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Title: US7130705: System and method for microphone gain adjust based on speaker orientation
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Inventor: Amir, Arnon; Cupertino, CA, United States of America
Ashour, Gal; Yokneam, Israel

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, United States of America
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Published / Filed: 2006-10-31 / 2001-01-08

Application Number: US2001000757012

IPC Code: Advanced: G06F 17/00; H04R 3/00; H04S 1/00; H04R 29/00;
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ECLA Code: H04R3/00; T04R29/00M;

U.S. Class: 700/094; 381/107; 381/092;

Field of Search: 381/092,122,91,111,113,104-109,309-310 700/094 348/206.16,231.4 396/099,105 379/202.01,388.03

Priority Number:
2001-01-08  US2001000757012

Abstract:     A system and method for automatically adjusting the gain of an audio system as a speaker's head moves relative to a microphone includes using a video of the speaker to determine an orientation of the speaker's head relative to the microphone and, hence, a gain adjust signal. The gain adjust signal is then applied to the audio system that is associated with the microphone to dynamically and continuously adjust the gain the audio system.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Rogitz, John L. ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Chin, Vivan; Chau, Corey

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    1. A digital processor programmed to undertake logic for dynamically establishing a gain of an audio system, the logic being stored on a computer readable medium and executable by the digital processor to implement a method including:

receiving a video stream representative of at least one person and at least one microphone;

deriving person-microphone position signals using the video stream;

using at least some of the person-microphone position signals, generating audio gain adjust signals for input thereof to the audio system;

recording at least one calibration person-microohone position signal;

recording at least one calibration audio level contemporaneously with the calibratiotperson-microphone position signal;

using the calibration signal and calibration level, generating at least one mapping correlating head orientations to respective gain adjust percentages; and

at least in part using the gain adjust percentages, establishing an audio gain of the audio system.



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Other References:
  • Matsuo et al., “Speaker-Position Detection System Using Audio-visual Information”Fujitsu Study Report, vol. 35, No. 2 (10 pages).


  • Continuity Data:
    Application Number Filed Notes

    US2001000757012 2001-01-08  is a related to the prior publication
         US20020090094A1 issued 2002-07-11  System and method for microphone gain adjust based on speaker orientation

    US2006000349413 2006-02-06  is a continuation of
    >US2001000757012<  2001-01-08   (pending) [presumed granted]
         US7130705 issued 2006-10-31   System and method for microphone gain adjust based on speaker orientation


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