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Audio-visual control system

  • US 7,518,631 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2005
  • Issued: 04/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for operating an audio component which uses or processes audio input from an audio receiving device, comprising:

  • a visual processing component adapted to receive input from a visual perception device and to locate a user proximate to a display device based on the input to provide a visual control output; and

    a controller component configured to receive the visual control output from the visual processing component and disable the audio receiving device or the audio component to interrupt processing of the audio input by the audio component if the user is not facing in a direction of the display device.

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