Filtering sounds for conferencing applications
US9530426B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2400/13
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A conferencing system includes a near-eye display device that displays video received from a remote communication device of a communication partner. An audio stream is transmitted to the remote communication device. The audio stream includes real-world sounds produced by one or more real-world audio sources captured by a spatially-diverse microphone array and virtual sounds produced by one or more virtual audio sources. A relative volume of background sounds in the audio stream is selectively reduced based, at least in part, on real-world positioning of corresponding audio sources, including real-world and/or virtualized audio sources.
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