Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Personal control apparatus and method for sharing information in a collaborative workspace
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Application No.: US15258574Application Date: 2016-09-07
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Publication No.: US09699408B1Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Lewis Epstein , Brett Kincaid , Hyun Yoo , Suzanne Stage , Lukas Scherrer , Larry Cheng
- Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Grand Rapids
- Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
- Current Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Grand Rapids
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Main IPC: A47B21/06
- IPC: A47B21/06 ; A47B83/00 ; H04N7/15 ; H04N7/14 ; H04N7/10 ; H04N5/268

Abstract:
A cable management system comprising at least a first control cable with a respective cable connector that is configured to operably link with a video/audio source device, a control button configured to generate a control signal when pressed thereby causing transfer of control of the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment from a video/audio source device of a previous user upon selection of the button while the previous user is controlling the pieces of video/audio presentation equipment to a video/audio source device of the user that pressed the control button and initiating control of the pieces of video/audio presentation equipment upon selection of the button while no user is controlling the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment and an illuminated indicator configured to illuminate in a manner indicative of a control state of the video/audio presentation equipment.
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