Audio-visual control system
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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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Abstract
A visual control system controls a controlled component. In one embodiment, the visual control system controls the controlled component based on a visual location of a user. In another embodiment, input from a visual perception device is used to provide focus control for an audio input device. In additional embodiments, the visual control system stops, starts or suppresses speech recognition or other audio functions when the direction of the sound detected by the audio input device is not coming from the user'"'"'s visual location.
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1. A system for operating an audio component which uses or processes audio input from an audio receiving device, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 20)
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3. A system for operating a speech recognition 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 user interface device; a controller component configured to receive a visual control output from the visual processing component and enable speech recognition if the user is facing in a direction of the user interface device and disable speech recognition when the user turns away from the direction facing the user interface device.
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11. A method for operating an audio component which uses or process audio input from an audio receiving device comprising:
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processing a visual input from a visual perception device to locate a user relative to a display and determine if the user is facing in a direction towards the display; enabling the audio receiving device or an audio component when the user is facing in the direction of the display; and
disabling the audio receiving device or the audio component if the user is not facing in the direction of display to interrupt processing of audio input from the audio receiving device by the audio component if the user is not facing in the direction of the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19)
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