Patent Grant
10897598
Not applicable.
In many cases when people work together there is a need to share information during meetings. In the past, when information was available in a printed form, people would make hard copies of documents prior to a meeting and then distributes those copies at the beginning of a meeting or, sometimes, as a meeting progressed. One problem with hard copies was that meeting attendees or a meeting leader had to assess, prior to a meeting, which information would be relevant at the meeting. In many instances, during a meeting one or more attendees would realize that other content, other information, perhaps also in printed form, and not present at the meeting, would have added value or been handy as a reference. Thus, in many cases attendees would end up promising to deliver other information to the larger group at some other temporally disjointed time.
Another problem with printed paper information sharing is that the printed copies have to be obtained by attendees upon arriving for a meeting and then, during a meeting as attendees refer to different sheets of the printed materials, all attendees have to page back and forth within the materials to view referenced information. In addition to increasing overall sloppiness of a meeting space, the machinations associated with multiple attendees paging back and forth through printed materials had a disruptive effect on overall meeting flow.
Yet one other problem with printed paper information sharing is that, often, too few copies of paper documents would be available at a meeting and therefore two or more attendees would be forced to share their copies, again causing shuffling and sloppiness overall.
One other problem with paper based information sharing is that attendees may not be looking at the same materials all the time as some attendees look forward or backward in their copies or as some attendees simply get confused as to which page or information is currently being discussed or referenced.
One solution to address at least some of the shortcomings with paper-based content sharing has been to provide a projector in a conference space where digital content stored on a laptop or other personal portable computing device can be shared one item or image at a time. While more efficient, projector based solutions have their own drawbacks such as, for instance, requiring disruption when a second attendee takes over presenting content from a first attendee and needs to swap a cord linked to the projector from the first attendee's device to the second attendee's device, inability to use the projector system without a personal computing device, etc.
Perhaps the best prior commercially available solution to information and content sharing tasks within a conference space is a MediaScape system (hereinafter an “MS system”) designed and made commercially available by Steelcase, Inc., of Grand Rapids Michigan, the present applicant. The MS system includes a plurality of flat panel display screens arranged at an end of an elongated table and a power/control assembly mounted in an opening in a system tabletop. The power/control assembly includes a storage compartment within and generally below the tabletop, a switcher device and a plurality of cable assemblies. Each cable assembly includes a cable and a control device that resembles a hockey puck (hereinafter “puck”) attached to a central portion of the cable where one end of the cable is linked to the switcher device and the other end of the cable includes a plug to be linked to a portable computing device. Here, in operation, an attendee pulls the plug end on one of the cables from a storage location in the storage compartment and links the plug to her computing device. Once a cable is linked to a personal portable computing device, the puck on the cable lights up with buttons for selecting one or a subset of the display screens for sharing the desktop (e.g., current and dynamic image) from the linked computing device on the selected display screen.
In addition to including the storage compartment and cable assemblies, the control assembly includes power receptacles so that attendees can plug their computing devices in to charge and receive power during a meeting. Thus, to have a data link and also link to power, an attendee has to link both a control cable and a power cable to her computing device.
In current versions of the MS system, control of the system display screens is completely egalitarian so that any linked attendee can take control of any of the system display screens at any time without requiring any permission or action by any other attendee. Thus, with first and second computing devices used by first and second attendees linked to first and second control cables and the first device desktop shared on a first system display screen, the second attendee may select a share button on her control puck to swap the desktop image from the second computing device for the desktop image from the first computing device without any permission from or action by the first attendee.
While the MS system is relatively efficient and is an improved solution for sharing content when compared to prior solutions, the MS system and other similar systems have several shortcomings. For example, having to link two cables to each portable computing device, one for data and one for power, results in a relatively cluttered arrangement, especially when several attendees link to several cable assemblies at the same time.
As another example, whenever a cable linked to a device like a mechanical device that is routinely moved as is the case with the control cable assemblies that include pucks in the MS system, substantial strain is often placed on the cable to device connections and the cables themselves which can result in cable and device damage or malfunction. To avoid cable damage, the MS system control cable assemblies have been designed to be extremely robust, including high gauge cables and beefed up connectors for connection of the cable to the switching device, and the cable to the puck device. While robust cable assemblies work well in most cases, the cable assemblies still become damaged from time to time. In addition, while robust cable assemblies are a viable solution, they increase system costs appreciably.
As one other example, if an MS cable assembly is damaged or malfunctions, it is not easy to replace the assembly as the connection to the switching device is typically hidden from easy access and requires a special knowledge of the system to be addressed. In many cases, because an MS system includes several (e.g., 4, 6, etc.) cable assemblies, if one or two cable assemblies malfunction, users simply use the other assemblies instead of getting the malfunctioning assemblies fixed. While the other cable assemblies work well independent of malfunctioning assemblies, the malfunctioning assemblies can be bothersome as other attendees that use the system may be unaware of malfunctioning assemblies or may be frustrated as they hunt for a working cable assembly.
As one other example, it is not easy to increase the number of cable assemblies in an MS system to expand connection capabilities to support additional attendees. In this regard, if a system is delivered with and programmed to support four cable assemblies, adding two additional assemblies is not easy requiring reconfiguration of mechanical system components as well as system programming modifications. Similarly, the puck devices are designed to control content sharing on a maximum of four common display screens. It is envisioned that in the near future, many more than four screens or emissive surface windows or fields will be available for content sharing.
As yet one other example, the current MS system only allows an attendee to share her instantaneous desktop image on the system display screens. This means that an attendee cannot use her personal computing device to view a second set of content while sharing a first content set via a common screen. Thus, if a first attendee has a first video presentation application and a second internet browser application open on her computer, she cannot share the video application while independently using the browser to look for some other content she wants to share with a group. Similarly, the attendee cannot share different content on different system display screens or in different sharing windows of fields on a single display screen at the same time so if the attendee above wanted to show the video application output on a first common screen and the browser application on a second common screen, the attendee could not do that with a current MS system.
As yet one other example, with the MS system there is no way to enhance a user's experience beyond simply sharing and observing shared content on the emissive surfaces presented by the system displays. Thus, the emissive surfaces are routinely wasted between content sharing sessions and even during sharing activities when no content is presented.
A more recent solution includes a wireless sharing system where a virtual sharing tool including display screen selection buttons is presented on a user's personal computer device that hovers over a user's desktop image. This solution deals at least in part with the cluttered cable problem associated with the MS system, although power cables are still necessary. This solution also deals with the control cable strain problem as the control cables are eliminated.
Wireless content sharing also has several problems, however. For example, in most wireless sharing cases there is no way to indicate who is currently controlling content. Additionally, wireless systems often require the installation of a dedicated application on content providers' devices. Thus, the system does not support users who do not have the application downloaded, and taking time before or during a meeting to download, install, and configure the necessary software may be disruptive and time consuming. Wireless systems also are not be as intuitive as the physical MS puck device that is dedicated to the MS system and that includes clearly defined buttons for selecting sharing options. The non-intuitive nature of the wireless systems is especially apparent when a new user enters an MS system space and has to go through an unfamiliar access process in order to get on screen sharing tools. Additionally, as with the MS system, there may be no ability to modify the number or configuration of inputs and outputs remotely or to fix the switcher device remotely.
Still further portable devices that do not include wireless capabilities may be incompatible with pure wireless systems. Moreover, users may have a perception, valid or not, that cable connections are more secure. Such a sentiment may even be reflected in a formal company policy prohibiting or otherwise restricting wireless sharing of at least some types of documents and information. In those cases, a wireless system is simply not an option.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a digital content conference sharing system comprising a first large common emissive surface arranged for viewing by users within a conference space, a first conference table assembly located in the conference space and including at least a first worksurface member and a plurality of indicator devices that form a plurality of user stations including at least first and second user stations, the first and second user stations including first and second station worksurfaces and first and second indicator devices spatially associated with the first and second worksurfaces, the first indicator device controllable to indicate at least first and second visually distinct states, the second indicator device controllable to indicate at least the first visually distinct state and a third visually distinct state that is distinct from the first and second states, a processor programmed to perform the steps of (i) while a source device is associated with the first station and capable of sharing but is not sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the first indicator to indicate the first state, (ii) while a source device is associated with the second station and capable of sharing but is not sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the second indicator to indicate the first state, (iii) while a source device is associated with the first station and is sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the first indicator to indicate the second state and (iv) while a source device is associated with the second station and is sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the second indicator to indicate the third state.
