Dynamic switching of microphone inputs for identification of a direction of a source of speech sounds
US8130978B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2021/02166
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques of automatically identifying a direction of a speech source relative to an array of directional microphones using audio streams from some or all of the directional microphones. Whether the direction of the speech source is identified using audio streams from some of the directional microphones or from all of the directional microphones depends on whether using audio streams from a subgroup of the directional microphones or using audio streams from all of the directional microphones is more likely to correctly identify the direction of the speech source. Switching between using audio streams from some of the directional microphones and using audio streams from all of the directional microphones may occur automatically to best identify the direction of the speech source. A display screen at a remote venue may then display images having angles of view that are centered generally in the direction of the speech source.
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