Selective sound source listening in conjunction with computer interactive processing
First Claim
1. An apparatus for capturing image and sound during interactivity with a computer program, comprising:
- an image capture unit configured to capture one or more image frames; and
a sound capture unit, the sound capture unit being configured to identify one or more sound sources, the sound capture unit generating data capable of being analyzed to determine a zone of focus at which to process sound to the substantial exclusion of sounds outside of the zone of focus, sound that is captured and processed for the zone of focus is used for interactivity with the computer program.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for capturing image and sound during interactivity with a computer program is provided. The apparatus includes an image capture unit that is configured to capture one or more image frames. Also provided is a sound capture unit. The sound capture unit is configured to identify one or more sound sources. The sound capture unit generates data capable of being analyzed to determine a zone of focus, at which to process sound to the substantial exclusion of sounds outside of the zone of focus. In this manner, sound that is captured and processed for the zone of focus is used for interactivity with the computer program.
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26 Claims
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1. An apparatus for capturing image and sound during interactivity with a computer program, comprising:
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an image capture unit configured to capture one or more image frames; and
a sound capture unit, the sound capture unit being configured to identify one or more sound sources, the sound capture unit generating data capable of being analyzed to determine a zone of focus at which to process sound to the substantial exclusion of sounds outside of the zone of focus, sound that is captured and processed for the zone of focus is used for interactivity with the computer program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for selective sound source listening during interactivity with a computer program, comprising:
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receiving input from one or more sound sources at two or more sound source capture microphones;
determining delay paths from each of the sound sources;
identifying a direction for each of the received inputs of each of the one or more sound sources; and
filtering out sound sources that are not in an identified direction of a zone of focus, the zone of focus supplying the sound source for the interactivity with the computer program. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A game system, comprising:
an image-sound capture device, the image-sound capture device being configured to interface with a computing system that enables execution of an interactive computer game, the image-capture device including, video capture hardware capable of being positioned to capture video from a zone of focus, and an array of microphones for capturing sound from one or more sound sources, each sound source being identified and associated with a direction relative to the image-sound capture device, the zone of focus associated with the video capture hardware is configured to be used to identify one of the sound sources at the direction that is in the proximity of the zone of focus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for capturing sound during interactivity with a computer program, comprising:
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a sound capture unit for capturing sound from one or more sound sources;
a processor and memory for processing and receiving the sound, the processor being configured to execute instructions to identify one of the sound sources as associated with a zone of focus, the sound from the identified sound source being processed to enable interactive input with the computer program. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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