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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Applicants:
David K. Biegelsen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew Berlin, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
David K. Biegelsen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew Berlin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automatic camera steering control for directing video conferences including a communicator with a microphone and a voice activated LED emitter. Cameras receive an LED signal transmitted by the LED emitter and focus on the speaker associated with the activated LED emitter. A controller automatically selects and inserts into the video stream the audio and video of the speaker.