IP Library Granted Patent US 12,273,655
Granted Patent B2
US 12,273,655 · App. 18/391,452 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Conference device with multi-videostream capability

Inventor: Yashket Gupta (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: GN AUDIO A/S
H04N7/15H04N5/265H04N5/268H04N7/142H04N7/147H04N23/80H04N23/90
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Patent No.
US 12,273,655
App. No.
18/391,452
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conference device comprising a first image sensor for provision of first image data, a second image sensor for provision of second image data, a first image processor configured for provision of a first primary videostream and a first secondary videostream based on the first image data, a second image processor configured for provision of a second primary videostream and a second secondary videostream based on the second image data, and an intermediate image processor in communication with the first image processor and the second image processor and configured for provision of a field-of-view videostream and a region-of-interest videostream, wherein the field-of-view videostream is based on the first primary videostream and the second primary videostream, and wherein the region-of-interest videostream is based on one or more of the first secondary videostream and the second secondary videostream.

Claims (34)

1. A conference device, comprising:

a first image sensor for provision of first image data;

a first image processor configured for provision of a first primary videostream and a first secondary videostream based on the first image data;

an intermediate image processor in communication with the first image processor and configured for provision of a field-of-view videostream and a region-of-interest videostream; and

an output processor in communication with the intermediate image processor and configured to determine first image control data based on the field-of-view videostream and transmit the first image control data to the first image processor, wherein the output processor comprises an output interface configured for provision of a primary output videostream based on the field-of-view videostream and a secondary output videostream based on the region-of-interest videostream.

2. The conference device according to claim 1 , wherein the first secondary videostream is not a subset of the first primary videostream.

3. The conference device according to claim 1 , wherein the first primary videostream is independent from the first secondary videostream.

4. The conference device according to claim 1 , wherein the output processor is further configured to perform one or more of image transformation, distortion correction, enhancement, and contrast correction on the region-of-interest videostream to provide the secondary output videostream.

5. The conference device according to claim 1 , further comprising an interface that comprises one or more connectors including a first connector, wherein

the conference device is configured for provision of the primary output videostream, the secondary output videostream, and a metadata output via the first connector.

6. The conference device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second image sensor for provision of second image data; and

a second image processor configured for provision of a second primary videostream,

wherein the intermediate image processor is in communication with the second image processor, and

wherein the field-of-view videostream is based on the first primary videostream and the second primary videostream.

7. The conference device according to claim 6 , wherein the field-of-view videostream is stitched from the first primary videostream and the second primary videostream.

8. The conference device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second image processor is further configured for provision of a second secondary videostream, and

wherein the region-of-interest videostream is based on one or more of the first secondary videostream and the second secondary videostream.

9. The conference device according to claim 8 , wherein the region-of-interest videostream is stitched from the first secondary videostream and the second secondary videostream.

10. The conference device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a third image sensor for provision of third image data; and

a third image processor configured for provision of a third primary videostream and a third secondary videostream based on the third image data,

wherein the intermediate image processor is in communication with the third image processor,

wherein the field-of-view videostream is based on the first primary videostream, the second primary videostream, and the third primary videostream, and

wherein the region-of-interest videostream is based on one or more of the first secondary videostream, the second secondary videostream, and the third secondary videostream.

11. The conference device according to claim 10 , wherein the field-of-view videostream is stitched from the first primary videostream, the second primary videostream, and the third primary videostream.

12. The conference device according to claim 10 , wherein the intermediate image processor is further configured to select one of the first secondary videostream, the second secondary videostream, and the third secondary videostream for the region-of-interest videostream.

13. The conference device according to claim 10 , wherein the region-of-interest videostream is stitched from the first secondary videostream, the second secondary videostream, and the third secondary videostream.

14. The conference device according to claim 1 , wherein the output processor is further configured to determine region-of-interest selection control data and transmit the region-of-interest selection control data to the intermediate image processor.

15. The conference device according to claim 14 , wherein the conference device is configured to receive user input, and wherein one or more of the first image control data and the region-of-interest selection control data is at least partially based on the user input.

16. The conference device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the output processor further comprises a machine learning engine for provision of a machine learning output, and

wherein one or more of the first image control data and the region-of-interest selection control data is at least partially based on the machine learning output.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 30, 2026
From: GN AUDIO A/S
To: GN HEARING A/S
Reel/Frame 075299/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: GUPTA, YASHKET
To: GN AUDIO A/S
Reel/Frame 066313/0780 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18154806 · Jan 14, 2023
Continuation 17184222 · Feb 24, 2021
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