Interest Determination For Auditory Enhancement
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1. Computer readable storage media having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
- connecting a computing device of a user to a plurality of participants participating in a video conference;
displaying video images of the plurality of participants on a graphic user interface on a display of the computing device of the user;
receiving user interest information determined by tracking a gaze of the user viewing the display to determine a video image of a particular participant of the plurality of participants that eyes of the user are focused on;
receiving participant interest information from the plurality of participants indicating which participants each of the plurality of participants are looking at;
determining from the user interest information and the participant interest information a subset of one or more participants of the plurality of participants for inclusion in a conversation group with the user, the conversation group comprising the subset of participants determined to be participating in or listening to a particular conversation of multiple conversations; and
increasing audio gain for audio received from the subset of participants included in the conversation group with the user for providing the audio with increased audio gain to the user.
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Abstract
Gaze tracking or other interest indications are used during a video conference to determine one or more audio sources that are of interest to one or more participants to the video conference, such as by determining a conversation from among multiple conversations that a subset of participants are participating in or listening to, for enhancing the audio experience of one or more of the participants.
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1. Computer readable storage media having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
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connecting a computing device of a user to a plurality of participants participating in a video conference; displaying video images of the plurality of participants on a graphic user interface on a display of the computing device of the user; receiving user interest information determined by tracking a gaze of the user viewing the display to determine a video image of a particular participant of the plurality of participants that eyes of the user are focused on; receiving participant interest information from the plurality of participants indicating which participants each of the plurality of participants are looking at; determining from the user interest information and the participant interest information a subset of one or more participants of the plurality of participants for inclusion in a conversation group with the user, the conversation group comprising the subset of participants determined to be participating in or listening to a particular conversation of multiple conversations; and increasing audio gain for audio received from the subset of participants included in the conversation group with the user for providing the audio with increased audio gain to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method implemented by computing device having one or more processors executing instructions stored in computer-readable media, the method comprising:
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determining, for a first participant to a video conference, one or more second participants to a conversation of interest to the first participant from among a plurality of participants to the video conference; and augmenting audio received by the first participant from the one or more second participants to the conversation of interest to the first participant to increase audibility of the audio received from the one or more second participants relative to audio received from the other participants of the plurality of participants of the video conference. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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16. A computing device comprising:
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a communication interface; a display; and one or more processors coupled to computer readable storage media storing instructions adapted to be executed by the one or more processors for configuring the computing device to; connect, via the communication interface, to a plurality of participants for participating in a video conference; display video images of the plurality of participants on a graphic user interface on the display; receive user interest information identifying a particular video image of a particular participant as being of interest; identify from the user interest information the particular participant that is of interest; and augment audio received from the particular participant identified as being of interest for providing the audio with increased audibility.
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