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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Feng Bao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Subrahmanyam Venkata Kunapuli, Fremont, CA (US);
Fei Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Tor Sundsbarm, San Jose, CA (US);
David Paul Wunsch Desrosiers, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Olin Daniel Williford, Jr., Plano, TX (US);
David Michael Sanguinet, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a first signal from a first microphone, and determining when the first signal is indicative of activity on a first surface. The method also includes controlling a camera to focus on the first surface when it is determined that the first signal indicates the activity on the first surface. In such an embodiment, the first microphone and the camera may be part of a collaboration system, and the first surface may be a surface of a whiteboard.