{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8537196","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8537196","title":"Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2008-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04N","H04N"],"num_claims":30,"abstract":"Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences is described. In one implementation, a system detects cameras and microphones, such as the webcams on participants' notebook computers, in a conference room, group meeting, or table game, and enlists an ad-hoc array of available devices to capture each participant and the spatial relationships between participants. A video stream composited from the array is browsable by a user to navigate a 3-dimensional representation of the meeting. Each participant may be represented by a video pane, a foreground object, or a 3-D geometric model of the participant's face or body displayed in spatial relation to the other participants in a 3-dimensional arrangement analogous to the spatial arrangement of the meeting. The system may automatically re-orient the 3-dimensional representation as needed to best show the currently interesting event such as current speaker or may extend navigation controls to a user for manually viewing selected participants or nuanced interactions between participants."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences","description":"Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences is described. In one implementation, a system detects cameras and microphones, such as the webcams on participants' notebook computers, in a co","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8537196","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8537196","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences\" (US-8537196). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8537196","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8537196","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8537196","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T21:12:02.971Z"}