Patents by Inventor Todd E. Swierk

Todd E. Swierk 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: 11969209
    Abstract: End user interactions at a display are monitored for predetermined conditions to provide augmentation of display presentation by a red light that illuminates in the 650 to 800 nm range, such as at substantially 670 nm. Instructions stored in non-transient memory and executed on a processor present visual images of varied color contrast and evaluate end user inputs to determine an end user visual acuity. Over time and use of the display and red light, end user visual acuity is periodically tested to evaluate the effectiveness of red light illumination to restore visual acuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stefan Peana, Todd E. Swierk, Timoteo T. Lee Kang
  • Patent number: 11838684
    Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user or background to be transmitted in the videoconference session and the processor to determine from input videoframe data and the detected sensor distance data of the user or the objects or inputting these into the intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system to generate optimized videoframe privacy adjustments to apply a privacy alteration to captured videoframes when the user is detected as absent, other faces, or background movement is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11778142
    Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent appearance monitoring management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user and the processor to input videoframe data, including the detected user's image, into a trained neural network of the intelligent appearance monitoring management system to generate optimized appearance filtering adjustments indicating detection of a user appearance anomaly in the user's image or altering a user's image in the captured videoframes in response to the user appearance anomaly and prepare those videoframes for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11735088
    Abstract: End user cumulative blue light exposure from a display is tracked over time so that a message may be provided to the end user if the exposure exceeds a threshold. For instance, a display frame buffer is retrieved to determine an average blue light component presented at the display, which is then adjusted based upon display characteristics, such as display size, luminance and brightness, end user distance to the display and a sensed ambient blue light component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Stefan Peana, Timoteo T. Lee Kang
  • Patent number: 11665169
    Abstract: A host server information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit; a network interface device to receive and provide audio/visual (AV) data during execution of the MMCA for a video conference session; the processor configured to execute a collaborative rights information management system to: manage the recordation of a video conference session during the execution of the MMCA to create a recording of the video conference session and assign a first password to protect the recording of the video conference session as a default password; assign a security level to the recording of the video conference session; and permit access, via the network interface device, to the recordings of the video conference session by transmitting the password to those users who are associated with a higher user access permission level than the aggregated user access permissions and are authorized to access the recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Todd E. Swierk
  • Patent number: 11463270
    Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent face framing management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user and the processor to input videoframe data, including the detected user's image, into a trained neural network to determine image features for the intelligent face framing management system to generate optimized face framing adjustments center or normalize the user's image in the captured videoframes or intelligently select an alternate camera and prepare those videoframes for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11463656
    Abstract: A sink information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may comprise a network interface device to receive a plurality of video frame slices of a video frame of a remote participant user of a source information handling system participating in a video conference session, the network interface device to receive an identification of a subset of the plurality of video frame slices having an assigned probability of presence of the remote participant's body that exceeds a threshold probability, based on a human object presence (HOP) heat map, as a HOP video frame slice group, the processor to decode data within the HOP video frame slice group, and a digital display device to display the video frame, as transformed by the audio/visual processing instruction algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Todd E. Swierk
  • Patent number: 11451770
    Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a memory; a power management unit; a video camera to capture video of a user participating in a video conference session conducted by a processor executing code instructions of the MMCA via a first network link on a network interface device; a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor to provide distance data descriptive of the distance between a user's body and the video camera; the processor configured to execute a video frame user presence detection system to: slice a video frame into a plurality of video frame slices; based on the distance data, create a human object presence (HOP) heat map to assign a probability of the presence of the user's body within each video frame slice of the video frame; the processor configured to select, among the plurality of video frame slices, those video frame slices with an assigned probability of presence of the user's body that exceeds a threshold probability as a HOP video f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Todd E. Swierk
  • Patent number: 11451744
    Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a memory; a power management unit; a camera to capture video of a user participating in a video conference session; a processor configured to execute code instructions of a trained intelligent collaboration contextual session management system (ICCSMS) neural network to receive as inputs: the type of AV processing instruction modules enabled descriptive of how to visually transform a video frame during a video conference session executed by a multimedia multi-user collaboration application; and sensor data from a plurality of sensors including an ambient light sensor to detect ambient light around a participant of the video conference session and a color senser to detect color vectors in the video frame; the processor applies AV processing instruction adjustments to the enabled AV processing instruction modules received as output from the trained ICC SMS machine learning module to adjust the lighting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Publication number: 20220295012
    Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent appearance monitoring management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user and the processor to input videoframe data, including the detected user's image, into a trained neural network of the intelligent appearance monitoring management system to generate optimized appearance filtering adjustments indicating detection of a user appearance anomaly in the user's image or altering a user's image in the captured videoframes in response to the user appearance anomaly and prepare those videoframes for transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 11445128
    Abstract: An intelligent video processing management method may comprise joining a videoconference session with multiple participants via a multimedia multi-user collaboration application, detecting a current central processing unit (CPU) consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application and a current MMCA processor setting, associating each of the participants with an organizational ranking relative to the purpose of the videoconference session, inputting sensor data including the participant's organizational rankings, the current CPU consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application, and the current MMCA processor setting to a trained neural network, outputting from the neural network an optimized boundary detection algorithm selection instruction predicted to adjust performance of the information handling system to meet a preset performance benchmark requirement, during the videoconference session, and applying a virtual background around a boundary of a user of the information hand
