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Title: |
US7130705:
System and method for microphone gain adjust based on speaker orientation
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US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Amir, Arnon; Cupertino, CA, United States of America
Ashour, Gal; Yokneam, Israel

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

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Application Number: |
US2001000757012

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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;

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

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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

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Priority Number: |
| 2001-01-08 |
US2001000757012 |

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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.

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

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

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First Claim:
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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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