1. An apparatus for stitching an interior component, comprising:
a first drive device;
an awl bar assembly coupled to the first drive device, the awl bar assembly having an awl configured to be moved from a withdrawn position to an inserted position with the first drive device;
a second drive device operably coupled to the first drive device;
a needle bar assembly having a needle, the needle movable between an inserted and a withdrawn position, the needle bar assembly being pivotally coupled to the second drive device; and
a biasing member coupled to the needle bar assembly, the biasing member being arranged to pivot and align the needle bar assembly in response to the needle being moved to the withdrawn position.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 where both first and second drives are contained within the same sewing assembly, which is transported along a stitch path from first position to second position via an external drive device such as a robot or other automated means of transport.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first drive device is configured to move the awl from the withdrawn position to the inserted position at a first time.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the second drive device is configured to move the needle from the withdrawn to the extended at a second time, the second time being different than the first time.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising a thread tensioner arm adjacent the awl.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 further comprising a walking foot adjacent the awl.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the interior component is an interior trim piece of a vehicle.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the interior trim piece is a portion of an instrument panel of the vehicle.
9. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the first drive device and the second drive device are operably coupled by a belt.
10. An apparatus for stitching an interior component, comprising:
a first drive device;
an awl coupled the first drive device and sized to form an opening in the interior component, the awl configured to be moved from a first position to a second position with an external drive device such as a robot or other automated means of transport;
a thread tensioner arm coupled to the first drive device adjacent the awl;
a second drive device operably coupled to the first drive device;
a needle bar assembly having a needle, the needle movable between an inserted and a withdrawn position, the needle bar assembly being pivotally coupled to the second drive device, the needle bar assembly configured to be moved from the first position to the second position independent from the awl; and
a biasing member coupled to the needle bar assembly, the biasing member being arranged to pivot the needle bar assembly into alignment with the opening formed by the awl at the second position, the biasing member pivoting the needle bar assembly in response to the needle being moved to the withdrawn position.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the external drive device is configured to move the awl from the first position to the second position at a first time.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the biasing member coupled to the needle bar assembly is configured to move the needle from the first position to the second position at a second time, the second time being different than the first time.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a walking foot adjacent the awl.
14. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the interior component is an interior trim piece of a vehicle.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the interior trim piece is a portion of an instrument panel of the vehicle.
16. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the first drive device and the second drive device are operably coupled by a belt.
17. A method of stitching an interior component, comprising:
forming a first hole with an awl, the awl coupled to a first drive device;
inserting a needle into the first hole, the needle coupled to a needle bar assembly, the needle bar assembly being pivotally coupled to a biasing member;
moving the needle bar assembly at a first time from a first position to a second position with an external drive device such as a robot or other automated means of transport while the needle is in the first hole;
moving the awl at a second time to the second position with the external drive device, the second time being different from the first time;
forming a second hole at the second position with the awl via the first drive device;
moving the needle from the first hole to a withdrawn position via a second drive device; and
pivoting the needle bar assembly when the needle is removed from the first hole to align the needle with the second hole via the biasing member.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the needle bar assembly is moving toward the second position as the needle moves towards the withdrawn position.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the awl forms the second hole as the needle bar assembly pivots to align the needle with the second hole.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
inserting the needle into the second hole; and
moving the awl to a retracted position while the needle is inserted into the second hole.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method, comprising:
determining, at a computing device that includes one or more processors and that is associated with a user, a participation rating for each of a plurality of participants in a real-time visual communication session, wherein the participation rating is based on one or more conversation properties related to the real-time visual communication session and relevant to a desirability for displaying image data associated with a participant for each of the plurality of participants, and wherein the participation rating for each particular participant is determined independently of (i) other users’ participation ratings for the particular participant, and (ii) a manual input of the user during the real-time visual communication session;
selecting, at the computing device, two or more participants from the plurality of participants based on the participation rating of each of the two or more participants; and
providing, for display, image data associated with the two or more selected participants on a display device of the computing device.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
updating the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants throughout the real-time visual communication session; and
selecting the two or more participants based on the updated participation rating for each of the plurality of participants.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
replacing the image data associated with one of the selected participants with image data associated with a newly selected participant when a participation rating for the newly selected participant exceeds a participation rating for the one of the selected participants.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of participants includes an organizer of the video conference, and
wherein determining the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants further comprises determining the participation rating for the organizer such that the organizer is selected as one of the two or more selected participants.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants further comprises:
increasing the participation rating for a participant when one of the one or more conversation properties for the participant indicates the participant is more actively participating in the real-time visual communication session; and
