IP Library Granted Patent US 10,338,693
Granted Patent B2
US 10,338,693 · App. 15/949,961 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Visual collaboration interface

Inventors: David Minnen (Los Angeles, CA); Paul Yarin (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: Oblong Industries, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,338,693
App. No.
15/949,961
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments described herein includes a system comprising a processor coupled to display devices, sensors, remote client devices, and computer applications. The computer applications orchestrate content of the remote client devices simultaneously across the display devices and the remote client devices, and allow simultaneous control of the display devices. The simultaneous control includes automatically detecting a gesture of at least one object from gesture data received via the sensors. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using only the gesture data. The computer applications translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control the display devices in response to the gesture signal.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

generating gesture data of a first edge device by using a sensor;

a hardware gestural application server system receiving the generated gesture data;

the first edge device providing inertial data of the first edge device to the hardware gestural application server system;

the hardware gestural application server system generating a first gesture signal by using the gesture data and the inertial data; and

the hardware gestural application server system controlling a plurality of display devices in response to the first gesture signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a camera.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first edge device is a wand input device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the sensor is a camera.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first edge device is a mobile communication device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sensor is a camera.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first edge device includes a gyroscope.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first edge device generates the inertial data by using the gyroscope.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first edge device is communicatively coupled to the hardware gestural application server system via a native application of the first edge device.

10. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the hardware gestural application server system includes a gesture interface and at least one processor, and

wherein the at least one processor is communicatively coupled to the gesture interface, the first edge device, and the plurality of display devices.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is communicatively coupled to the first edge device via a native application of the first edge device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one application runs on the processor.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hardware gestural application server system controls content simultaneously across the plurality of display devices in response to the first gesture signal by using at least one application of the hardware gestural application server system.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hardware gestural application server system uses a gesture interface of the hardware gestural application server system to generate the first gesture signal.

15. A system comprising:

a hardware gestural application server system; and

a first edge device,

wherein the first edge device is constructed to provide inertial data of the first edge device to the hardware gestural application server system, and

wherein the hardware gestural application server system is constructed to:

receive gesture data generated by a sensor for the first edge device,

generate a first gesture signal by using the gesture data and the inertial data, and

control a plurality of display devices in response to the first gesture signal.

16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the plurality of display devices.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hardware gestural application server system is constructed to control content simultaneously across the plurality of display devices in response to the first gesture signal by using at least one application of the hardware gestural application server system.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the sensor is a camera.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first edge device is a wand input device.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first edge device is a mobile communication device.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: OBLONG INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 050372/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: MINNEN, DAVID; YARIN, PAUL
To: OBLONG INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 045497/0976 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15062402 · Mar 7, 2016
Continuation 14216500 · Mar 17, 2014
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