundant information into the video bitstream; (3) providing automatic refresh of certain regions of the video on a periodic basis; and (4) interleaving coded macroblocks into diversity groups for transmission to spatially spread the effect of lost packets. The image reconstruction may then take advantage of these three aspects to provide an enhanced result in the presence of transmission losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Botzko, Ilan Yona, Moshe Elbaz, Michael Horowitz
  • Publication number: 20170048486
    Abstract: A portable immersive telepresence conferencing system which can capture audio data and video data and communicate at least some of the captured data to at least one remote endpoint via a network interface, receive image data and audio data from at least one remote source via the network interface and render a depiction of at least one object, which is substantially the same size of the actual object being shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Patent number: 9503689
    Abstract: A conferencing peripheral for use with a mobile device or laptop or desktop computer can include one or more projectors, cameras, microphones, and speakers. Such a device can work with the mobile device to provide a higher quality conferencing experience than has been provided to date by projecting a substantially full size, high resolution, image of conference participants onto a screen or wall and by providing microphones, speakers, and sufficient audio processing to provide high fidelity audio as part of the conferencing experience. The peripheral may be configured to use the voice and/or data network of the mobile device or may include its own internal network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Publication number: 20160073057
    Abstract: A conferencing peripheral for use with a mobile device or laptop or desktop computer can include one or more projectors, cameras, microphones, and speakers. Such a device can work with the mobile device to provide a higher quality conferencing experience than has been provided to date by projecting a substantially full size, high resolution, image of conference participants onto a screen or wall and by providing microphones, speakers, and sufficient audio processing to provide high fidelity audio as part of the conferencing experience. The peripheral may be configured to use the voice and/or data network of the mobile device or may include its own internal network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Patent number: 9215406
    Abstract: A conferencing peripheral for use with a mobile device or laptop or desktop computer can include one or more of projectors, cameras, microphones, and speakers. Such a device can work with the mobile device to provide a higher quality conferencing experience than has been provided to date by projecting a substantially full size, high resolution, image of conference participants onto a screen or wall and by providing microphones, speakers, and sufficient audio processing to provide high fidelity audio as part of the conferencing experience. The peripheral may be configured to use the voice and/or data network of the mobile device or may include its own internal network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Publication number: 20140267545
    Abstract: A conferencing peripheral for use with a mobile device or laptop or desktop computer can include one or more of projectors, cameras, microphones, and speakers. Such a device can work with the mobile device to provide a higher quality conferencing experience than has been provided to date by projecting a substantially full size, high resolution, image of conference participants onto a screen or wall and by providing microphones, speakers, and sufficient audio processing to provide high fidelity audio as part of the conferencing experience. The peripheral may be configured to use the voice and/or data network of the mobile device or may include its own internal network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Stephen Botzko
  • Patent number: 8831932
    Abstract: Use of a scalable audio codec to implement distributed mixing and/or sender bit rate regulation in a multipoint conference is disclosed. The scalable audio codec allows the audio signal from each endpoint to be split into one or more frequency bands and for the transform coefficients within such bands to be prioritized such that usable audio may be decoded from a subset of the entire signal. The subset may be created by omitting certain frequency bands and/or by omitting certain coefficients within the frequency bands. By providing various rules for each endpoint in a conference, the endpoint can determine the importance of its signal to the conference and can select an appropriate bit rate, thereby conserving bandwidth and/or processing power throughout the conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Jinwei Feng, Peter L. Chu, Stephen Botzko
  • Patent number: 8493862
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for overcoming lost packets and avoiding congestion when conducting media conferences over packet switched networks are described herein. To avoid the problem of lost packets, redundant information is inserted into the media stream that permits the receiver to reconstruct any lost packets from the redundant information. Congestion avoidance techniques include adjusting the bitrate of the media stream to find the highest bitrate that can be supported without packet loss due to congestion. When increasing the bitrate to a higher rate, the additional bits can come from the redundant information used for lost packet recovery so that any lost packets caused by network congestion will not adversely affect the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Botzko, John Paul Spearman, Richard Flott, Jr., David Hein
  • Patent number: 8374236
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for digital video encoding is disclosed. The disclosed system provides for a way of improving video quality for a given video coding system design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: John Sievers, Stephen Botzko, David Lindbergh, Charles M. Crisler
  • Publication number: 20120290305
    Abstract: Use of a scalable audio codec to implement distributed mixing and/or sender bit rate regulation in a multipoint conference is disclosed. The scalable audio codec allows the audio signal from each endpoint to be split into one or more frequency bands and for the transform coefficients within such bands to be prioritized such that usable audio may be decoded from a subset of the entire signal. The subset may be created by omitting certain frequency bands and/or by omitting certain coefficients within the frequency bands. By providing various rules for each endpoint in a conference, the endpoint can determine the importance of its signal to the conference and can select an appropriate bit rate, thereby conserving bandwidth and/or processing power throughout the conference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: POLYCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Jinwei Feng, Peter L. Chu, Stephen Botzko
  • Publication number: 20120200663
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for digital video encoding is disclosed. The disclosed system provides for a way of improving video quality for a given video coding system design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: POLYCOM, INC.
