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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Logitech Europe S.a., Lausanne, CH;

Inventors:

Andreas Franz William Atkins, Campbell, CA (US);

Joseph Yao-Hua Chu, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Henry Levak, San Mateo, CA (US);

Kevin McLintock, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.


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