System and method for providing location specific sound in a telepresence system
First Claim
1. A system for providing location-specific sound in a telepresence system comprising:
- a plurality of remote microphones, each remote microphone associated with a respective area and operable to generate a sound signal from the voice of at least one user within the respective area;
a plurality of remote cameras, each remote camera associated with a respective remote microphone of the plurality of remote microphones and aligned to generate an image of its associated respective area;
a plurality of local displays, each local display operable to reproduce the image of a respective area generated by a respective remote camera; and
a plurality of local loudspeakers, each local loudspeaker positioned proximate to a respective local display and operable to reproduce the sound signal from the voice of the at least one user within the respective area reproduced by the respective local display.
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Abstract
A system for providing location-specific sound in a telepresence system includes a plurality of remote microphones. Each remote microphone is associated with a respective area and operable to generate a sound signal from the voice of at least one user within the respective area. The system also includes a plurality of remote cameras. Each remote camera is associated with a respective remote microphone of the plurality of remote microphones and aligned to generate an image of its associated respective area. The system further includes a plurality of local displays. Each local display is operable to reproduce the image of a respective area generated by a respective remote camera. The system also includes a plurality of local loudspeakers. Each local loudspeaker is positioned proximate to a respective local display and operable to reproduce the sound signal from the voice of the at least one user within the respective area reproduced by the respective local display.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for providing location-specific sound in a telepresence system comprising:
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a plurality of remote microphones, each remote microphone associated with a respective area and operable to generate a sound signal from the voice of at least one user within the respective area; a plurality of remote cameras, each remote camera associated with a respective remote microphone of the plurality of remote microphones and aligned to generate an image of its associated respective area; a plurality of local displays, each local display operable to reproduce the image of a respective area generated by a respective remote camera; and a plurality of local loudspeakers, each local loudspeaker positioned proximate to a respective local display and operable to reproduce the sound signal from the voice of the at least one user within the respective area reproduced by the respective local display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing location-specific sound in a telepresence system, comprising:
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generating a sound signal from the voice of at least one user within a respective area, the sound signal generated by at least one remote microphone of a plurality of remote microphones, each remote microphone associated with the respective area; aligning a plurality of remote cameras to generate an image of an associated respective area each remote camera associated with a respective remote microphone of the plurality of remote microphones; reproducing the image of a respective area generated by a respective remote camera at each local display of a plurality of local displays; and reproducing the sound signal from the voice of the at least one user within the respective area reproduced by the respective local display, each local loudspeaker positioned proximate to a respective local display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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