In some cases the content is presented in non-overlapping content fields on the common emissive surface, the processor presenting a first indicator that indicates the second state spatially proximate any field including content from a source device associated with the first station and presenting a second indicator that indicates the third state spatially proximate any field including content from a source device associated with the second station. In some cases each first indicator includes at least a first light bar of a first color along an edge of a content sharing field in which content from a source device associated with the first station is presented and each second indicator includes at least one light bar of a second color along an edge of a content sharing field in which content from a source device associated with the second station is presented.
In some embodiments each first indicator includes a full illuminated frame about an associated sharing field and each second indicator includes a full illuminated frame about an associated sharing field. In some cases the first and second indicators are light devices capable of generating light in a plurality of different colors and wherein the first, second and third states are indicated by different illumination colors. In some cases the system further includes a user location sensor linked to the processor, the processor further programmed to control the first and second indicator devices to, upon the processor detecting a user proximate the at least a first worksurface that is not associated with a station, illuminate one of the indicators at one of the stations that is not currently associated with a source device to indicate a fourth state that is visually distinct from the first, second and third states to guide the user toward the associated station.
In some embodiments the first, second, third and fourth states are indicated by generating different colored illumination. In some cases the first indicator device includes a plurality of light devices that substantially outline at least a portion of the first worksurface at the first station and the second indicator device includes a plurality of light devices that substantially outline at least a portion of the second worksurface at the second station. In some cases each user station further includes an interface assembly that includes selectable buttons for controlling system content sharing states.
Tin some cases each interface includes at least first and second selectable buttons for identifying first and second fields for sharing content on the common display. In some cases the processor controls the appearance of the selectable buttons. In some cases the processor controls the first interface first and second buttons to indicate the first state when a source device associated with the first station is not sharing content in the first and second fields, respectively, and to indicate the second state when a source device associated with the first station is sharing content in the first and second fields, respectively, and controls the second interface first and second buttons to indicate the first state when a source device associated with the second station is not sharing content in the first and second fields, respectively, and to indicate the third state when a source device associated with the second station is sharing content in the first and second fields, respectively. In some embodiments each interface also includes at least third and fourth selectable buttons for identifying third and fourth fields for sharing content on the common display.
In some cases the processor controls the first interface third and fourth buttons to indicate the first state when a source device associated with the first station is not sharing content in the third and fourth fields, respectively, and to indicate the second state when a source device associated with the first station is sharing content in the third and fourth fields, respectively, and controls the second interface third and fourth buttons to indicate the first state when a source device associated with the second station is not sharing content in the third and fourth fields, respectively, and to indicate the third state when a source device associated with the second station is sharing content in the third and fourth fields, respectively. In some embodiments the plurality of user stations includes at least a third user station that includes at least a third indicator device and a third interface.
In some cases the system further includes at least one wireless transceiver linked to the processor, the transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the source devices. In some cases the wireless transceiver includes first and second separate near field communication devices proximate the first and second user stations. In some cases each station includes a separate near field communication device. In some cases each station further includes a content sharing interface integrated into the worksurface member.
In some cases the at least a first worksurface member includes a separate work surface member for each of the user stations. In some cases the system further includes a second large common emissive surface arranged for viewing by users within a second conference space and at least a second conference table assembly located in the second conference space and including at least a second worksurface member and a plurality of indicator devices that form a plurality of user stations including at least third and fourth user stations, the third and fourth user stations including third and fourth station worksurfaces and third and fourth indicator devices spatially associated with the third and fourth worksurfaces, the third indicator device controllable to indicate at least the first and a fourth visually distinct states, the fourth indicator device controllable to indicate at least the first visually distinct state and a fifth visually distinct state that is distinct from the other states, the content presented on the second common emissive surface replicating the content presented on the first common emissive surface, the processor programmed to further perform the steps of (i) while a source device is associated with the third station and capable of sharing but is not sharing content on the common emissive surfaces, controlling the third indicator to indicate the first state, (ii) while a source device is associated with the fourth station and capable of sharing but is not sharing content on the common emissive surfaces, controlling the fourth indicator to indicate the first state, (iii) while a source device is associated with the third station and is sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the third indicator to indicate the third state and (iv) while a source device is associated with the fourth station and is sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the fourth indicator to indicate the fourth state.
Other embodiments include a digital content conference sharing system comprising a first large common emissive surface arranged for viewing by users within a conference space, a first conference table assembly located in the conference space and including at least a first worksurface member and a plurality of indicator devices that form a plurality of user stations, each user station including a station specific section of the worksurface member and indicator devices spatially associated with the station, each indicator device controllable to indicate at least first and second visually distinct states wherein each first state is indicated in a first visually distinct manner and each second state is indicated in an indicator specific second visually distinct manner that is different for each of the indicators, each state including the first state and each of the indicator specific second visually distinct states indicated by generating light of a state specific and visually distinct color, a processor programmed to perform the steps of (i) while a source device is associated with a user station and capable of sharing but is not sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the indicator associated with the station to indicate the first state, (ii) while a source device is associated with a user station and is currently sharing content in a field on the common emissive surface, controlling the indicator associated with the station to indicate the indicator specific second state and presenting an on screen indicator that also indicates the indicator specific second state associated with the user station.
Other embodiments include a digital content conference sharing system comprising a first large common emissive surface arranged for viewing by users within a conference space, a first conference table assembly located in the conference space and including at least a first worksurface member and a plurality of indicator devices that form a plurality of user stations, each user station including a station specific section of the worksurface member and indicator devices spatially associated with the station, each indicator device controllable to indicate at least first and second visually distinct states wherein each first state is indicated in a first visually distinct manner and each second state is indicated in an indicator specific second visually distinct manner that is different for each of the indicators, each state including the first state and each of the indicator specific second visually distinct states indicated by generating light of a state specific and visually distinct color, each station further including a station specific user interface integrated into the worksurface member including at least first and second selectable content sharing buttons associated with at least first and second fields on the common emissive surface, the buttons operable to control content sharing in an egalitarian fashion, a processor programmed to perform the steps of (i) while a source device is associated with a user station and capable of sharing but is not sharing content on the common emissive surface, controlling the indicator associated with the station to indicate the first state, (ii) while a source device is associated with a user station and is currently sharing content in a field on the common emissive surface, controlling the indicator associated with the station to indicate the indicator specific second state and presenting an on screen indicator that also indicates the indicator specific second state associated with the user station.
Some embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising a conference table assembly including a tabletop member having a substantially flat and horizontal top surface, a plurality of user stations arranged about an edge of the tabletop member, a separate opening formed in the top surface at least of the user stations, a large common display screen, a switching device linked to the display screen for presenting content in sharing fields thereon and a plurality of multi-purpose connection ports, a separate one of the connection ports mounted within each of the openings formed in the top surface to be accessible from above the top surface, each connection port linked to the switching device as a separate input.
In some cases each connection port is a USB-C port. Ion some cases each user station further includes a user interface. In some cases each user interface is integrated into the tabletop member. In some cases each user interface is arranged adjacent a lateral edge of an associated user station. In some cases each user station further includes at least one light indicator device integrated into the tabletop member proximate the station where the indicator light is controlled to indicate content sharing states associated with content presented on the large common display. In some cases each indicator device includes a light device that generates light surrounding an associated port and opening at a station and wherein the indicator device indicates a content sharing state for a source device associated with the station.
