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Patent No.:

US 11337518 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2017

Personal control apparatus and method for sharing information in a collaborative workplace

Applicant:

Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Attorney:

Quarles & Brady LLP

Primary Examiner:

Asghar H Bilgrami

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 37/00 (2006.01); A47B 13/08 (2006.01); A47B 21/00 (2006.01); A47B 21/06 (2006.01); A47B 83/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); H04N 5/268 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/66 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 37/00 (2013.01); A47B 13/08 (2013.01); A47B 21/00 (2013.01); A47B 21/06 (2013.01); A47B 83/001 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); H04N 5/268 (2013.01); H04N 5/64 (2013.01); H04N 5/66 (2013.01); H04N 7/104 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A47B 2021/066 (2013.01); A47B 2083/003 (2013.01); A47B 2083/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A content sharing device for use in controlling content replicated from a video source device on a large common display screen, the content sharing device comprising a housing, a processor supported by the housing, at least first and second control buttons supported by the housing and linked to the processor, a cable linked to the processor and having a distal end opposite the processor, the cable including a connector at the distal end for linking to the video source device, wherein, the processor is programmed to enable content from the video source device linked to the connector to be replicated in a first field on the common display screen upon selection of the first control button and to enable content from the video source device linked to the connector to be replicated in a second field adjacent to and separate from the first field upon selection of the second control button.

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