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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Minkyong Kim, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Valentina Salapura, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Maja Vukovic, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and/or computer program product controls operations of a mobile audio input device. One or more processors detect a first location of a mobile audio input device. The processor(s) detect a second location of the user. The processor(s) then direct the mobile audio input device to autonomously move from the first location to the second location and, in response to the mobile audio input device reaching the second location, to activate the microphone on the mobile audio input device.