Some embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising a large common emissive surface supported for viewing within a conference space, a conference table assembly located in the conference space adjacent the common emissive surface, the table assembly including a tabletop member and a plurality of user stations, each station including a tabletop space and an interface assembly integrated into the tabletop assembly along at least one lateral edge of the associated tabletop space, each interface presenting N+1 content sharing field options up to a total of M where N is the total number of current content sharing fields.
Some embodiments include a method for use with a digital content sharing system located in a conference space including at least a first large common emissive surface and a conference table assembly that includes a plurality of user stations arranged about an edge of a tabletop, each user station including at least a first light type indicator device generally viewable within the conference space, the method comprising the steps of upon detection of a user that is not currently associated with the content sharing system within the conference space, illuminating a first indicator device that is associated with a first user station with a first color light as an invitation to the detected user to occupy the associated station, upon the detected user associating a user content source device with the associated station and prior to sharing content on the common emissive surface, illuminating the first indicator device with a second color light as an indication that the user is able to share content from the user's content source device on the common emissive surface and upon the detected user sharing content from the user's content source device on the emissive surface, illuminating the first indicator device with a third color light as an indication that the user is currently sharing content on the common emissive surface.
In some cases the method further includes the steps of, upon the detected user associating a user content source device with a station other than the associated station and prior to sharing content on the common emissive surface, illuminating the indicator device associated with the other station with the second color light and turning off the first indicator device.
Other embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising a large common emissive surface arranged for viewing in a conference space, a processor linked to the emissive surface and including several inputs for receiving content from linked user source devices, the processor programmed to perform the steps of (i) presenting at least first and second content non-overlapping sharing fields on the emissive surface for sharing content where the content shared in the sharing fields is changed during a conference session so that different input source devices drive the sharing fields at different times with different content, (ii) presenting forward and reverse options via at least a first interface enabling at least one conference user to select options to step forward and backward in the shared content so that the content presented in the sharing fields can be reviewed.
Other embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising a large common emissive surface supported in a conference space for viewing, a switching device linked to the emissive surface and including several source device inputs linkable to content source devices, at least a first interface assembly including selectable content sharing options including at least an option to replicate an instantaneous dynamic user device desktop on the emissive surface, to freeze an image of an instantaneous dynamic user device desktop on the emissive surface while the user's source device is used to access other content and to cause a user's desktop application output to be replicated on the emissive surface while the user's source device is used to access other applications or content.
Yet other embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising a large common emissive surface supported in a conference space for viewing, the emissive surface presenting at least first and second non-overlapping content sharing fields, a switching device linked to the emissive surface and including several source device inputs linkable to content source devices, a processor linked to the switching device for controlling content delivered to the content sharing fields, the processor programmed to perform the steps of presenting a freeze image of a previous desktop image from a first source device in the first field and presenting an instantaneous dynamic desktop from the first source device in the second field.
Other embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising a large common emissive surface supported in a conference space for viewing, the emissive surface presenting at least first and second non-overlapping content sharing fields, a switching device linked to the emissive surface and including several source device inputs linkable to content source devices, a processor linked to the switching device for controlling content delivered to the content sharing fields, the processor programmed to perform the steps of receiving content from at least first and second applications run by a first user source device and causing the switching device to present the content from the first and second applications in the first and second fields, respectively.
Some embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising at least a first large common emissive surface supported for viewing within a conference space, the emissive surface presenting at least a first content sharing field, a conference table assembly including a tabletop adjacent the emissive surface, at least a first interface device integrated into the tabletop and including at least a separate selectable option for each content sharing field on the emissive surface and a touch pad for controlling a first pointing icon on the common emissive surface.
In some cases the system further includes at least a second interface device integrated into the tabletop and including at least a separate selectable option for each content sharing field on the emissive surface and a touch pad for controlling a pointing icon on the common emissive surface. In some cases the pointing icon controllable via the second interface is a second pointing icon that is independent of the first pointing icon. In some cases the first interface further includes at least one add field option for adding an additional content sharing field on the emissive surface and wherein, when an additional field is added to the emissive surface, an additional filed selection option is added to the first interface that is associated with the newly added field.
Still other embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising at least a first large common emissive surface supported for viewing within a conference space, an emissive surface control processor linked to the emissive surface and linkable to source devices for receiving content therefrom and presenting the content on the emissive surface, the processor programmed to perform the steps of receive control commands from at least first and second linked source devices and to control the common emissive surface like an extension screen for each of the first and second linked source devices so that content can be dragged from first and second display screens of the first and second source devices to the common emissive surface for simultaneous content presentation on the common emissive surface from the first and second source devices.
Some cases include a digital content sharing method for use with a plurality of portable user computing devices, the method comprising the steps of causing a first portable computing device to identify other portable computing devices within a threshold range of the first portable computing devices, presenting a list of the other portable computing devices within the threshold range via a display on the first portable computing device, receiving selection of at least a subset of the other portable computing devices from the list, establishing a network between the selected portable computing devices, presenting a control interface on the first portable computing device display screen and on each display screen of a portable computing device linked to the network wherein each interface includes a share option for sharing an instantaneous and dynamic desktop from an associated computing device, upon selection of one of the share options, replicating the instantaneous and dynamic desktop from the associated computing device in fields on each of the displays of the computing devices that are linked to the network, while content from one computing device is replicated on other computing device displays, enabling each computing device to replace the shared content in an egalitarian fashion and also enabling each computing device to open an additional content sharing field on each device display for simultaneously sharing content from at least two computing devices.
In some cases content sharing fields are presented in an overlapping fashion with desktop images so that computing device users have access to their own desktops during a sharing session.
Other embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising at first and second large common emissive surfaces supported for viewing within a conference space, the second emissive surface being touch sensitive, an emissive surface control processor linked to the emissive surfaces and linkable to source devices for receiving content therefrom and presenting the content on the emissive surfaces, the processor programmed to perform the steps of detecting at least a first portable user source device and associating the source device with the system for content sharing, presenting a user interface to the user at a user station useable to share a desktop from the source device on the first emissive surface, detecting that a user associated with the first user source device located proximate the second emissive surface and presenting a small representation of the instantaneous and dynamic desktop from the first portable device proximate the user on the second emissive surface along with a replicated user interface useable to share the desktop on the first emissive surface.
Some embodiments include a workplace affordance configuration comprising a table assembly including a tabletop member for use by a system use where the tabletop member includes an edge portion along which the user is positioned during use, at least a first directional speaker supported proximate the table assembly and including a field of sound (FOS) that is directed toward location along the tabletop member edge at which the user is positioned during use so that a user's head is located in a column of sound generated by the speaker.
In some cases the configuration further includes a sound absorbing member on a side of the space to be occupied by a user opposite the speaker. In some cases the at least a first speaker is mounted within a ceiling above the table assembly. In some cases the at least a first speaker is mounted within the tabletop member so that sound is directed toward the space occupied by a user in a generally upward and outward direction. In some cases the configuration further includes a user head tracking sensor device wherein a processor is programmed to steer the speaker FOS toward a user's head as the user moves about at the tabletop edge.
Still other embodiments include a digital content sharing system comprising a first content sharing arrangement located at a first conference space and including at least a first large common emissive surface for viewing in the first conference space, the first content sharing arrangement further including a first switching device for receiving content from any of a plurality of user source devices linked to first switching device inputs and for presenting shared content in fields on the first emissive surface, a second content sharing arrangement located at a second conference space and including at least a second large common emissive surface for viewing in the second conference space, the second content sharing arrangement further including a second switching device for receiving content from any of a plurality of user source devices linked to second switching device inputs and for presenting shared content in fields on the second emissive surface, wherein, the common emissive surface at the first location is capable of presenting more large format content sharing fields than the common emissive surface at the second location and, wherein, when more large format content sharing field are presented at the first location than at the second location, the fields at the first location that are not presented in the large format at the second location are visually distinguished.
In some cases the second location presents small format fields on the second emissive surface that replicate content from the large format fields at the first location that are not presented in a large format at the second location.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention, then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described. The following description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative aspects of the invention. However, these aspects are indicative of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the invention can be employed. Other aspects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the drawings.
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In at least some embodiments, port 35 is mounted within opening 34 so that the port is substantially flush with or slightly recessed from tabletop top surface 26 and so that no part of the port or structure there around stands proud of the tabletop surface 26. In advantageous embodiments water or liquid proof USB-C ports are used so that if any liquid is inadvertently spilled on tabletop surface 26 and makes its way to opening 34, the liquid will not damage the port, cables or any electronic devices linked thereto. Liquid proof USB-C ports are widely available on the market today and any suitable port may be utilized. Even in cases where a USB-C port is liquid proof, in some embodiments a raised lip 41 (see phantom in
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USB-C ports and connecting cables have several advantages over prior cable connection systems. First, most system users will already be familiar with USB-C or other USB type ports and therefore, using one of the ports 35 to link for power and data sharing should be extremely intuitive to most system users.
Second, in most cases it is envisioned that system users that want to use the USB-C ports to link to the sharing system will have to supply their own USB-C cables 39 which can be readily obtained at any computer store and other types of retail stores. It is believed that users may be more careful with their own cable devices than with system integrated cable assemblies.
Third, USB-C cables, connectors and ports are extremely robust and therefore do not malfunction or become damaged very often. For this reason, a system including USB-C ports and requiring USB-C cables should be substantially more robust that other cable based systems.
Fourth, even in cases where a USB-C cable becomes damaged or malfunctions for some reason, the solution is to simply use a different USB-C cable, perhaps borrowed from a meeting mate or someone in the general area of system 10. Here, there is no need to wait for a maintenance person to fix the system.
Fifth, because the USB-C ports and accommodating openings 34 are extremely small and can be integrated into the tabletop to be substantially flush with top surface 26, the ports 35 simply do not obstruct other use of the tabletop surface there around when not used for sharing content. In addition, because the ports 35 provide no obstruction above the tabletop surface 26 in at least some embodiments, the ports can easily be placed at any location within the table top without affecting tabletop use.
Sixth, because the USB-C ports can be placed anywhere without obstructing tabletop use, the ports can be placed immediately adjacent user stations about the top member and even within the portion of the tabletop surface that is to be used by a user at a specific station. By placing ports immediately near where they will be used, the length of USB-C cable required to link to a port is reduced appreciably. In addition, even if a user uses a longer connection cable, the intermediate portion of that cable can be positioned adjacent the edge of the tabletop and need not extend into a central tabletop area. Shorter connection cables or cables that do not have to extend to a centrally located connection assembly result in less clutter and a better overall appearance.
Sixth, any security concerns about wireless content sharing systems can be eliminated where USB-C or other port types are utilized in a sharing system. No wireless sharing means no possibility of unintended and inadvertent data sharing or access. At least some entities that install sharing systems already demand cabled systems for security purposes and the USB-C and other port types integrated into the system facilitate peace of mind.
In at least some cases system users that intend to take advantage of the USB-C ports 35 may be required to bring their own USB-C cables to link devices to the system. Requiring users to bring their own cables is not particularly burdensome as many and in some cases most users are already accustomed to carrying their own connection cables for charging and other connection purposes. In other cases one or a set of USB-C cables may be stored in a system space on a shelf or in some other storage affordance proximate the table assembly 12.
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In other embodiments it is contemplated that light devices integrated into the tabletop 24 below tabletop surface 26 may generate light to distinguish adjacent stations. Here, in some cases, a top surface layer of tabletop member 24 may be translucent yet opaque so that light generated there below passes through the top layer to distinguish an associated station from tabletop surface protons there around, but where the station space is not distinguishable from adjacent tabletop portions when the light is deactivated. For instance, the top surface layer may include an opaque/translucent plastic material. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/170,550 which was filed on Jun. 1, 2016 and which is titled “Space Guidance And Management System And Method” teaches, in
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In order to control content sharing on display 18a, each user has to have some type of input device to provide commands to switching device 104 or to the controlling processor 100. In some embodiments it is contemplated that a virtual interface may be provided on each user's laptop or other portable communication device. To this end, exemplary virtual control interfaces for a content sharing system is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/568,938 which is titled “Personal Control Apparatus And Method For Sharing Information In A Collaborative Workspace” and which was filed on Mar. 23, 2016 at
If an attendee linked via a cable 39 disconnects the cable or disconnects her portable device from the cable, processor 100 may automatically revert to a default state in which any content from the disconnected device that was presented on the common surface prior to disconnection, is removed from surface 18a. In some cases where a first source device was linked to display 18a when a second source device was used to take control of the display 18a, if the second device is delinked from the switching device or if the user of the second device elects to remove her desktop image from display 18a, the default state may revert to presenting the instantaneous desk top image from the first device, assuming that first device remains linked to switcher 104.
In other cases, instead of providing a virtual control interface on a user's personal portable computing device display screen, a set of control interfaces may be integrated directly into table assembly 12 and, more specifically, into either the tabletop member 24 or into the edges of the tabletop. To this end, see 76b in
As is the case with visually distinguishing different user stations described above, some type of printed or painted indicia or even some type of mechanically differentiated indicia may be presented on or formed in the tabletop surface 24 just above the capacitive buttons to guide a user on where to touch to select one or more of the buttons. In other cases, where a top layer member is translucent as described above, each of the buttons 120b, 122b, etc., may include a light device (e.g., one or more LEDs) mounted below the top layer that, when activated, generate light that passes up through the top layer and is visually distinguishable from above surface 26 to determine button locations.
Each of the table integrated interfaces (e.g., 76b) is at least spatially aligned with one of the USB-C ports 35 so that a user should be able to spatially discern the association. Thus, for instance, in
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In some embodiments, if a first user is currently presenting her desktop in a first field associated with first button 120b and a second user selects the second button on her interface 76f while her portable device is linked to port 76f, instead of presenting the second desktop simultaneously with the first, the second desk top may be swapped in for the first desktop in the first field. Referring again to
While not absolutely necessary in some embodiments, particularly advantageous embodiments will include some indicating functionality to indicate different system states and, in some cases, to indicate who is sharing content during a meeting. For instance, as described in the already incorporated U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/568,938, in the case of a virtual control interface 71 that includes a different virtual button for each field in which content may be shared on display 18a, user names of users currently sharing content in specific fields may be presented on the associated buttons (e.g., a first user's name “John” may appear in an upper left hand control button on all linked portable device interfaces when a user John is sharing content on in an upper left hand window of display 18a). In this way, anyone can instantaneous determine who is posting or sharing content by viewing their own personal interface 71.
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In still other cases integrated light devices that shine through portions of a translucent tabletop member 24 and that define user stations 60a through 60g may be used to indicate at least two control states for a source device at that station including not sharing content and sharing content. In this regard, see the translucent light constructs represented at 70b, 72b and 74b in
While three indicator light bars 70b, 72b, 74b are shown at each user station in the exemplary system 10, in other embodiments the station light indicators may take other forms such as a single indicator bar 72b, a circular indicator (not shown), etc.
In still other cases, the control buttons associated with the table integrated interfaces (e.g., 79 in
In any of the embodiments described above that include light indicator devices integrated into the tabletop member 24, indicators may be capable of and controlled to indicate any of three different control states. To this end, for instance, referring again to
Hereinafter, unless indicated otherwise, a non-cross hatched button or indicator in the drawings will indicate that the button or indicator is not illuminated at all, vertical hashing (see 70b in
In at least some cases, the user station interfaces (e.g., 76b in
In some cases a frame indicator may be presented on a common display around each presented content field to help system users mentally connect control interface buttons to the display 18a. For instance, see in
Where two content sharing fields are simultaneously presented on display 18a, in at least some embodiments, it is contemplated that a differently colored frame may be presented for each sharing field where the frame colors match interface button colors to help users mentally associate specific buttons with specific sharing fields. For instance, see
In still other cases, at least some set of indicators at each user station 60a through 60g may provide some type of indication of which attendee at a meeting is currently controlling content on display 18a or in each of the content sharing fields on display 18a when more than one field is presented. For instance, see
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While USB-C ports that require USB-C cables are optimal in many embodiments, it is understood that, for at least the foreseeable future, legacy portable devices will persist that simply cannot link up to the system 10 via USB-C ports. For this reason, in at least some cases, other source device to system 10 linking technologies or functions may be supported in system 10. For example referring again to
In at least some cases, it is contemplated that each or at least one of the cables linked to control device 36 may constitute a USB-C connector so that even the cabled control assembly at 32 is more robust. Where the control device 36 cables are USB-C type cables, overall system cost should be reduced, robustness of the system should increase and maintenance costs in both time and money should be reduced appreciably. In addition, where USB-C cables link a user device to system 10, even through a mechanical subassembly 36, power can be provided via the USB-C cable to the linked source device.
As another example, in at least some cases a system 10 may also be useable with a wireless area network to receive control commands from user devices and to control virtual interfaces on user device displays to indicate current control states. To this end, see again
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In other cases, wireless communication for content sharing and state signaling may be via the area wireless system 16 once a user's source device is associated with a particular station (e.g., 60b). Thus, initial association may be via a station specific NFC sensor integrated into the table assembly 12 and wireless communication between processor 100 and a source device may be via the area wireless network. In this case, the NFC sensor devices in table assembly 12 may reaffirm that a user's device is at a station periodically (e.g., every 5 seconds) and, if a user's source device is not at a station during one or a consecutive set (e.g., three consecutive) affirm attempts, processor 100 may delink the user's device and remove any content shared thereby from the common display 18a.
As yet one other example, it has been recognized that in many cases one or more meeting attendees may not bring personal portable computing devices to a meeting. For instance, some attendees may not have portable personal devices for sharing content. In other cases an attendee may simply neglect to bring her portable source device or may purposefully not bring her device to a meeting. Despite arriving at a system 10 for a meeting without a personal device, an attendee that still wants to share some content should have the ability to do so. For this reason, in at least some cases one or more interfaces that fully enable an attendee to access her personal data, documents and digitally stored files may be integrated into system 10 in addition to the ports 35 and other linkage systems described above. In
Each of the interface assemblies 40 and 42 has a similar construction and operates in a similar fashion and therefore, in the interest of simplifying this explanation, only assembly 40 will be described here in any detail. Interface assembly 40 includes a flat panel display screen that has a front emissive surface and an oppositely facing rear surface that is flat and completely planar and that, in at least some embodiments, is finished with the same type of material used to provide tabletop surface 26. In some embodiments, the assembly 40 display screen may be mounted near a bottom edge near the rear of the opening 28 so that the top end thereof can rotate about a horizontal axis between the stored position with the rear surface material substantially flush with the tabletop surface 26 (see 42 in
In some embodiments a portion of the tabletop between opening 28 and the adjacent tabletop edge 21 may include an emissive surface (see phantom at 77 in
In other cases, instead of providing an emissive surface that is flush with the tabletop surface 26, a capacitive keyboard may be integrated directly into the tabletop structure like the other interface buttons 120b, 122b, etc., described above where a top layer of the tabletop assembly 24 covers the keyboard and where light devices within the keyboard light up so that the keys and board are visible through the tabletop top surface when the keys are illuminated but are indiscernible when the board is not illuminated. Here, again, the keyboard may automatically light up and persistently remain lit once interface 40 is moved to the use position. In either of the emissive surface keyboard or the capacitive integrated keyboard cases, the keyboard may persist for a period while not in use and may fade off or its intensity may be reduced once a threshold period of non-use occurs. Here, a simple initial touch may restore the keyboard to its brightest setting so that the keyboard is useable.
In still other cases it is contemplated that one or more wireless mechanical keyboards 44a, 44b (see again
In still other cases it is contemplated that an interface integrated into the table assembly 12 may include a completely emissive horizontal surface at a user station that a user may associate. In this regard, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/995,367 which is titled “Emissive Shapes And Control Systems” and which was filed on Jan. 1, 2016 describes an emissive table structure that provides desktop content to an associated user and that application is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference and any of the teachings therein may be used to provide a fully emissive table integrated interface at station 60d or at station 60e or at any of the other stations.
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In at least some embodiments it is contemplated that each station that includes an integrated interface may also include other system component described above so that a user can use her personal portable computing device instead of the table integrated devices at a station that includes integrated devices if she prefers. For instance, in
In at least some embodiments, once interface 40 and an associated keyboard are activated, a user may be prompted for a user name and password so that the station interface 40 can be associated with the specific user thereby enabling the user to access her personal digitally stored data, documents, files and software applications for accessing other data and information.
In cases where a user wirelessly (e.g., without connection to one of the ports 35 or via a cabled assembly at 32) associates her portable source device with a specific user station, once associated with the station, all control interface components and state indicators associated with the station may be enabled to provide functionality for the associated source device. Thus, for instance, in
In still other embodiments a user's portable source device may be automatically (or based on a user selection) paired with a user station so that the source device provides a sharing interface while a table integrated emissive surface or display presents a user's desktop at the user's paired station. To this end, see, for instance the tablet computing device 99 shown in
Many portable user computers or source devices are now configured to include wireless charging components so that the devices can be charged when placed on or proximate a surface associated with a charging assembly. In at least some embodiments it is contemplated that one, a subset or perhaps all of the user stations will be equipped with charging assemblies integrated into tabletop assembly 24. To this end, see exemplary charging assembly 82 shown at station 60b in
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Next, exemplary control processes or methods for supporting system 10 users will be described. In the descriptions that follow, referring to
Prior to any user approaching system 10, in at least some cases it is contemplated that none of the table integrated visual indicators will be illuminated. Here, because no user is linked to system 10, no user content is shared on display 18a. At this time, in at least some embodiments, processor 100 (see again
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In other cases, every available station that is not already associated with a user may be lit up red to offer those stations to a newly arriving user. In
In cases where a user wears a badge or other wearable device or carries a portable computing device that is capable of some type of audible or visual indication, upon detecting the user proximate the table assembly 12, the system processor may transmit an indicator control signal to the user's device causing the device to generate a “welcome” type indication prior to actual arrival at the edge of tabletop 26. The welcome indicator may be simple such as illuminating an LED indicator on a badge in a way that is associated with a welcome message. In other cases the welcome indicator may be more sophisticated such as, for instance, a screen shot presented on a smart phone device display screen that welcomes the user to the assembly 12.
In at least some cases low energy Bluetooth or other similar low energy wireless communication may be used to sense users and start the welcoming process and, once a user is linked to the system for sharing content and for other purposes, wireless communication between the user's computing device and the system processor may be via some more robust wireless protocol such as, for instance, near field communication (NFC).
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Upon assuming a position at station 60f, second user 89f performs some wireless association process to wirelessly link her laptop source device to system 100 and more specifically to station 60f so that indicator bars 70f, 72f and 74f and the station interface 76f are associated with the second user 89f's laptop device. For instance, the NFC sensor device (e.g., see again 80 in
Once the second user's source device is linked to or associated with station 60f, system processor 100 changes the color of indicator bars 70f, 72f and 74f from red to yellow to indicate that sharing has been enabled for the second user but that the second user 89f's source device is not currently sharing content. In addition, interface 76f at station 60f is illuminated so that first and second control buttons 120f and 122f are green and yellow to indicate that the first user 89b is currently sharing content in field 210 on display 18a and that the second user 89f can select the second button 122f to add a content sharing field on display 18a.
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In still other embodiments it is contemplated that different tabletop shapes and different numbers of common display screens may be provided as part of an overall content sharing system. For instance, see
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One advantage associated with the FPGA switching device 104 is that the device can be delivered to an installation site and then, based on specific characteristics of a system 10 being configured, the switching device 104 can be programmed in the field to support different system requirements. For instance, a specific FPGA switching device 104 may be configured to drive either the
Another advantage associated with FPGA devices is that the devices can be reconfigured after installation. For instance, in
One other advantage associated with FPGA devices is that those devices can be programmed and reprogrammed remotely. To this end, referring again to
Yet one other advantage associated with FGPA devices is that those devices typically have more capability than required for a content sharing system like those contemplated here and therefore an FPGA device has built in redundant capabilities so that, if a switching path through the FPGA device 104 fails for some reason, the switching device can typically be reconfigured to provide the failed functionality via some other device path.