decreasing the participation rating for the participant when one of the one or more conversation properties for the participant indicates the participant is less actively participating in the real-time visual communication session.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conversation properties comprise a duration a participant has been speaking since the participant began speaking.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants further comprises determining a ratio of the duration the participant has spoken and a total duration of the real-time visual communication session.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conversation properties comprises at least one of an indication that a participant is currently speaking and an indication of a selection of a participant by a user of the computing device.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conversation properties comprise a duration since a participant last spoke, and wherein the participation rating for the participant decreases correspondingly with the duration since the participant last spoke.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conversation properties comprise a relationship of a participant associated with a user of the computing device.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more conversation properties comprise a quality of image data, and wherein selecting the two or more participants further comprises removing a participant from consideration of selection when a quality of image data associated with the participant is below a threshold quality level.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
detecting an identifier associated with a participant of the plurality of participants; and
responsive to detecting the identifier, selecting the participant as one of the two or more selected participants.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the participation rating for each of a plurality of participants is further based on determining a weighted average of the one or more conversation properties.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying image data associated with a participant who is currently speaking in a graphical location of the display device designated for a current speaker, unless the participant who is currently speaking is one of the two or more selected participants.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the two or more participants further comprises removing a participant from consideration for selection when the participant is a user of the computing device.
16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying image data associated with a conference resource on the display device of the computing device.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein displaying the image data associated with the conference resource further comprises displaying the conference resource in a central graphical location of the display device, wherein the image data associated with the two or more selected participants is displayed approximately around the image data associated with the conference resource.
18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining a number of the one or more selected participants based on properties of the computing device.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time visual communication session is a video conference; and
wherein image data comprises one or more of a still image, a video, a document, and a visual presentation.
20. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
determining a participation rating for each of a plurality of participants in a real-time visual communication session, wherein the participation rating is based on one or more conversation properties related to the real-time visual communication session and relevant to a desirability for displaying image data associated with a participant for each of the plurality of participants, wherein the participation ratings are associated with a user and wherein the participation rating for each particular participant is determined independently of (i) other users’ participation ratings for the particular participant, and (ii) a manual input of the user during the real-time visual communication session;
selecting two or more participants based on the participation rating of each of the two or more participants; and
displaying image data associated with the two or more selected participants on a display device of a computing device associated with the user.
21. A computing device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a network interface to connect to a real-time visual communication session having a plurality of participants;
an output device that displays image data; and
a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining a participation rating for each of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session, wherein the participation rating is based on one or more conversation properties related to the real-time visual communication session and relevant to a desirability for displaying image data associated with a participant for each of the plurality of participants, wherein the participation ratings are associated with a user and wherein the participation rating for each particular participant is determined independently of (i) other users’ participation ratings for the particular participant, and (ii) a manual input of the user during the real-time visual communication session,
selecting two or more participants based on the participation rating of each of the two or more participants, and
displaying image data associated with the two or more selected participants on the output device.
22. A method, comprising:
determining, at a computing device that includes one or more processors and that is associated with a user, a participation rating for each of a plurality of participants in a real-time visual communication session, wherein the participation rating is based on one or more conversation properties related to the real-time visual communication session and relevant to a desirability for displaying image data associated with a participant for each of the plurality of participants, and wherein the participation rating for each particular participant is determined independently of (i) other users’ participation ratings for the particular participant, and (ii) a manual input of the user during the real-time visual communication session;
selecting, at the computing device, one or more participants from the plurality of participants based on the participation rating of each of the one or more participants; and
providing, for display, image data associated with the one or more selected participants on a display device of the computing device.
23. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on one or more conversation properties includes determining the participation rating for each particular participant of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on input from the user to block or view the particular participant during a previous real-time visual communication session.
24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein determining the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on one or more conversation properties includes determining the participation rating for each particular participant of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on input from the user to block or view the particular participant during a previous real-time visual communication session.
25. The computing device of claim 21, wherein determining the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on one or more conversation properties includes determining the participation rating for each particular participant of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on input from the user to block or view the particular participant during a previous real-time visual communication session.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein determining the participation rating for each of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on one or more conversation properties includes determining the participation rating for each particular participant of the plurality of participants in the real-time visual communication session based on input from the user to block or view the particular participant during a previous real-time visual communication session.