653 results about "Conference room" patented technology

A method for diagnosing and remediating a malfunctioning conference room device includes establishing a service channel between a cloud-based management service and an agent running on a trusted device in a conference room, and employing the trusted device for diagnosis and remediation operations. The trusted device may relay communications between the malfunctioning conference room device and the cloud-based management service.

Various implementations include systems and methods to recommend inventory, such as hardware inventory, software inventory, and default configurations, for conference rooms based on telemetry data. Telemetry data may include any data regarding use of hardware and software in the conference room. A cloud-based agent may analyze the telemetry data to make recommendations to add or remove hardware, renew or not renew applications, and to change default settings if appropriate.

The disclosure relates generally to firmware updates for conference room devices. When there is a firmware problem for a conference room device that needs fixing, it may result in the conference room sitting unused until an end user submits a ticket to information technology (IT). The present disclosure proposes a more proactive approach. For instance, a user may bring a laptop to a conference room for a meeting that uses a meeting application. The laptop may detect the presence of peripherals in the conference room and, in response, iterate through the different peripherals and discover current firmware version and health status for the peripherals. The laptop may then report to an IT server, for each peripheral, 1) peripheral identifier, 2) firmware version, 3) health status, 4) meeting room location. The IT server may then determine if any firmware fixes should be applied.

Systems and methods for connecting a conference room to an ongoing meeting session are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar of a conference room may include a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to: transmit a first signal advertising the availability of the conference room; receive a second signal from a client Information Handling System (IHS), wherein the second signal comprises an identification of an ongoing meeting session; and join the ongoing meeting session using the received identification.

Systems and methods for handling conference room boundaries and / or context are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to: transmit an ultrasonic signal in a conference room, where the ultrasonic signal comprises at least one of: room data, meeting data, or a peripheral setting; and establish or maintain a connection with a client IHS, at least in part, in response to a message from the client IHS indicating receipt of the ultrasonic signal.

The invention provides a conference room environment regulation and control method and system, a medium and a product. In the method, an environment regulation and control system firstly determines a target temperature according to an external environment temperature, and then carries out temperature regulation and control in advance in combination with reservation time. When the conference is carried out, the environment regulation and control system carries out targeted monitoring on the temperature of different areas by dividing the air outlet area and the non-air outlet area in the conference room, and it is ensured that the temperature imbalance phenomenon is found in time. When the regional temperature difference between the air outlet region and the non-air outlet region reaches a temperature difference threshold value, the environment regulation and control system determines the regulation sequence according to the number of people in the region and the regional temperature difference, and it is ensured that resources are preferentially used for the region with the larger influence. And finally, the environment regulation and control system calculates the air volume and the air direction by combining the space parameters of the to-be-regulated area and regulates and controls the air volume and the air direction in sequence, so that the temperature of each area synergistically approaches a target value. According to the method, the temperature difference of different positions of the conference room is effectively relieved, and the balance and comfort of the whole environment are improved.

Techniques for a service provider network to manage a meeting between individuals located in a conference room with one or more other individuals remote from the conference room are discussed herein. An Enterprise system can implement one or more machine learned models to generate tiles that represent different individuals associated with a meeting. A same or different machine learned model can automatically arrange a series of tiles for display that, when presented collectively, promotes inclusiveness and attention for both in-room and remote participants of the meeting. The meeting management techniques can include determining which content to include on a display device based on evaluating changes in behavior of the meeting participants over time.

Systems and methods for automation of projection mode based on display detection are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) can include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: obtain information regarding a connected display; determine that the connected display is located in a conference room based, at least in part, on the obtained information; and modify a projection mode for the connected display based, at least in part, on the determination that the connected display is located in the conference room.

A conference room device located in a conference room uses a conference room microphone to capture audio for one or more in-person conference participants located in the conference room during a conference. During the conference, audio is sampled from the microphone used by the conference room device and from microphones of one or more user devices determined to be located in the conference room. Based on a score calculated for the audio sampled from a user device being higher than a score calculated for audio sampled from the conference room device, the microphone of the user device is selected for audio capture for one or more of the in-person conference participants. The audio is output through conferencing software to which the conference room device is connected via a user interface tile for the conference room without displaying a new user interface tile.

Systems and methods for identifying and authenticating users in a conference room are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) can include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: obtain context information of a remote conferencing application that enables a remote conferencing session in a conference room; and modify controls for one or more objects in the conference room based, at least in part, on the context information of the remote conferencing application.

Systems and methods for managing control over peripheral devices in a conference room are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to: transmit an ultrasonic signal in a conference room, where the ultrasonic signal includes meeting data, and at least in part in response to a client Information Handling System (IHS) having received the meeting data, provide the client IHS with control over a peripheral device disposed in the conference room.

Various embodiments provide systems and methods for authentication and feature enablement for bring your own device (BYOD) users of a shared conference room. For instance, when a BYOD device connects with a conference room host device, the BYOD device may communicate with a cloud-based management service to get authenticated, and the cloud-based management service may communicate and allowed or disallowed status to the conference room host device. Assuming that the BYOD device receives an allowed status, the conference room host device may then enable data communication, peripheral access, and a set of entitlements for the BYOD device.

The invention discloses an intelligent conference room control method based on UWB technology, which needs to be realized by means of host equipment and UWB tag equipment carried by participants, and comprises the following steps: S1, matching the host equipment with the UWB tag equipment; s2, performing UWB label equipment path information analysis and conference participation condition judgment; s3, the host equipment sends an instruction to the access control system to allow the tag equipment carrying personnel to enter or leave, records execution time and personnel information, and judges the entering tag equipment carrying personnel at the same time; s4, executing scene control output; s5, returning to the step S1; the system realizes non-inductive attendance checking, identity recognition, path perception analysis and space scene control, omits the steps of active recognition attendance checking and manual active scene control, adapts to flexible and changeable management requirements of modern enterprises, greatly improves the working efficiency of enterprise employees, optimizes the human resource management process, and reduces the labor intensity of enterprises. Simpler and more convenient attendance checking and scene control experience are provided for the user.

Systems and methods for determining the distance, location, position, and orientation of devices in a conference room using a video bar are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to: transmit a signal in a conference room; in response to the transmission, receive an acknowledgement from a client Information Handling System (IHS) in the conference room, and determine a distance between the video bar and the client IHS based, at least in part, upon a Time-of-Flight (ToF) calculation, where the ToF calculation is based, at least in part, upon a difference between: (i) a time the acknowledgement is received, and (ii) a time of the transmission.

Systems and methods for video management in a conference room using a video bar are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to determine a location of an Information Handling System (IHS) in a conference room, and, at least in part in response to the location, operate a video device in the conference room.

Systems and methods for audio management in a conference room using a video bar are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to determine a location of an Information Handling System (IHS) in a conference room and, at least in part in response to the location, operate an audio device in the conference room.

Systems and methods to schedule conference rooms based on context at the time of scheduling are disclosed. For instance, a cloud-based agent may track conference room resources across a plurality of conference rooms. When an organizer is scheduling a meeting, the cloud-based agent communicates with a computing device of the organizer to acquire meeting parameters (e.g., title, number of attendees), analyzes the meeting parameters and the conference room resources, and provides a recommendation to the computing device of the organizer based on the analyzing.

Systems and methods for identifying a content presenter in a conference room using a video bar are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to: receive a communication from an Information Handling System (IHS) in response to a content share event during a remote meeting in a conference room and, in response to the communication, select a camera setting to frame a user of the IHS.

The invention discloses an intelligent control method and system for dynamic shielding of a guest room, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent control. According to the method, distance data between personnel and equipment and environmental acoustic characteristic data are collected through a multi-modal sensor, a dynamic evaluation model is constructed, and the model comprises a linear fusion structure and an integrated architecture with graph structure modeling and uncertainty reasoning capabilities and is used for outputting a privacy risk evaluation value. And judging a privacy risk level according to the evaluation value, triggering a corresponding optical, acoustic or physical shielding response, and generating a shielding control instruction. The instruction is issued to compatible shielding execution equipment through a protocol adaptation mechanism to realize dynamic shielding control; and the system automatically enters a low-power-consumption mode when the low-risk condition is met. According to the invention, privacy level intelligent discrimination and multi-level shielding response control based on scene perception are realized, the adaptability, the control precision and the energy efficiency level of the system are improved, and the method is suitable for scenes with privacy requirements, such as intelligent guest rooms and conference rooms.

The invention relates to the technical field of information, and discloses a hotel resource digital management method and system and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: constructing a unified semantic data model; multi-source data fusion and real-time state perception visualization are realized; cross-department collaborative arrangement is carried out; and intelligent decision support and optimization are realized. According to the invention, a comprehensive digital management platform based on a unified semantic data model, multi-source data fusion, real-time state perception, cross-department collaborative workflow arrangement and intelligent decision support and optimization is constructed. According to the platform, global visualization and real-time dynamic management of each core resource of the hotel are realized, and the operation efficiency and the fine management level of the hotel are remarkably improved. The departments of guest rooms, catering, conference rooms, spare part inventory, human resources, finance and the like do not combat each other, but perform cooperative work based on a unified data view.

A video conference call system is provided with a camera to generate an input frame image of a conference room, where the video conference call system detects a human head for each meeting participant captured in the input frame image by applying a machine learning human head detector model to said input image frame, generates a head bounding box which surrounds each detected human head and identifies a corresponding meeting participant, extracts a pixel width measure and pixel height measure from each head bounding box, and applies the extracted pixel width measure and pixel height measure to one or more reverse lookup tables to extract meeting room coordinates for each meeting participant identified by a corresponding head bounding box.

Systems and methods for segmented blurring in a conference room are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a video bar may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the video bar to: obtain an image of a conference room; and in response to an object being identified, mask a portion of the image corresponding to the object during a remote meeting.

The invention discloses a conference control method, device and equipment based on AI vision and multi-equipment cooperation and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of computer vision, and the conference control method based on AI vision and multi-equipment cooperation comprises the steps: recognizing a conference room environment through a convolutional neural network, and determining the position information of conference participants; sound source positioning is carried out on a voice source of a microphone array according to the position information, and the position of a spokesman is determined; controlling a camera to face the position of the spokesman so as to enable a display to display the spokesman; and under the condition that the display displays the spokesman, recognizing the speaking content of the spokesman through voice recognition and semantic analysis, and adjusting the content of the projector according to the speaking content. The conference efficiency is improved, the sense of participation and interactivity of conference participants are enhanced, intelligent cooperation and automatic control of multiple devices in the conference room are achieved, and powerful support is provided for smooth proceeding of the conference.

The invention discloses a conference room space occupation detection method based on multi-modal adaptive fusion. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out unsupervised abnormal value processing on a conference room multi-modal data set based on a variational auto-encoder; dividing a data set according to modals, and respectively training occupation detection sub-models based on time sequence deep learning in combination with a sliding window; redundant features are removed through a Spearman correlation coefficient, and an optimal feature subset of each modal is screened based on the minimum feature number of GBDT; and constructing a fusion mechanism based on the BLS, splicing the sub-model output probability and the screened feature vectors, inputting the spliced sub-model output probability and the screened feature vectors into the BLS, realizing multi-modal deep fusion by using feature nodes and enhanced nodes, and outputting a final occupancy judgment result. Experiments show that the F1 score of the fusion model reaches 0.9842 and is obviously superior to that of a single-mode model, the detection precision and robustness are effectively improved, and reliable support can be provided for energy saving control and space dynamic allocation of building space.

Video is obtained in a video conference session that includes one or more participants in a video conference room, wherein the video conference room includes a video display and a one video camera, and wherein a participant is remote with respect to the video conference room. During the video conference session, it is determined that video captured by the camera in the video conference room includes a face of a person not physically present in the video conference room and which face is displayed on the video display. Video of each participant in the video conference room is assigned to a respective video layout window except for video of the face of the person not physically present in the video conference room that is displayed on the video display.

The invention discloses a visual multi-screen splicing control method for a conference room, and relates to the technical field of multi-screen splicing, and the method comprises the steps: S1, multi-source input content dynamic segmentation, S2, multi-screen state matrix construction, S3, dynamic fusion weight calculation, S4, nonlinear gradient correction, S5, distributed synchronous rendering, and S6, closed-loop feedback optimization. By analyzing feature distribution of display content in real time and combining a nonlinear gradual change correction technology, the common problems of edge bright color jumping and transition stiffness when a traditional spliced screen displays dynamic content are effectively solved, specifically, an algorithm automatically adjusts parameters of a fusion area according to content types, and the fusion efficiency is improved. Transition of colors and brightness among screens better conforms to human eye perception characteristics, the system can adjust the width of a fusion area and the gradient curve slope in a self-adaptive mode by dynamically perceiving the content movement speed and complexity, and moire and flicker phenomena are restrained while content details are reserved.

The disclosed system provides a multi-functional legal services space in Virtual Reality (VR) that includes a law office, courtroom, conference room, and law library. The VR program enables privileged and confidential attorney-client communications, visitation between attorneys and clients, and provides clients with tools and access to work on their legal matters. The program facilitates the electronic signing of legal documents, secure legal document case file storage, legal research, document drafting, and hearing and trial preparation. Meetings and depositions can be conducted with multiple parties through VR headset access and / or video conferencing participation. The VR courtroom can be utilized by judges, magistrates, and mediators for legal proceedings. For incarcerated individuals, a VR headset combines identity verification technology with secure internet connectivity, allowing access to a database containing their personal legal information.

The invention discloses a conference management system based on a block chain, which comprises a data collection module, a resource management module and a security verification module, and is characterized in that the data collection module is used for collecting reserved conference time, conference participant information and the number of conference participants; the resource management module is used for managing reservation of a virtual conference room and reasonable allocation of server resources, the security verification module is used for verifying identity information of participants and checking data access permissions of the participants, and the data collection module, the resource management module and the security verification module are in mutual communication connection. The data collection module comprises a conference comprehensive data input module and a participant information input module, the conference comprehensive data input module is used for inputting conference time and the number of participants into the system, and the participant information input module is used for inputting participant information into the system. The method has the characteristics of high resource utilization rate and high efficiency.

A method for a privacy-aware transcription includes receiving audio-visual signal including audio data and image data for a speech environment and a privacy request from a participant in the speech environment where the privacy request indicates a privacy condition of the participant. The method further includes segmenting the audio data into a plurality of segments. For each segment, the method includes determining an identity of a speaker of a corresponding segment of the audio data based on the image data and determining whether the identity of the speaker of the corresponding segment includes the participant associated with the privacy condition. When the identity of the speaker of the corresponding segment includes the participant, the method includes applying the privacy condition to the corresponding segment. The method also includes processing the plurality of segments of the audio data to determine a transcript for the audio data.

A conferencing system may connect a processing unit to a camera and a microphone in a meeting room. A calibration module of the processing unit may generate a calibration strategy prior to obtaining video data from the camera, with the processing unit, in accordance with the calibration strategy. The processing unit may then translate the video data into spatial data that is utilized by a mapping module of the processing unit to identify a physical location of the microphone in the meeting room. The calibration module may determine a field of view operating parameter of the camera in response to the spatial data.