One other advantage to an FPGA device 104 is that new devices have the ability to be programmed to soften graphic effects that occur when video sources are switched or output video is reconfigured. For instance, instead of simply replacing one video input from a first user source device with a second input from a second user source device, at least some FPGAs can be programmed to have special replacement effects like having a first input video move off to the right on a common display and a second input video move on to the common display from the left. As another instance, the first video input may fade to dark and then the second video input may fade from dark to on to replace the first user input with the second user input. Many other switching graphics effects are contemplated.
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In addition, in at least some embodiments, computer 100 may be programmed to operate along with switching device 104 to combine two or more input videos to effectively overlap one input on another thereby adding decorative or functional graphics on a common display to present a richer and more detailed content sharing experience. For instance, referring again to
In still other embodiments other interface assemblies that are integrated into a tabletop are contemplated. For instance, instead of having integrated illuminated buttons like interfaces 76b, 76f, etc., in other embodiments each interface may include a dedicated touch sensitive flat panel display having a top surface that is flush with the tabletop surface. To this end, see
Other content control features may also be available via the integrated interface devices 276b such as, ability to zoom in and out on shared content in one of the common fields, ability to annotate content, ability to store specific content for persistent association with a specific session or project, etc. None of the tools required to support these functions are shown in the figures but each would be provided as virtual control buttons and tools in at least some embodiments.
In addition to enabling more elegant control interfaces with the functionality described above, display screen type interfaces like 276b can be used to facilitate more complex content sharing features and functions. For example, in at least some cases it is contemplated that a single user may want to share a first content set in a common display field but may want to access other content via her portable computing source device. Thus, for instance, referring again to
To facilitate sharing a first content set while previewing or otherwise accessing a second content set, in at least some cases system processor 100 may be programmed to present additional “persistent” sharing options via the graphic touch sensitive interfaces 276b, 276f, etc., to a user whenever the user shares content. In some embodiments, two different types of persistent content sharing are contemplated including persistent desktop image sharing and persistent application sharing. In the case of persistent image sharing, a user may decide to freeze an instantaneous image of the user's desktop in a common sharing field. In this case, while the selected image is frozen in the common field, the user may use her desktop to perform any other process including modifying the frozen image on her computer, accessing other images, documents, etc., running any application programs, to access the internet or some other communication network or database, etc. In these cases, because the shared image is frozen, as the user accesses other content on her laptop, the image in the shared field remains unchanged until replaced by any user that selects the field occupied by the frozen image to share other content or until some other user takes control of the field in which the shared image is presented. Thus, for instance, if a user freezes the output of a video application while the application is instantaneously presenting a video, while the video will continue to progress on the user's laptop, once the user freezes the common field image, the video output remains frozen in the common field as a still image until the field is closed out or the image is replaced by other content.
In the case of persistent application sharing, a user may decide to cause her instantaneous desktop to “persist” in a common display field while the user accesses other content via her portable source device 290. Here, the term “persist” means that all applications or other dynamic content that comprises the user's instantaneous desktop remains active and operational even as the user that shared the persistent desktop accesses other content or runs other applications on her device 290. Thus, for instance, if a video application is present on a user's desktop and is showing a first video when that user causes her desktop to persist, the video application and instantaneous video presented thereby would remain in the common sharing field even if the user opens and maximizes a word processor application on her laptop device 290.
In the case of a persistent desktop, in at least some cases, any application providing output to a user's desktop when the desktop persist option is selected may continue to operate on the user's portable source device to generate persistent output to system switching device 104 even if the user minimizes or even closes out the application on her portable source device 290. Thus, for instance, in the above example, if first user 89b is running a video program to generate a video when a desktop persist option is selected, that application may continue to run on first user 89b's source device 290 to drive the common sharing field 210 despite first user 89b minimizing or even closing out the video application on her device. In effect, the video application in this example simply continues to operate in the background on device 290 even though the first user may be unaware of its operation.
In other cases, the system processor or computer 100 (see again
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In cases where interfaces include high definition emissive surfaces (e.g., 276b in
Another application that may be supported by interfaces 276b and that may be integrated with the content sharing system is a content preview application that enables a user to view content on a smaller semi-private scale prior to sharing in one of the common large content sharing fields. In at least some cases it is envisioned that if a first user shares a multi-slide presentation (e.g., a Power Point presentation) via one of the common display fields (see 210 in
Other applications that may be supported by the emissive surface interfaces 276b include personal notification applications like e-mail, texts, schedule reminders (e.g., next meeting in 5 minutes), current session schedule prompts (e.g., 5 minutes left until the end of current meeting, offers to extend current session periods, etc.). Yet other applications like voting applications, fitness applications, session effectiveness guidance, personal assistant, etc., may further be supported by the emissive surface interfaces. Still one other application type may be one that enables users to control personal or group privacy settings that are managed and controlled by some other system.
One other application that may be accessed and controlled via interfaces 276b, etc., include a Skype or other telepresence type application program which may enable telepresence video in addition to content sharing so that remote user's that link into the system 10 can have a video presence at the table 12.
In addition, consistent with the discussion above, because first user 89b is sharing content in field 210, interface 276b presents other control options for controlling the shared content including a “Close Field” option 170, a “Desktop Freeze” option 172 and a “Desktop Persist” option 174. Here, to close outfield 210 and remove the first user's desktop image therefrom, first user 89b can select Close Field button 170 at which point the system 10 state would revert back to the state shown in
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If first user 89b selects Desktop Persist button 174, the application operating in field 210 persists and continues to operate and first user 89b is able to use any application program or to access any other content on her laptop device 290 without having her instantaneous desktop replicated on common surface 18a.
Upon first user 89b freezing her desktop or selecting a desktop persist option, the control options presented via first user interface 276b are changed to reflect a different option set and include a “Close Field” option 180 and a “Replicate Desktop” option 182. Close Field option 180 is selectable to close out associated field 210 to effectively remove the first user's frozen image from display 18a and to allow second field 220 to be expanded to cover most of the display 18a surface. Replicate Desktop option 182 is selectable to re-associate the first user's instantaneous desktop image on device 290 with first field 210 so that the user's instantaneous and dynamic desktop is again replicated in field 210.
In at least some cases a single user may be able to share two, three, or more independent content outputs (e.g., images, files, application output, etc.) from her portable source device simultaneously. To this end, in
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Other content sharing options in addition to those described above are contemplated here. For instance, instead of sharing an entire desktop image, a system user may only want to share the output of a single application program.
Where a user shares an instantaneously active application in a common field, in at least some embodiments, if the user switches over to a second application on her source device so that the second application is active, the initially shared application may persist in the common field until replaced by some user or closed by the sharing user. In other cases, when an active application has been shared and the sharing user accesses a second application so that the second application is then active, the shared application in the common field may automatically be switched to the second and now currently active application. Thus, in this case, the commonly shared application would be coupled to the currently active application for the sharing user.
In at least some embodiments a single user may share two or more applications in two or more different common sharing fields on display 18a or may share an application in one common field and her full desktop in a second common field or may share a persistent desktop or a frozen desktop in one field and one or more separate operating applications in one or more other common fields.
In at least some cases where a persistent desktop (e.g., a desktop for which the desktop persist option has been selected) including at least one controllable application program is presented in a content sharing field (e.g., 210), system processor 100 may enable at least one system user in addition to the user that caused the desktop to persist to control any applications that appear on the persistent desktop. For instance, assume that when a desktop persist option is selected by first user 89b, the persistent desktop includes a maximized word processor document and application program that includes a standard set of word processor virtual control tools that are selectable to navigate through the document, modify the document, save the document, etc. In this case, in at least some embodiments, second user 89f may be able to operate an input device to control the word processor application from her station.
Any of the table integrated interfaces (e.g., 76b, 276b, etc.) described above may be implemented on the display screens that comprise part of the user source devices. Thus, for instance, interface 276b in
One other way contemplated by this application to enable content sharing is to use screen expansion techniques to enable system users to effectively expand their desktops from their personal portable devices to include at least portions of common display 18a or other common displays associated with a content sharing system 10. In this regard, see
In at least some cases any content a user opens will initially be opened only on the user's portable device display and not on the common surface display 18a. Then, the user may be able to move content from the source 350 display to common display 18a by simply selecting the content via a pointing icon on the user's source device display and dragging the content off the edge of the source device display and onto common display 18a. In this regard, see, for instance, pointing icon 340b in
When a first application window is dragged from a source device to the shared common display 18a, while no other content is shared on display 18a, the dragged window and associated application may be automatically maximized on display 18a. While a first application window and associated application are presented on display 18a, if a second application window is dragged from a source device to display 18a, system server 100 may automatically split display 18a into two side by side fields, reduce the size of the first application window down to fit in one of the fields and place the second application window in the second field. In the alternative, referring to
In at least some cases it is contemplated that system processor 100 (see again
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In many cases it is contemplated that if a user scrolls back through shared session content, when the user attempts to access legacy content, much of that content will no longer be available from the original source devices as those devices will instead be presenting other content (e.g., the users will have moved on to viewing other documents, running other applications, etc.). For this reason, in cases where the system allows legacy content scrolling, it is envisioned that just before a user's desktop image or application output is removed from the common display 18a (e.g., closed out or replaced by other content), a still or frozen snap shot of the content may be obtained and stored in system memory 102 (see again
In other cases, the stored scrolling sequence may only include desktops, application or documents that currently remain open and viewable on user device displays and the scrolling sequence may be automatically culled whenever one of the documents in the sequence is closed out on a user's portable source device. For instance, where first user 89b shares a word processor document via display field 210 in
In other cases it is contemplated that separate content scrolling tools may be presented for each common field on the common display screen(s) 18a. To this end, see again, for instance,
In still other embodiments it is contemplated that a sequence of session thumbnail images may be presented as part of one or more of the scrolling tools so that users can better locate specific legacy content that they are seeking. To this end, see exemplary thumbnail images 400, 402, 404, etc., in
While some scrolling tools are described in the content of a system where the scrolling tools are provided on the common display 18a and others are described in the context of table integrated scrolling buttons or the like, it should be understood that any of the table integrated functions or features may instead be provided on the common display 18a and the display 18a based functions and features may instead be provided by components integrated into the tabletop assembly.
The USB-C ports may also be provided at other locations including in the table edge at each user's station, within a grommet assembly, etc. Regarding power, while the optimal system would include wireless power charging at each user station, in other embodiments there may be no wireless power and user's may have to rely on USB-C ports or the receptacles integrated into the cable wire assembly at 32.
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Need to describe what a device-less system would look like where users do not bring any personal portable devices to the MS table.
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In at least some embodiments it is contemplated that a special sharing session management application program may be run by system computer 100 to manage content sharing, a content queue and content archiving for future access. In this regard, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/640,288 (hereinafter “the '288 application”) which was filed on Mar. 6, 2015 and which is titled “Method and System for Facilitating Collaborative Sessions” teaches several session management system embodiments that may be combined with the teachings in this disclosure for managing sessions and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. More specifically, the '288 application describes systems whereby users can post content to session queues prior to commencement of a session or meeting, where any session attendees can access and view all content in the queue prior to, during and even after a session and where any attendee can move session content to a shared common display or content sharing field. In at least some cases it is contemplated that each user of system 10 described in the specification may have the same capabilities to post, access and control session content described in the '288 application where the common window or field is presented on common system display 18a.
In still other cases it is contemplated that system 10 may enable any system user or at least one system user to add any content shared on common display 18a to a session queue like the queues described in the '288 application. To this end, see, for instance, in
In some embodiments when content shared in a common sharing field (e.g., 210 in
In still other embodiments when a user station is associated with a user, the station may simply provide a web browser type interface to enable the user to access her company's server to use applications and access data.
In cases where a user is wirelessly linked to system 10 and is associated with a first user station (e.g., 60b in
It has been recognized that it would be possible for a user to link to a first USB-C port associated with a first station but take a position at a different one of the user stations at a table assembly. Thus, for instance, in
In still other cases, the ports 35b, 35f, etc., may simply be for data connection and user device association may be based on NFC sensing of specific devices at specific stations. For instance, in the above example where a user links her device to port 35b but places her portable computing device at station 60f for use, the NFC or other station sensing device (e.g., see again 80 in
In some embodiments it is contemplated that initial user device association with system 10 and more specifically with a user station may be via NFC sensing and subsequent communication for content sharing, indicating states, etc., may be via some other longer range communication protocol such as, for instance, Bluetooth wireless communication. For instance, if a user initially places her laptop on tabletop surface 26 at user station 60b in
While content sharing systems like those described above are particularly useful for sharing content among multiple system users, it has been recognized that the affordances associated with a sharing system as described above can also support one or more users when performing single person work activities (e.g., activities requiring focused individual attention). For this reason, in at least some embodiments it is contemplated that system affordances may be able to morph between different arrangements to support users differently when operating individually and when operating as a group. For example, in some cases the common emissive surface display 18a may be moveable between an optimal group sharing position and an optimal individual user position or arrangement. To this end see, for instance
In some cases a group of people may want to share content with each other but may not have access to a content sharing system 10 like those described above. The present disclosure also contemplates a system wherein a group of users can associate their portable computing devices in a wireless local network in order to share content in a manner that is similar to that described above. To this end, see
Once the invited users accept the sharing option, each user that accepted the option may be presented with a “Share Desktop” option 520, 522 as shown in
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Instead of presenting a user's desktop image in a background position, in at least some embodiments a user's desktop image may simply be presented in a second window on her device display that does not overlap and is not overlapped by the shared content fields. To this end, see
In at least some cases, in addition to the hardware described above, the table assembly 12 may also include integrated cameras, speakers and microphones. To this end, see the exemplary
While the embodiments described above are described as generally egalitarian, in other cases it is contemplated that the system processor may facilitate other content sharing and control schemes. For instance, two other exemplary control schemes or modes of operation contemplated include a presentation type mode and an instruction type mode. As described above, in an egalitarian operating mode, any user that has a device linked to the system 10 may share content on the large common display(s) at any time without permission from any other linked system user. In a pure presentation mode, it is contemplated that no user would be able to take control of any shared or common content field on the common displays without a currently controlling user affirmatively yielding control of that field. In a pure instruction mode, it is contemplated that one user, referred to herein as an “instructor”, would preview any content other users want to present in a common field and that the content would only be shared after the instructor confirms that the content should be shared. Hybrid modes are also contemplated. For instance, in one hybrid operating mode referred to as a “presentation/collaboration” mode, one or a sub-set of fields may be restricted and only controllable per the presentation mode paradigm where a current controlling use has to yield the field for another user to present and the balance of the fields may be controllable in an egalitarian fashion (e.g., any user may control egalitarian fields at any time).
In at least some cases it is contemplated that a first user that links to the system 10 may be presented initial virtual tools for setting system operating mode. For instance, see
In at least some embodiments where the presentation mode is initially set, a session may start out as a sort of pseudo egalitarian system where any user can open up an additional content sharing field up to a maximum number (e.g., four) for sharing content independent of any other user yielding a field but where no user can replace another attendee's shared content in any field without the field controlling user yielding that field. Thus, for instance, where a maximum number of sharing fields on a common emissive surface is four (e.g., two rows, two columns), if a first user is sharing content in a first large field, second, third and fourth users would be able to open new second, third and fourth fields for sharing their content in an egalitarian fashion. Thereafter, a fifth user would only be able to share her content after at least one of the first through fourth users yields one of the fields.