    Inventors: John Sievers, Stephen Botzko, David Lindbergh, Charles M. Crisler
  • Publication number: 20110096776
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for overcoming lost packets and avoiding congestion when conducting media conferences over packet switched networks are described herein. To avoid the problem of lost packets, redundant information is inserted into the media stream that permits the receiver to reconstruct any lost packets from the redundant information. Congestion avoidance techniques include adjusting the bitrate of the media stream to find the highest bitrate that can be supported without packet loss due to congestion. When increasing the bitrate to a higher rate, the additional bits can come from the redundant information used for lost packet recovery so that any lost packets caused by network congestion will not adversely affect the bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: POLYCOM, INC
    Inventors: Stephen Botzko, John Paul Spearman, Richard Flott, JR., David Hein
  • Patent number: 7876685
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for overcoming lost packets and avoiding congestion when conducting media conferences over packet switched networks are described herein. To avoid the problem of lost packets, redundant information is inserted into the media stream that permits the receiver to reconstruct any lost packets from the redundant information. Congestion avoidance techniques include adjusting the bitrate of the media stream to find the highest bitrate that can be supported without packet loss due to congestion. When increasing the bitrate to a higher rate, the additional bits can come from the redundant information used for lost packet recovery so that any lost packets caused by network congestion will not adversely affect the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Botzko, John Paul Spearman, Richard Flott, Jr., David Hein
  • Publication number: 20090046580
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for overcoming lost packets and avoiding congestion when conducting media conferences over packet switched networks are described herein. To avoid the problem of lost packets, redundant information is inserted into the media stream that permits the receiver to reconstruct any lost packets from the redundant information. Congestion avoidance techniques include adjusting the bitrate of the media stream to find the highest bitrate that can be supported without packet loss due to congestion. When increasing the bitrate to a higher rate, the additional bits can come from the redundant information used for lost packet recovery so that any lost packets caused by network congestion will not adversely affect the bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: POLYCOM, INC
    Inventors: STEPHEN BOTZKO, JOHN PAUL SPEARMAN, RICHARD FLOTT, JR., DAVID HEIN
  • Publication number: 20080267297
    Abstract: Described herein is a de-blocking filter arrangement for video encoders and decoders that include a de-blocking loop filter. In some embodiments, the post filter may be configured to process all edges that were not processed by the loop filter. In other embodiments the encoder may specify which edges should be processed by the loop filter and/or by the post filter. Also disclosed herein is a de-blocking filter arrangement for video encoders and decoders that include first and second de-blocking loop filters. The second loop filter is configured to operate only on slice boundaries that were not processed by the first loop filter, e.g., for one of the reasons described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: POLYCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Jesus Sampedro, Athar Shah, Stephen Botzko
  • Publication number: 20070014360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for reconstruction video information lost as a result of transmission errors. The system and method have four aspects, including: (1) changing the bit and/or packet rate; (2) inserting redundant information into the video bitstream; (3) providing automatic refresh of certain regions of the video on a periodic basis; and (4) interleaving coded macroblocks into diversity groups for transmission to spatially spread the effect of lost packets. The image reconstruction may then take advantage of these three aspects to provide an enhanced result in the presence of transmission losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen Botzko, Ilan Yona, Moshe Elbaz, Michael Horowitz
  • Publication number: 20050201469
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for digital video encoding is disclosed. The disclosed system provides for a way of improving video quality for a given video coding system design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: John Sievers, Stephen Botzko, David Lindbergh, Charles Crisler