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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2014
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Lewis Epstein, San Mateo, CA (US);
Brett Kincaid, Lowell, 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 method and apparatus for selecting information from a video source to be displayed on at least a first common display screen in a collaborative workspace having a switching device, the method comprising the steps of providing a selectable control interface that includes at least one indicator that can indicate at least first and second different states, associating a video source with the switching device so that video information from the video source is presented to the switching device, when the video source is associated with the switching device, causing the at least one indicator to indicate a first state and when the selectable control interface is selected, causing the at least one indicator to indicate the second state and providing the video information from the video source to the common display screen via the switching device.