Speaker Identification and Representation For a Phone
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating a call between a first location and a second location, the method comprising:
- receiving acoustic signals with a microphone array at the first location;
determining a position of a first speaker based on the acoustic signals received; and
transmitting the determined position of the first speaker to a second site.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining a speaker'"'"'s position and a generating a display showing the position of the speaker. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first speakerphone system and a second speakerphone system communicatively coupled to send and receive data. The speakerphone system comprises a display, an input device, a microphone array, a speaker, and a position processing module. The position processing module is coupled to receive acoustic signals from the microphone array. The position processing module uses these acoustic signals to determine a position of the speaker. The position information is then sent to other speakerphone system for presentation on the display. In one embodiment, the position processing module comprises an auto-detection module, a position analysis module, a tracking module and an identity matching module for the detection of sound, the determination of position and transmission of position information over the network. The position processing module comprises a position display module and a position translation module for receiving position information from the network and generating a user interface for display. The present invention also includes a method for determining speaker position and presenting position information.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating a call between a first location and a second location, the method comprising:
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receiving acoustic signals with a microphone array at the first location; determining a position of a first speaker based on the acoustic signals received; and transmitting the determined position of the first speaker to a second site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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20. A system for facilitating speaker identification on a call, the system comprising:
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a first phone system having a microphone array having a plurality of microphones, a position processing module and a transmitter for determining a position of the first speaker based on acoustic signals received by the microphone array and outputting the determined position, the position processing module coupled to the microphone array; and a second phone system having a display, a position display module and a receiver for receiving the determined position from the first phone system and presenting a user interface showing a representation of the determined position on the display, the receiver of the second phone system adapted for communication with the first phone system, the position display module adapted for communication with the receiver and the display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for producing presence and physical location information for a telephony system, the method comprising:
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receiving acoustic signals with a microphone array at the first location; determining presence and physical location information based on the acoustic signals received; and transmitting the presence information to the telephony system at a second location. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. An apparatus for providing speaker identification information on a call, the apparatus comprising:
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a microphone array having a plurality of microphones for receiving acoustic signals; a position processing module configured to determine a position of a speaker based on acoustic signals received by the microphone array, the position processing module coupled to the microphone array; and a transceiver module configured to transmit and receive data including the determined position, the transceiver module coupled to the position processing module. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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