When in the instruction mode it is contemplated that the system processor may present a content queue to the instructor via any one of the instructor's computing device or one of the integrated interfaces (e.g., 276b, 40 (see again
When in the hybrid presentation/collaboration mode, it is contemplated that certain sharing fields may be restricted to being presentation fields and others may be restricted to being collaboration fields. For instance, in some embodiments a first field on a common surface may always be a presentation field which has to be yielded prior to another user controlling content in that field and second, third and fourth created fields may always be collaboration fields where egalitarian control occurs. In other cases, when a field is initially created, the user that opens or creates the field may have the ability to set the operating mode for that specific field in a fashion similar to that described above in conjunction with the interface 276b having four options 632, 634, 636 and 638.
In a presentation mode where no user can take control of a specific sharing field prior to the controlling user yielding the field, the control options presented to each user would be limited to only available options. Thus, for instance, where a user can add an additional sharing field but cannot take control of a field that some other user is currently controlling, the option to take control of the field controlled by the other user would not be presented.
While two or more visual content sets can be presented at the same time in different common display fields, audio output cannot be simultaneous in most cases and still make sense to users that experience simultaneous broadcast. For this reason, in at least some cases the system processor may implement and enforce audio rules for which of two or more simultaneous audio streams is broadcast to users of the sharing system. For instance, in some cases it may be that once a first audio steam is being broadcast, a second stream cannot be broadcast until either the first audio stream is completed or the user that presented the first stream stops that stream from broadcasting. Here, where audio broadcasts are associated with simultaneous video, it may be that an associated video stream is delayed if the audio is delayed until after a current audio broadcast is complete or stopped by the sharing user.
In other cases, if a user shares an audio stream (e.g., either the audio stream alone or in conjunction with an associated video stream) while another user's first shared audio stream is playing, the first audio stream (and, if it exists, first associated video stream) may be stopped and the newly shared stream may be broadcast.
In still other cases where a second user shares an audio stream while a first user's first audio stream is being broadcast, the system may provide a query to the first, the second, or both the first and second users requesting the user(s) to indicate if the first stream (and associated video if it exists) should persist or the second stream (and associated video if it exists) should take precedence over the first stream.
While the systems described above include one or two large common display screens for content sharing, in other embodiments systems including three or more emissive content sharing surfaces are contemplated as are systems that include two emissive surfaces that are arranged in different configurations. For instance, see
With her replicated desktop 652 at hand on surface 650, user 89 would be able to drive her laptop or other portable device in a fashion similar to the way the device would be driven directly if the user were at the device. Thus, user 89 could open or close any device 50a application, control any application, generate content, etc., from replicated desktop 650. In addition to replicating application interfaces and content, replicated desktop 650 would also replicate the content sharing interface 71 from the desktop. An exemplary four button sharing interface is shown at 654 in FIG. 32 that is similar to the sharing interface design described above. Other sharing interfaces are contemplated.
Where user 89 accesses her desktop but does not share the desktop, a frame 656 about the desktop representation may be presented on surface 650 that is colored or otherwise distinguished as described above to indicate that the user is linked to share but is not currently sharing her desktop. Similar color indicators would be controlled at the station to which the user's source device is linked. As user 89 shares content the system state indicators including 656 would be controlled to indicate different sharing states.
Other types of sharing state indicators are contemplated. For instance, in
In at least some cases it is contemplated that one or more speakers and/or microphones in a space may be directional so that they are operational along narrow corridors within a conference space to obtain audio from or broadcast audio top specific users at specific locations. To this end, several companies have developed ultrasonic directional speakers capable of transmitting sound to specific locations within space. For instance, once such speaker is the Sennheiser Audiobeam from Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. Instead of generating ordinary audible sound waves with a single moving electromagnetic coil and cone, ultrasonic directional speakers generate ultrasound (high-frequency sound waves) that is too high pitched for our ears to hear using an array of electrical devices called piezoelectric transducers. The transducers are simply crystals, such as quartz, that vibrate back and forth tens of thousands of times a second when you feed electric currents through them, producing very high frequencies of sound. Ultrasound is used because its higher-frequency waves have a correspondingly shorter wavelength and diffract (spread out) less as they travel, which means they stay together in a beam for longer than ordinary sound waves. Also, having an array of many, small transducers makes sound diffract less than it would from a single, large transducer. The ultrasound travels out from a directional speaker in a narrowly focused column, like a flashlight beam. When the ultrasound waves hit something, they turn back into ordinary sound you can hear.
In the contemplated system, user locations at stations about the conference table 12 or in the space that houses the system 10 would be known and therefore directional audio could be broadcast from the speakers to all present users along narrow paths. One advantage here would be that other people in the general vicinity of users at a conference table would have minimal distraction from or ability to hear audio broadcast by the system 10. Thus, in some cases where system 10 is located in an open office of cafeteria type setting, people in the ambient would not be bothered. Where user voices at table 12 are picked up and amplified only along paths directly toward users that are linked to system 10, the linked users could speak more quietly and still be clearly heard by other linked users without bothering other people in the ambient.
In at least some embodiments that include directional speakers, those speakers may be located and oriented so that it is highly likely that only a user at an associated station at the table edge hears broadcast audio. In this regard, see again
In still other cases directional speakers and microphones may be integrated directly into the tabletop surface and directed generally upwardly and slightly outwardly so that they obtain audio and broadcast audio upward and slightly outward along an FOS that would typically include a user's head. To this end, see the exemplary dual directional speakers 674 and 676 mounted on either side of a user station in
In at least some cases it is contemplated that the directional sound speakers 674, 676 may be further controllable to dynamically alter the FOS created thereby to focus on a user's head while at an associated table station. Thus, for instance, one or more system cameras 200 or other sensor devices may track the location of a user's head at a station and the system processor may be programmed to aim relatively narrow FOSs at the location of a user's head to more effectively limit overall ambient noise while delivering superior directed audio messages or content to a user.
While the directional speakers are described here in the context of a conference table, it should be appreciated that the directional speaker concept may be included in a personal workstation to provide audio to a station user while only minimally affecting overall noise level in a surrounding environment. In the case of a personal workstation, the directional audio may be integrated into a workstation tabletop, a ceiling tile above the station, a privacy screen that surrounds a portion of the station or into any other station defining affordance (e.g., the head of a task light, an edge of a shelf member, etc.).
In some cases it is contemplated that two content sharing systems may be remotely located from each other and linked via some type of communication network (e.g., the Internet) to facilitate collaborative sessions between first and second differently located user groups. To this end, see
Referring still to
As in the case of the system described with respect to
In at least some cases it is contemplated that when two or more remote sharing systems are linked together for a session, one of the systems may include more emissive surface sharing capabilities than another. For instance, referring to
To this end, in at least some embodiments it is contemplated that if more large common sharing fields are presented at a first system location than at a second location, at least smaller representations of the additional fields in the first location may be presented on a common surface in the second location. In
Referring still to
Laptops exist today where a logo or some other device on a rear surface of a display can be illuminated, primarily for the purpose of highlighting the logo for aesthetic purposes. It is contemplated that laptops may be provided with the ability to control the color of the rear display surface logo. In this case, system state indicators that indicate content sharing and specifically who has control of shared content may be provided using the rear display surface logo or some other light device integrated into a laptop. Here, for instance, a link to a system to share without sharing may be indicated via yellow and sharing by a specific user associated with the color green may be indicated via green light, etc.
Yet one other interesting configuration contemplated by the present disclosure is similar to the
In a case like the system 748 shown in
Referring again to
One or more specific embodiments of the present invention have been described above. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure.
Thus, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following appended claims:
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/247,074, filed on Jan. 14, 2019, and entitled “CONTENT AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/840,730, filed on Dec. 13, 2017, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 10,264,213 on Apr. 16, 2019, and entitled “CONTENT AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD,” which claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/434,755, filed on Dec. 15, 2016, and entitled “CONTENT AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD,” each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
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