Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1997-12-22
1999-08-17
Loomis, Paul
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
348 15, 348169, H04N 714
Patent
active
059401184
ABSTRACT:
A system that selects and/or steers a directional steerable microphone system based on input from an optical transducer is described. An optical transducer, such as a video camera, provides video input to a processor that controls a steerable directional microphone (such as a microphone array) in the direction of audience members that exhibit physical cues commonly expressed by persons who are speaking or are about to speak.
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Loomis Paul
Nortel Networks Corporation
Ramakrishnaiah Melur
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