Personal Control Apparatus And Method For Sharing Information In A Collaborative Workspace

摘要

A method and apparatus for selecting information from a video source to be displayed on at least a first common display screen in a collaborative workspace having a switching device, the method comprising the steps of providing a selectable control interface that includes at least one indicator that can indicate at least first and second different states, associating a video source with the switching device so that video information from the video source is presented to the switching device, when the video source is associated with the switching device, causing the at least one indicator to indicate a first state and when the selectable control interface is selected, causing the at least one indicator to indicate the second state and providing the video information from the video source to the common display screen via the switching device.

主权项

1. An assembly for sharing content from video source devices, the apparatus comprising:
a table assembly having a top member and a table support structure for supporting the top member in a substantially horizontal orientation, the top member forming a top surface and an opening in the top surface; a display assembly including at least a first display screen generally residing at a height above the height of the top surface of the table top; a switching device linked to the display assembly for providing content thereto to be presented via the first display screen; a plurality of control interfaces attached to the table assembly and linked to the switcher device, each control interface including at least a first selectable control; wherein, a video source device is associated with one of the control interfaces by linking the source device to the control interface; wherein, when a first source device is linked to a first control interface, selection of the first selectable control on the first control interface causes the switching device to provide video information to replicate the content from the display screen of the first source device on the first display screen; and wherein, when a second source device is linked to a second control interface, selection of the first selectable control on the second control interface causes the switching device to provide video information to replicate the content from the display screen of the second source device on the first display screen.