CONFERENCE ROOM AUDIO/VIDEO CABLE INTERFACE DEVICE

摘要

A cable management hub for use in providing an interface between one or more pieces of audio-visual presentation equipment and a laptop. The cable management hub comprises a first portion that includes one or more cables that mate with respective cables from the laptop. The cable management hub further includes one or more buttons, each of which is configured to generate an electrical signal when pressed by a user that indicates a desire by the user to transfer control of the audio-visual presentation equipment from a previous user, if one exists, to the user that pressed the button. If no one had control, then the user that presses the button would gain control of the audio-visual equipment. The cable management hub further includes one or more illuminated indicators configured to illuminate in a manner indicative of a received status condition signal.

主权项

1. A cable management hub for use in providing an interface between one or more pieces of audio-visual presentation equipment and an electronic processing device configured to generate one or more electrical signals that can connect to and cause at least one of an audio presentation and a visual presentation to be presented on said one or more pieces of audio-visual presentation equipment, the cable management hub comprising:
a first portion that includes one or more cables each with a respective cable connectors that are configured to mate with a respective cable from the electronic processing device and to carry respective electrical signals from the electronic processing device to the one or more pieces of audio-visual presentation equipment through the respective one or more cables; one or more buttons, each of which is configured to generate an electrical signal when pressed by a user of the electronic processing device that indicates a desire by the user to transfer control of the one or more pieces of audio-visual presentation equipment from the electronic processing device of a previous user of the one or more pieces of audio-visual presentation equipment should said control situation exist to the electronic processing device of the user that pressed a respective one of the one or more buttons, or to initiate control of the one or more pieces of audio-visual presentation equipment should said control situation not exist; and one or more illuminated indicators configured to illuminate in a manner indicative of a received status condition signal.