IP Library Granted Patent US 9,407,675
Granted Patent B1
US 9,407,675 · App. 14/744,001 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Room cloud environment for conferencing

Inventors: John Ludwig (Bellevue, WA); Richard Tong (Seattle, WA); John Zagula (Seattle, WA); Jon Anderson (Lake Forest Park, WA)
Assignee: Surround.IO
H04L65/403H04N7/15
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Patent No.
US 9,407,675
App. No.
14/744,001
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A room conferencing system includes a hub with a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node including a sensor node camera and a sensor node processor. A master controller is operable to establish a plurality of named queues, each of the named queues associated with a proximate physical object in an area comprising the hub and detectable by the sensor node camera. Each sensor node operable to cause the sensor node processor to identify a viewed physical object in a feed from the sensor node camera, and associate the viewed physical object with one of the named queues.

Claims (18)

1. A room conferencing system, comprising:

a hub comprising a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node comprising a sensor node camera and a sensor node processor;

a master controller operable to establish a plurality of named queues, each of the plurality of named queues associated with a proximate physical object in an area comprising the hub and detectable by the sensor node camera; and

each sensor node operable to cause the sensor node processor to:

identify a viewed physical object in a feed from the sensor node camera; and

associate the viewed physical object with one of the plurality of named queues.

2. The room conferencing system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the master controller operable to establish a master queue comprising a description of the proximate physical object.

3. The room conferencing system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the plurality of sensor nodes arranged in a plurality of rings around a perimeter of the hub.

4. The room conferencing system of claim 3 , further comprising:

the plurality of rings each comprising exactly four sensor nodes.

5. The room conferencing system of claim 3 , further comprising:

the plurality of rings each comprising exactly eight sensor nodes.

6. The room conferencing system of claim 3 , further comprising:

each sensor of a particular ring of the plurality of rings being both vertically and horizontally offset from sensors in a ring immediately above the particular ring.

7. The room conferencing system of claim 3 , further comprising:

each sensor of a particular ring of the plurality of rings being both vertically and horizontally offset from sensors in a ring immediately above the particular ring and sensors in a ring immediately below the particular ring.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2018
From: SURROUND.IO CORPORATION
To: XEVO INC.
Reel/Frame 045590/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2015
From: LUDWIG, JOHN; TONG, RICHARD; ZAGULA, JOHN; ANDERSON, JON
To: SURROUND. IO
Reel/Frame 036874/0184 →
Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62013623 · Jun 18, 2014