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General Category | GDPR - Important notice => Patents, Software Patents, Patent applications => Topic started by: javajolt on June 17, 2020, 08:00:18 PM
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Microsoft has filed a new patent for an improved video conferencing system. The new patent highlights the advantage of using a system set up that could provide a superior meeting experience.
The patent (http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020117612) was filed with the WIPO in November 2019 and was published in June 2020. It describes the conferencing system as the following:
The description relates to devices that emit light from a light source. One example device can include a reflector extending along an arc and oriented in light-receiving relation relative to the light source. The reflector can have a cross-sectional reflector profile taken transverse to the arc that includes a first portion having a swept profile that transitions to a second portion having a reverse swept profile.
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Microsoft hopes to use the system to reduce the effects of lighting and can be used in both conferencing and in security systems.
The discussion relates to light-emitting devices, especially dimensionally constrained as well as wide-angle light-emitting devices. Examples of such light-emitting devices can include surveillance cameras and video conferencing devices, among others. Traditionally, emitting a desired radiant intensity and/or pattern of light has proven difficult, especially when device dimensions are limited, and the required field of illumination is of a significantly wide angle.
It’s hard to say if the patent will ever translate into a real product, as is the case with all patents. However, the concept does sound good on paper and can help multiple industries that rely on accurate lighting.
source (http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-file-patent-improved-conferencing-system/)