METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MICROPHONE BEAMFORMING
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1. A method of performing microphone beamforming, the method comprising:
- recognizing a speech of a speaker;
searching for a previously stored image associated with the speaker;
searching for the speaker through a camera based on the image;
recognizing a position of the speaker; and
performing microphone beamforming according to the position of the speaker.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing microphone beamforming. The method includes recognizing a speech of a speaker, searching for a previously stored image associated with the speaker, searching for the speaker through a camera based on the image, recognizing a position of the speaker, and performing microphone beamforming according to the position of the speaker.
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1. A method of performing microphone beamforming, the method comprising:
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recognizing a speech of a speaker; searching for a previously stored image associated with the speaker; searching for the speaker through a camera based on the image; recognizing a position of the speaker; and performing microphone beamforming according to the position of the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for performing microphone beamforming, the apparatus comprising:
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a speech recognizing unit configured to recognize a speech of a speaker; an image searching unit configured to search for a previously stored image associated with the speaker which is; a speaker searching unit configured to search for the speaker through a camera based on the image; a position recognizing unit configured to recognize a position of the speaker; and a beamforming performing unit configured to perform microphone beamforming according to the position of the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable recording medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that when executed cause a data processing system to perform the steps of:
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recognizing a speech of a speaker; searching for a previously stored image associated with the speaker; searching for the speaker through a camera based on the image; recognizing a position of the speaker; and performing microphone beamforming according to the position of the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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