US 11,706,265 B2
Companion camera and microphone
Charles Peter Cheevers, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES llc, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,648.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/137,315, filed on Jan. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224736 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 65/403 (2013.01) [H04N 7/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless device for use with a first video conference device, a second video conference device, a wide area network (“WAN”) and an item, the first video conference device and the second video conference device being configured to establish a video conference over a secure communication channel over the WAN, the first video conference device being configured to provide first video data and first audio data to the second video conference device during the video conference, the second video conference device being configured to provide second video data and second audio data to the first video conference device during the video conference, the first video conference device being additionally configured to display the second video data and to output the second audio data, the second video conference device being additionally configured to display the first video data and to output the first audio data, the first video conference device additionally being configured to transmit a video conference invitation in response to a video conference request, the video conference invitation including credentials to establish a communication channel with the first video conference device, the second video conference device being additionally configured to transmit a magnification control signal, said wireless device comprising:
a camera configured to:
image the item in a first magnification;
output first image data of the item based on the first magnification;
change the magnification;
image the item in a second magnification; and
output second image data of the item based on the second magnification;
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored on said memory to cause said wireless device to:
transmit the video conference request to the first video conference device;
receive the video conference invitation;
establish the communication channel with the first video conference device;
transmit the first image data to the second video conference device;
receive the magnification control signal from the second video conference device;
instruct the camera to change the magnification based on the magnification control signal; and
transmit the second image data to the second video conference device.