Teleconferencing device with readily adaptive support

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11895258-B2
Application number	US-202117206739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2021
Priority date	Mar 19, 2021
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A teleconferencing device with an easily removable support stand allows users to easily change the angle of the device on a desk. Wall-mounts hidden within the removable stand allow the device to be mounted easily to a wall.

First claim

It is claimed:

1. A teleconferencing device, comprising:
a front side, the front side comprising one or more planar regions, at least one of the one or more planar regions residing within a first plane;
a back pane connected to the front side, the back pane comprising a lower portion; and
a rear stand detachably connected to the back pane, the rear stand having a hollow portion forming a housing around one or more wall-mount platforms,
wherein each of the one or more wall-mount platforms has a flat wall-contact portion, each flat wall-contact portion residing within a second plane.

2. The teleconferencing device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more wall-mount platforms is removably attached to the back pane.

3. The teleconferencing device of claim 2 , wherein the back pane comprises at least one wall-mount platform receiving area configured to detachably receive at least one of the one or more removably attached wall-mount platforms, whereby the flat wall-contact portion of a detachably received wall-mount platform resides within the second plane.

4. The teleconferencing device of claim 2 , wherein the rear stand comprises a concave face on a first side and a convex face on a second opposing side, wherein the first side and the second opposing side meet at an opening detachably connecting the rear stand to the back pane, and wherein the first side and second opposing side are joined at a base distal from the first plane.

5. The teleconferencing device of claim 4 , wherein the base comprises at least one rectilinear portion configured to cause, when the lower portion and the base are placed on a flat surface, the first plane to form an angle of between twenty-nine and thirty-one degrees with the flat surface.

6. The teleconferencing device of claim 4 , wherein the base comprises at least one rectilinear portion configured to cause, when the lower portion and the base are placed on a flat surface, the first plane to form an angle of between forty-four and forty-six degrees with the flat surface.

7. The teleconferencing device of claim 4 , wherein the base comprises a rubber material.

8. The teleconferencing device of claim 4 , wherein the base comprises a flexibly rigid material integral with the rear stand.

9. The teleconferencing device of claim 4 , wherein the rear stand is removable by pressing a portion of the concave face towards a portion of the convex face.

10. The teleconferencing device of claim 4 , wherein the opening detachably connecting the rear stand to the back pane forms a third plane, the third plane parallel with the first plane.

11. The teleconferencing device of claim 1 , wherein the rear stand is removable by translating some length of the rear stand contacting the back pane in a direction parallel to the first plane.

12. A teleconferencing device, comprising:
a front face, the front face comprising one or more planar areas, the one or more planar areas residing within a first plane; and
a back pane connected to the front face, the back pane having a lower portion and comprising one or more wall-mount platforms,
wherein the back pane is configured to receive a detachable stand, the detachable stand having a hollow portion capable of forming a housing around the one or more wall-mount platforms when received.

13. The teleconferencing device of claim 12 , wherein the back pane is further configured to receive a detachable wall-mount platform, alternately at a first location proximate at least one of the one or more wall-mount platforms, and at a different, second location.

14. The teleconferencing device of claim 13 , wherein each wall-mount portion of the one or more wall-mount platforms has a flat wall-contact portion, each flat wall-contact portion residing within a second plane.

15. The teleconferencing device of claim 14 , wherein the second plane intersects the first plane at an angle of thirty degrees.

16. The teleconferencing device of claim 14 , wherein the detachable stand comprises a concave face on a first side and a convex face on a second opposing side, wherein the first side and the second opposing side meet at an opening, and wherein the first side and second opposing side are joined at a base opposite from the opening.

17. The teleconferencing device of claim 16 , wherein the back pane is configured to receive the detachable stand in a first orientation whereby the detachable stand is operative to cause a thirty-degree angle to be formed between a flat surface and the first plane when the lower portion and the base are in contact with the flat surface.

18. The teleconferencing device of claim 17 , wherein the back pane is configured to receive the detachable stand in a second orientation whereby the detachable stand is operative to cause a forty-five-degree angle to be formed between the flat surface and the first plane when the lower portion and the base are placed on the flat surface.

19. A method of presenting a teleconferencing device, comprising:
providing a teleconferencing device, the teleconferencing device including a front side having one or more flat regions forming a first plane and a back pane having a lower portion; and
detachably connecting a rear stand to the back pane, whereby a hollow portion of the rear stand forms a housing around one or more wall-mount platforms of the back pane,
wherein each of the one or more wall-mount platforms has a flat wall-contact portion residing within a second plane, the second plane forming an angle of between ten and twenty degrees with the first plane.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
removing a removable wall-mount platform of the one or more wall-mount platforms from a first location on the back pane; and
removably attaching the removable wall-mount platform at a second location on the back pane, thereby causing the flat wall-contact portion of the removable wall-mount platform to reside within the second plane.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Janour George
• Turnbull Robert Barrie
• Wang Bowman

Classifications

• H04M1/62 Primary

  Constructional arrangements · CPC title

• F16M13/005

  integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title

• H04M3/56

  Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities (video conference systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04M1/605 Primary

  involving control of the receiver volume to provide a dual operational mode at close or far distance from the user · CPC title