SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ROBOTIC STANDS DURING VIDEOCONFERENCE OPERATION
First Claim
1. A method for operating a robotic stand supporting a computing device, the method comprising:
- displaying, by a display of a remote device, a control interface depicting a conference room that includes a schematic of a conference room table and a plurality of attendee positions;
providing, responsive to a user of the remote device interacting with the control interface, a positioning instruction to orient the robotic stand about at least a pan axis or a tilt axis so that a display and a camera of the computing device faces at least one attendee position, wherein the robotic stand supporting the computing device is physically located in the conference room depicted by the control interface; and
transmitting, by the remote device, over a communication network, a signal indicative of the positioning instruction to the robotic stand.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for selecting and orienting a computing device mounted on a robotic stand for videoconferences. For example, a method for operating a robotic stand supporting a computing device is disclosed, which includes displaying, by a display of a remote device, a control interface depicting a physical location that includes a plurality of robotic stands with respective computing devices. The method further includes providing, responsive to a user of the remote device interacting with the control interface, a selection instruction selecting a region of the physical location for viewing with one of the plurality of robotic stands with respective computing devices, and generating, by the control interface, a positioning instruction based on the selected region of the physical location, the positioning instruction configured to orient the robotic stand including the computing device determined to be available to face the region of the physical location.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for operating a robotic stand supporting a computing device, the method comprising:
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displaying, by a display of a remote device, a control interface depicting a conference room that includes a schematic of a conference room table and a plurality of attendee positions; providing, responsive to a user of the remote device interacting with the control interface, a positioning instruction to orient the robotic stand about at least a pan axis or a tilt axis so that a display and a camera of the computing device faces at least one attendee position, wherein the robotic stand supporting the computing device is physically located in the conference room depicted by the control interface; and transmitting, by the remote device, over a communication network, a signal indicative of the positioning instruction to the robotic stand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of automatically tracking an object during a videoconference with a computing device supported on a robotic stand, the method comprising:
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receiving an image with a camera, wherein the camera provides pixel information of the image; transmitting an electrical signal containing the pixel information of the image to at least one processing unit; determining, by the at least one processing unit, a location of a source of the pixel information of the image; and rotating the robotic stand about at least one of a pan axis or a tilt axis without further user interaction to aim the computing device at the location of the source of the pixel information of the image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method for operation of a robotic stand supporting a computing device, the method comprising:
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displaying, by a display of a remote device, a control interface depicting a physical location that includes a plurality of robotic stands with respective computing devices; providing, responsive to a user of the remote device interacting with the control interface, a selection instruction selecting a region of the physical location for viewing with one of the plurality of robotic stands with respective computing devices, wherein each of the plurality of computing devices at least includes a display and a camera; and connecting, by the control interface, to at least one of the plurality of robotic stands including a respective computing device, wherein the at least one of the plurality of robotic stands including a respective computing device is selected based at least on proximity to the region of the physical location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for operation of a robotic stand supporting a computing device, the method comprising:
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displaying, on a display of a remote device, a control interface showing a plurality of views available from the robotic stand supporting the computing device; providing, responsive to a user of the remote device interacting with the control interface, a selection command selecting one of the plurality of views; and transmitting, by the remote device over a communications network, a signal indicative of the selection command to the robotic stand supporting the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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