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Publication number: 20220236782
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligent collaboration multi-application and power management for an information handling system may comprise joining a videoconference session with multiple participants via a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA), detecting power connections or battery levels and detecting a current processor consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application and a current MMCA processor settings, and to output from a trained neural network an optimized processor utilization instruction, an optimized A/V processing instruction adjustment, and an optimized media capture instruction adjustment predicted to decrease the power consumed by one or more processors executing code instructions of the MMCA during the videoconference session to fall below the preset power consumption threshold value when applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Todd E. Swierk
  • Publication number: 20220239848
    Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user or background to be transmitted in the videoconference session and the processor to determine from input videoframe data and the detected sensor distance data of the user or the objects or inputting these into the intelligent videoframe privacy monitoring management system to generate optimized videoframe privacy adjustments to apply a privacy alteration to captured videoframes when the user is detected as absent, other faces, or background movement is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Publication number: 20220239655
    Abstract: A host server information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit; a network interface device to receive and provide audio/visual (AV) data during execution of the MMCA for a video conference session; the processor configured to execute a collaborative rights information management system to: manage the recordation of a video conference session during the execution of the MMCA to create a recording of the video conference session and assign a first password to protect the recording of the video conference session as a default password; assign a security level to the recording of the video conference session; and permit access, via the network interface device, to the recordings of the video conference session by transmitting the password to those users who are associated with a higher user access permission level than the aggregated user access permissions and are authorized to access the recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Todd E. Swierk
  • Publication number: 20220239513
    Abstract: A system or method executing an intelligent face framing management system comprising a processor to execute code instructions of a multimedia multi-user collaboration application to join a videoconference session, a display screen, a speaker, a video camera, and a microphone where the video camera captures a videoframe of a user and the processor to input videoframe data, including the detected user's image, into a trained neural network to determine image features for the intelligent face framing management system to generate optimized face framing adjustments center or normalize the user's image in the captured videoframes or intelligently select an alternate camera and prepare those videoframes for transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Publication number: 20220239898
    Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a memory; a power management unit; a video camera to capture video of a user participating in a video conference session conducted by a processor executing code instructions of the MMCA via a first network link on a network interface device; a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor to provide distance data descriptive of the distance between a user's body and the video camera; the processor configured to execute a video frame user presence detection system to: slice a video frame into a plurality of video frame slices; based on the distance data, create a human object presence (HOP) heat map to assign a probability of the presence of the user's body within each video frame slice of the video frame; the processor configured to select, among the plurality of video frame slices, those video frame slices with an assigned probability of presence of the user's body that exceeds a threshold probability as a HOP video f
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Todd E. Swierk
  • Publication number: 20220239847
    Abstract: An intelligent video processing management method may comprise joining a videoconference session with multiple participants via a multimedia multi-user collaboration application, detecting a current central processing unit (CPU) consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application and a current MMCA processor setting, associating each of the participants with an organizational ranking relative to the purpose of the videoconference session, inputting sensor data including the participant's organizational rankings, the current CPU consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application, and the current MMCA processor setting to a trained neural network, outputting from the neural network an optimized boundary detection algorithm selection instruction predicted to adjust performance of the information handling system to meet a preset performance benchmark requirement, during the videoconference session, and applying a virtual background around a boundary of a user of the information hand
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Publication number: 20220225871
    Abstract: End user interactions at a display are monitored for predetermined conditions to provide augmentation of display presentation by a red light that illuminates in the 650 to 800 nm range, such as at substantially 670 nm. Instructions stored in non-transient memory and executed on a processor present visual images of varied color contrast and evaluate end user inputs to determine an end user visual acuity. Over time and use of the display and red light, end user visual acuity is periodically tested to evaluate the effectiveness of red light illumination to restore visual acuity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stefan Peana, Todd E. Swierk, Timoteo T. Lee Kang
  • Publication number: 20220230576
    Abstract: End user cumulative blue light exposure from a display is tracked over time so that a message may be provided to the end user if the exposure exceeds a threshold. For instance, a display frame buffer is retrieved to determine an average blue light component presented at the display, which is then adjusted based upon display characteristics, such as display size, luminance and brightness, end user distance to the display and a sensed ambient blue light component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Stefan Peana, Timoteo T. Lee Kang
  • Publication number: 20220232189
    Abstract: An information handling system executing a multimedia multi-user collaboration application (MMCA) may include a memory; a power management unit; a camera to capture video of a user participating in a video conference session; a processor configured to execute code instructions of a trained intelligent collaboration contextual session management system (ICCSMS) neural network to receive as inputs: the type of AV processing instruction modules enabled descriptive of how to visually transform a video frame during a video conference session executed by a multimedia multi-user collaboration application; and sensor data from a plurality of sensors including an ambient light sensor to detect ambient light around a participant of the video conference session and a color senser to detect color vectors in the video frame; the processor applies AV processing instruction adjustments to the enabled AV processing instruction modules received as output from the trained ICC SMS machine learning module to adjust the lighting
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Todd E. Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer