126 results about "Interactive whiteboard" patented technology

A device, system, and computer-readable medium for an interactive whiteboard including an interface which receives a first control signal from a touch-sensitive display surface and a second control signal from a codec, the first control signal identifying a position on the touch-sensitive display surface, and the second control signal identifying a codec setting of the codec; and a processor which calculates, based on the first control signal and the second control signal, a corresponding position on a display screen of a computing device to the position on the touch-sensitive display surface, and which sends the corresponding position to the computing device.

Distributing meeting data from an interactive whiteboard projector to at least one computer of a meeting member, comprises: in the interactive whiteboard projector, using a processor to save meeting data, generate a password, display a screen with a URL of the projector and the password and use a web server to transfer the meeting data from the interactive whiteboard projector to the at least one computer.

An apparatus, system and method controls and interacts within an interaction volume within a height over the coordinate plane of a computer such as a computer screen, interactive whiteboard, horizontal interaction surface, video / web-conference system, document camera, rear-projection screen, digital signage surface, television screen or gaming device, to provide pointing, hovering, selecting, tapping, gesturing, scaling, drawing, writing and erasing, using one or more interacting objects, for example, fingers, hands, feet, and other objects, for example, pens, brushes, wipers and even more specialized tools. The apparatus and method be used together with, or even be integrated into, data projectors of all types and its fixtures / stands, and used together with flat screens to render display systems interactive. The apparatus has a single camera covering the interaction volume from either a very short distance or from a larger distance to determine the lateral positions and to capture the pose of the interacting object(s).

The invention provides an electronic stylus pen charging system for an interactive whiteboard with electronic stylus pen. The electronic stylus pen charging system uses a set of magnets and charging circuitry to charge the battery of the electronic stylus pen.

Descriptions of visually presented material are provided to one or more conference participants that do not have video capabilities. This presented material could be any one or more of a document, PowerPoint® presentation, spreadsheet, Webex® presentation, whiteboard, chalkboard, interactive whiteboard, description of a flowchart, picture, or in general, any information visually presented at a conference. For this visually presented information, descriptions thereof are assembled and forwarded via one or more of a message, SMS message, whisper channel, text information, non-video channel, MSRP, or the like, to one or more conference participant endpoints. These descriptions of visually presented information, such as a document, spreadsheet, spreadsheet presentation, multi-media presentation, or the like, can be assembled in cooperation with one or more of OCR recognition and text-to-speech conversion, human input, or the like.

Techniques for enabling interactive whiteboard functionality using a disappearing writing medium. In one set of embodiments, an image of a surface can be received, where the image can include one or more physical marks made on the surface by a user. The physical marks can be made using a writing medium that is configured to disappear over time. Electronic representations of the physical marks can be generated based on the image, and the electronic representations can be displayed on the surface. The electronic representations can be displayed such that they visually replace the physical marks made on the surface as the physical marks fade and disappear.

An electronic pen used for an electronic interactive whiteboard and a corresponding interaction control method lead a user to adopt the electronic pen as a mouse for operation or press a toolbar appearing-key so as to choose a switching tool / key for the switching between the mouse and the pen in a strip-shaped toolbar or a disk-shaped toolbar. The electronic pen can send out a code signal corresponding to the tool / key, the signal is received and identified by a signal carrier by an interactive device in an interactive zone to generate corresponding information or event which is reported to a computer, and then the computer sends out response and starts corresponding application programs to perform relevant function processing which is projected by a display device onto a whiteboard / screen. After movement is made by an operation at the front of the electronic whiteboard / screen, the operator can press the appearing-key on the electronic pen on the new position and then a floating toolbar appears on a nib position, namely, the 'toolbar follows the pen to move'.

There is provided a method of controlling a computer system of an interactive display system, comprising: predetermining one or more positions on an interactive display of the interactive display system; displaying an image representing the predetermined one or more positions; receiving data identifying one or more detected positions selected on the interactive display; comparing the detected positions and the predetermined positions, wherein in dependence on a match the computer system registers the interactive display with the computer systems.

There is disclosed a method for establishing calibration in an interactive display system comprising an interactive display surface and a projector for projecting images onto the interactive display surface, the system being adapted for connection to a computer to receive display data from the computer for display on the interactive display surface via the projector, the method comprising the steps of: a. determining the display parameters of the interactive display system; b. accessing stored calibration data; c. determining if any stored calibration data is associated with display parameters matching the determined display parameters of the interactive system; and d. in dependence on a match, retrieving and applying the calibration data to thereby calibrate the computer with the interactive display system.

In systems that enable collaboration, techniques are provided for communicating and displaying positional information with respect to these systems so as to enhance the collaborative experience. The systems may include interactive whiteboard (IWB) systems participating in a collaborative session. The position of an object (e.g., a user) at a first IWB system may be tracked and displayed at a second IWB system located remotely from the first IWB system.

A network-based interactive education system, including the cloud classroom unit, the interactive answering homework unit and the home-school APP unit. The application terminals based on it include tablet computers, interactive whiteboards, PCs, and smart phones. These application terminals are divided into teacher terminals. , student terminal, and parent terminal, the teacher terminal, student terminal, and parent terminal are respectively connected to an interactive education cloud server through the Internet, and the present invention also provides an application method of a network-based interactive education system. Compared with the prior art, the present invention adopts the interconnection and intercommunication of multiple terminals such as electronic whiteboards, tablet computers, computers, and projectors through the Internet, which changes the way teachers and students interact and improves the frequency of interaction in class; The data in the answering process is counted in real time, and the system provides comprehensive teaching materials to realize resource sharing and improve teaching efficiency.

Remote collaboration, particularly synchronous collaboration, between parties in separate locations can be enhanced by providing the opportunity for both parties to “write” on a paper medium or other surface. This is particularly useful in an instructor / student tutoring session. Both the student and instructor may have workstations with video conferencing and screen-sharing capabilities. Advantageously the student station has a camera such as a document camera for imaging an object that the student may write on, for example, writing on paper with a pen. The instructor station may have an interactive whiteboard and a projector. Video conferencing capabilities are used to transmit an image of the student writing to the instructor which image will be displayed to the instructor through projection onto an interactive whiteboard surface. The interactive whiteboard allows the instructor to “virtually” mark the projection of the paper using for example a stylus and an infrared sensor. Annotation software at the instructor's station creates a representation of the instructor's “writing.” The annotation software also may add the representation of the writing to the instructor's projection. The representation of the writing and the representation of the image are provided to the student station by the screen-sharing software and the combined document image and annotations may be displayed to the student creating the effect of the remote instructor writing on a paper locally imaged by the document station.

There is disclosed a method for controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive touch data and non-touch data, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data from an interactive display surface; and selectively delivering the input data from the interactive display surface to an interface of an operating system of the computer system as either touch data or non-touch data.

A cross-platform conferencing interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays multiple conferencing options, including a web conferencing option. Beginning at a home screen of the conferencing interface, a user can connect a web conference call through one of multiple web conference applications, or providers, in as few as two clicks. A first click can cause a web conference screen usable with multiple different conferencing applications to be displayed. The second click can initiate a call to a selected contact associated with the particular web conferencing application. The web conference screen acts as a front-end application program interface (API) for the web conferencing application or provider, but the call is connected using the application's resources. The interface can be implemented as a dedicated conferencing device that provides video conferencing, audio conferencing, web conferencing, and an interactive whiteboard.

The invention discloses a non-contact electronic whiteboard system and a detection method based on image detection. The system comprises an operator console, two image intake devices, a video acquisition processor, a computer and a large display screen, wherein the center optical axes of two image intake devices are opposite and downwards installed on the operator console; a visual angle is adjusted to cover the operator console; the video acquisition processor acquires and detects the video images of two image intake devices; a finger tip position and control information are sent to the computer via the communication interface; and the content of the computer is displayed on the large display screen. Compared with the interactive whiteboard in the prior art, the system and the detection method solve the problem of oversized screen display and operation. Meanwhile, the non-contact method is adopted to achieve a better effect on expanding the practical operation range and solving the problems of cleanness and finger friction for more people to use for a long term, thereby widening the application range of the interactive whiteboard.

This invention relates to an electronic pen using in interactive whiteboard, including electromagnetic devices, the electromagnetic devices including oscillator circuit, which covers the electromagnetic oscillation circuit including electromagnetic oscillations of two or more components of the portfolio composition and electrical connections with the electromagnetic switch , referred to by the electromagnetic switch-off referred to the state electromagnetic oscillation circuit respectively respective electromagnetic vibration components of a combination of their respective frequency electromagnetic waves. Use this invention for Interactive Whiteboard electronic pen can make interactive presentation systems commonly used functional switching operation is simple and easy to use, and long-distance operations can be achieved.

A computer (host), which is communicating with an interactive whiteboard projector (client) through a remote desktop connection, launches third-party applications supporting multiple mice (i.e. drawing pens) and provides these applications with virtual mouse device and input event signals for each pen device connected on the projector. The applications will behave as if the host system were configured with multiple installed mice, though no added driver or physical connected hardware is present.

The invention provides a wireless interaction electronic whiteboard conference system. The wireless interaction electronic whiteboard conference system comprises an electronic whiteboard and user side communication equipment, wherein a point-to-point wireless network connection is realized through the electronic whiteboard and the user side communication equipment based on a p2p protocol; the electronic whiteboard is compatible with at least two wireless transmission protocol standards; the user side communication equipment automatically searches for and is connected with the electronic whiteboard according to the p2p protocol; the user side communication equipment sends a message to the electronic whiteboard after the connection; and the electronic whiteboard determines a protocol standard supported by the user side communication equipment according to a content format of the message, and calls a protocol standard which is matched with the user side communication equipment to realize wireless connection access. Through adoption of the wireless interaction electronic whiteboard conference system, real-time content sharing among a plurality of pieces of equipment can be realized in a projection-video conference system anytime and anywhere, and display content of equipment of corresponding different types can be received and directly displayed on the electronic whiteboard, so that real-time annotation and explanation can be realized, and sharing, communication and discussion of a conference become more convenient and effective.

The invention discloses a method for implementing a load identification interactive whiteboard, and belongs to the field of electronic information. A load identification interactive whiteboard system comprises a whiteboard (1), a mechanical sensor (2), a transmitter (3), an amplifier (4), a multi-way switch (5), an A / D sampling module (6), a data processing module (7), a communication module (8), a PC machine (9) and a projector (10). In the method, the mechanical sensor is used as a sensing element of the interactive whiteboard, and after sensor data is normalized by testing the multipoint deformation of the whiteboard, the positioning of contacts and the expression of stroke thickness are realized by using the technology of pattern recognition. The interactive whiteboard manufactured by the method has the advantages of simple structure, high reliability, low installation and maintenance requirements, low cost, high adaptability, easy implementation of large-layout manufacturing, no need of special pens and the like, and the method also can be used for manufacturing touch screens.

The invention discloses an information interaction method, an information interaction system and application, and belongs to the field of electronic whiteboards. Aiming at problems that an electronicwhiteboard in a conference system in the prior art is large in transmission data, interactive bandwidth is high, the network requirement is high, the invention provides an information interaction method. A host sends the picture data to a local end and a remote end for display; when a picture is annotated locally, the host carries out serialization processing on the local annotation, sends the processed data to a far end; the far end is combined with the serialized data and the corresponding coordinates and pressure sensitive values; the graphic processor calculates and draws an image for display; the interactive method is applied to an electronic whiteboard of a conference system, only handwriting data are sent during writing, all participants receive the handwriting data and then displaythe handwriting data on a screen, and therefore multi-party real-time interactive whiteboard cooperation is achieved, and the interactive method is supported in a local conference and a teleconference.

The invention provides an apparatus, a system and a method. The apparatus, the system and the method are used for controlling and interacting within an interaction volume (1) within a height over the coordinate plane (12) of a computer such as a computer screen, an interactive whiteboard, a horizontal interaction surface, a video / web-conference system, a document camera, a rear-projection screen, a digital signage surface, a television screen or a gaming device, to provide pointing, hovering, selecting, tapping, gesturing, scaling, drawing, writing and erasing, using one or more interacting objects (2), for example, fingers, the hands, the feet, and other objects, for example, pens, brushes, wipers and even more specialized tools. The apparatus and the method can in a system be used together with, or even be integrated into, data projectors (3) of all types and its fixtures / stands (4), and used together with flat screens (12) (like LCD, plasma, OLED, rear-projection screen, etc.) to render such display systems interactive. The apparatus consists of a single camera (5) covering the interaction volume (1) from either a very short distance or from a larger distance to determine the lateral positions (X,Y) and even capturing the pose of the interacting object(s) (2).

The invention relates to a healthy multimedia teaching system, which is characterized by comprising a teacher teaching hand board, student learning hand boards, a multimedia host, a 2.4G wireless receiving host, a screen interactive display device and a matte dust-free writing board, wherein the 2.4G wireless receiving host is plugged on the multimedia host through a USB interface, and the multimedia host is connected with the teacher teaching hand board, the student learning hand boards, the screen interactive display device and the matte dust-free writing board. The healthy multimedia teaching system has the advantages of developing the matte dust-free writing board, eliminating chalk dust in the classroom, and optimizing the respiratory environment; the multimedia host adopts a multifunctional intelligent integrated wall-hanging design, makes equipment in the classroom simple, is convenient in functional application, and optimizes the classroom equipment management and application environment; and an interactive electronic whiteboard and the dust-free writing board are integrally designed, teacher loudspeaker and media sound amplification loudspeaker are installed in an appropriate inclined combination and face towards teacher and students at all parts of the classroom, and optimizes the audio-visual environment for teacher and students.

A computer (host), which is communicating with an interactive whiteboard projector (client) through a remote desktop connection, launches third-party applications supporting multiple mice (i.e. drawing pens) and provides these applications with virtual mouse device and input event signals for each pen device connected on the projector. The applications will behave as if the host system were configured with multiple installed mice, though no added driver or physical connected hardware is present.

The invention discloses an intelligent terminal online education platform. The intelligent terminal online education platform comprises a multi-person real-time voice communication platform applied to mobile online education, a multi-person real-time interactive whiteboard system based on a mobile intelligent terminal, an operation and assessment solution based on the mobile intelligent terminal, an online education platform of the mobile intelligent terminal, and a multi-person interactive multimedia courseware system based on the mobile intelligent terminal. According to the intelligent terminal online education platform provided by the invention, a multi-person real-time voice communication solution applied to the mobile online education is pushed forward and multiple subsystems are constructed for collaborative operation; and while different role requirements are met, the system performance and the reliability are effectively optimized.

The invention relates to an electronic pen used for an interactive electronic whiteboard, which comprises a casing, wherein an electromagnetic wave generation device or a code generation circuit and a code transmission circuit are arranged inside the casing. The electronic pen used for the interactive electronic whiteboard also comprises a plurality of electromagnetic wave switches arranged on the casing, wherein each electromagnetic wave switch corresponds to one of a writing function, an eraser function, a mouse left-button function and a mouse right-button function of the interactive whiteboard and is used for respectively generating different oscillation frequencies in an electromagnetic oscillation circuit formed by respectively connecting a capacitor and an inductor in series, a starting / writing key or a right button is used for triggering starting, and a touch control switch of the oscillation circuit is connected with a penpoint; and the interactive electronic whiteboard detects one of the writing function, the eraser function, the mouse left-button function or the mouse right-button function on a position in which the electronic pen is arranged according to the oscillation frequency of the received electromagnetic wave signal transmitted by the electronic pen. By the electronic pen, the switching operation of the common functions of an interactive demonstration system is simpler, the use is convenient, and the remote operation can be realized.

There is disclosed an interactive whiteboard system including a mobile stand, an interactive surface, and a projector, wherein the mobile stand is adapted to support the interactive surface, and wherein the mobile stand further includes a support arm which extends away from the plane of the interactive surface to support a projector head of the projector in a position in front of the interactive surface, wherein the projector head is rotatable relative to the support arm between a use position in which images projected from the projector head are displayed on the interactive display surface and a non-use position in which the dimension of the system in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the interactive surface is reduced in the non-use position compared to the said dimension in the use position.

The invention provides a double-board interaction implementation method on the basis of electronic white boards. The double-board interaction implementation method includes that an electronic white board driving unit acquires the resolution and start coordinates of a main screen and the resolution and start coordinates of an auxiliary screen, the main screen and the auxiliary screen are respectively corrected by a positioning algorithm, and then an electronic white board software unit informs the electronic white board driving unit that a current service mode is a double-board interaction mode; and the electronic white board driving unit establishes a global coordinate system, when a mouse is operated on a main window of the electronic white board software unit, an analog function MOUSEEVENT of the mouse utilizes the global coordinate system for computation via an analog formula of the mouse, so that coordinates of the mouse are obtained, and mouse operation is executed. The other screen can be used for freely displaying contents for a user, double-board interaction is implemented, the user can simultaneously operate differently on the main electronic white board and the auxiliary electronic white board, the main electronic white board and the auxiliary electronic white board cannot affect each other, double-pen writing can be implemented on the main window of electronic white board software, and window dragging between the main screen and the auxiliary screen is supported.

The invention provides a touch operation method based on an interactive whiteboard and a system thereof.The touch operation method includes the steps that touch operation data such as pressure sense data, touch width data and touch coordinate data is detected, the touch operation data is recognized as a corresponding control instruction according to a set algorithm, and the control instruction is sent to the interactive whiteboard so that a user can directly touch the interactive whiteboard to conduct corresponding operation without clicking all functional buttons.Operation convenience is improved, and user experience is improved.

An apparatus, system and method controls and interacts within an interaction volume within a height over the coordinate plane of a computer such as a computer screen, interactive whiteboard, horizontal interaction surface, video / web-conference system, document camera, rear-projection screen, digital signage surface, television screen or gaming device, to provide pointing, hovering, selecting, tapping, gesturing, scaling, drawing, writing and erasing, using one or more interacting objects, for example, fingers, hands, feet, and other objects, for example, pens, brushes, wipers and even more specialized tools. The apparatus and method be used together with, or even be integrated into, data projectors of all types and its fixtures / stands, and used together with flat screens to render display systems interactive. The apparatus has a single camera covering the interaction volume from either a very short distance or from a larger distance to determine the lateral positions and to capture the pose of the interacting object(s).

A combined type interactive whiteboard relates to whiteboards. The combined type interactive whiteboard comprises a sensor board core, an inside computer integrated circuit, surface materials, support materials, a control circuit, an interface module and a frame. A writing projection portion is mechanically connected with the frame and supports. The sensor board core is mechanically connected with a board core induction coil, the control circuit portion and an interface circuit portion connected with an internally integrated computer hardware circuit. The sensor board core is also mechanically connected with the upper and lower support materials and the bottommost and topmost surface materials. Selecting particular materials, the whiteboard can be used as a common whiteboard. A projector is used for directly projecting the display card information acquired on the internally integrated microcomputer hardware circuit on the whiteboard, and an electronic pen is used for writing or operating on the whiteboard as if a mouse is used for operating on the computer screen, thus the whiteboard can be directly used in combination with the projector without being externally connected with the computer. The whiteboard can also be used as a common whiteboard in the meeting room.