Display positioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11022863-B2
Application number	US-201916573701-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2019
Priority date	Sep 17, 2018
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A display positioning system is described. In an example implementation, the display positioning system includes an adapter adapted to redirect a field of view of a video capture device of a computing device; and a stand adapted to situate on a surface, the stand including one or more legs that are adjustable to modify a distance between the video capture device of the computing device and the surface when the computing device is placed on the stand to adjust the field of view of the video capture device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display positioning system comprising:
an adapter adapted to redirect a field of view of a video capture device of a computing device; and
a stand adapted to situate on a surface, the stand including one or more legs that are adjustable to modify a distance between the video capture device of the computing device and the surface when the computing device is placed on the stand to adjust the field of view of the video capture device, the one or more legs including a visual marker that is within the field of view of the video capture device and visually detectable by the computing device.

2. The display positioning system of claim 1 , wherein:
the stand includes a first portion connected to a second portion to form a stand channel adapted to receive the computing device; and
the first portion includes a first leg retractable to a retracted position inside the first portion and extendable to an extended position outside the first portion.

3. The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein:
the video capture device of the computing device is located at a first distance from the surface when the first leg is at the retracted position and located at a second distance from the surface when the first leg is at the extended position, the second distance is higher than the first distance.

4. The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein:
the first portion includes a retaining element coupleable to a first receiving element of the first leg to retain the first leg at the retracted position and coupleable to a second receiving element of the first leg to retain the first leg at the extended position; and
the first portion includes a release button adapted to disengage the retaining element of the first portion from the first receiving element or the second receiving element of the first leg to release the first leg from the retracted position or the extended position.

5. The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein:
the first portion includes a spring element coupled to the first leg to reposition the first leg, the spring element adapted to extend the first leg from the retracted position when the first leg is released from the retracted position and retract the first leg from the extended position when the first leg is released from the extended position.

6. The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein:
the first leg is extendable to a first extended position corresponding to a first computing device and extendable to a second extended position corresponding to a second computing device, the first computing device having a device size different from the second computing device; and
a distance between a video capture device of the first computing device placed in the stand channel and the surface when the first leg is at the first extended position is substantially equal to a distance between a video capture device of the second computing device placed in the stand channel and the surface when the first leg is at the second extended position.

7. The display positioning system of claim 6 , wherein:
the first leg includes a first label indicating an extended portion of the first leg corresponding to the first computing device and a second label indicating an extended portion of the first leg corresponding to the second computing device.

8. The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein:
the first portion is connected to the second portion at the stand channel to form a space between the first portion and the second portion that is underneath the stand channel.

9. The display positioning system of claim 8 , wherein:
the space is located between an inner surface of the first portion and an inner surface of the second portion; and
the first portion includes a release button positioned on the inner surface of the first portion.

10. The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein the visual marker is a visual indicator, and wherein:
the first portion includes the visual indicator indicating a current position of the first leg, the visual indicator being positioned on the first portion and located within the field of view of the video capture device.

11. The display positioning system of claim 10 , wherein:
the visual indicator is visually detectable when the first leg is at the retracted position and visually undetectable when the first leg is at the extended position.

12. The display positioning system of claim 10 , wherein:
the visual indicator includes a second visual marker that is visually detectable, the second visual marker indicating a type of the stand.

13. The display positioning system of claim 10 , wherein:
the visual marker is coupled to the first leg;
the first leg extends the visual marker upward through a marker slot on a top surface of the first portion and causes the visual marker to be visually detectable to the video capture device at the marker slot when the first leg is at the retracted position; and
the first leg retracts the visual marker downward through the marker slot and causes the visual marker to be visually undetectable to the video capture device at the marker slot when the first leg is at the extended position.

14. The display positioning system of claim 10 , wherein:
the visual indicator includes a first extension marker and a second extension marker; and
a visual detectability of the first extension marker to the video capture device changes when the first leg reaches a first extended position; and
a visual detectability of the second extension marker to the video capture device changes when the first leg reaches a second extended position.

15. The display positioning system of claim 2 , wherein:
the computing device is positioned at a leaning angle when the computing device is placed in the stand channel and rests against the second portion, a height dimension of the second portion being higher than a height dimension of the first portion.

16. A method comprising:
redirecting, using an adapter, a field of view of a video capture device of a computing device;
adjusting, using a stand, the field of view of the video capture device of the computing device, the stand situated on a surface and including one or more legs that are adjustable to modify a distance between the video capture device and the surface when the computing device is placed on the stand; and
visually detecting, by the computing device, the one or more legs including a visual marker that is within the field of view of the video capture device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein:
the stand includes a first portion connected to a second portion to form a stand channel for receiving the computing device; and
the first portion includes a first leg retractable to a retracted position inside the first portion and extendable to an extended position outside the first portion.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein:
the video capture device of the computing device is located at a first distance from the surface when the first leg is at the retracted position and located at a second distance from the surface when the first leg is at the extended position, the second distance is higher than the first distance.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein:
the first portion includes a retaining element coupleable to a first receiving element of the first leg to retain the first leg at the retracted position and coupleable to a second receiving element of the first leg to retain the first leg at the extended position; and
the first portion includes a release button ad

Assignees

• Tangible Play Inc

Inventors

• Solomon Mark
• Dukerschein Jon Karl
• Zekelman Ariel
• Scholler Jerome

Classifications

• G03B17/561 Primary

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