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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Steelcase Inc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Lewis Epstein, San Mateo, CA (US);
Brett Kincaid, Ada, MI (US);
Hyun Yoo, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Suzanne Stage, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lukas Scherrer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Larry Cheng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A user interface for communicating with a video switch system, the video switch system configured to allow a plurality of users to collaboratively display information on at least one display screen, the video switch system including a switching device operable to receive a plurality of available video sources from associated user source devices and to selectively direct at least one of the available video sources to the at least one display screen, the user interface comprising an interface assembly separate from the switching device, the interface assembly being configured to operably connect to the switching device, the interface assembly having a plurality of selectable controls, wherein each of the plurality of selectable controls is capable of being associated with at least one of the plurality of available video sources, wherein the plurality of user selectable controls define a user interface of the interface assembly such that each user selectable control is selectable by at least one of the users to direct the switching device to display on the at least one display screen the at least one available video source associated with a selected selectable control.