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1. A method for controlling selective audio output of captured sound from any location in an audience by means of a system comprising at least one microphone array located above or in front of said audience, at least one camera (150) focusing on the audience, and where the method is wherein performing the following steps in a signal processing device:
- receiving an overview image of the audience from said camera, and sound from said audience by means of said microphone array;
presenting said overview image of the audience together with control objects on a display which can detect the presence and location of a touch input at an (x, y) location within the area of the display;
receiving touch input(s) at one or more (x, y) location(s) on said display, instructing a specific action to be performed at corresponding location(s) in the audience, andapplying signal processing in said signal processing device for performing said action by controlling steering, focus and sound level of the sound from the microphones in said microphone array, thus controlling one or more virtual microphones at one or more location(s) in the audience, said location(s) corresponds to the input location(s) on the display.
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A method and system for controlling selective audio output of captured sounds from an audience by means of a system comprising at least one microphone array located above or in front of said audience, and at least one camera.
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1. A method for controlling selective audio output of captured sound from any location in an audience by means of a system comprising at least one microphone array located above or in front of said audience, at least one camera (150) focusing on the audience, and where the method is wherein performing the following steps in a signal processing device:
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receiving an overview image of the audience from said camera, and sound from said audience by means of said microphone array; presenting said overview image of the audience together with control objects on a display which can detect the presence and location of a touch input at an (x, y) location within the area of the display; receiving touch input(s) at one or more (x, y) location(s) on said display, instructing a specific action to be performed at corresponding location(s) in the audience, and applying signal processing in said signal processing device for performing said action by controlling steering, focus and sound level of the sound from the microphones in said microphone array, thus controlling one or more virtual microphones at one or more location(s) in the audience, said location(s) corresponds to the input location(s) on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A processing device for controlling selective audio output of captured sounds from any location in an audience by means of a system comprising at least one microphone array located above or in front of the audience, at least one camera focusing on the audience, and where the processing device is
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receiving an overview image of the audience from said camera, and sound from said audience by means of said microphone array; presenting said overview image of the audience together with control objects on a display which can detect the presence and location of a touch input at an (x, y) location within area of the display; receiving touch input(s) at one or more (x, y) location(s) on said display, instructing the signal processing device to perform a specific action at corresponding location(s) in the audience, and applying signal processing for performing said action by controlling steering, focus and sound level of the sound from the microphones in said microphone array, thus controlling one or more virtual microphones at one or more location(s) in the audience, said location(s) corresponds to the input location(s) on the display. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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