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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jihwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 7/141 (2013.01); H04R 1/326 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a video communication method and a robot implementing the same. The robot includes a camera configured to acquire a first video of a space for a video call, a multi-channel microphone configured to receive a sound signal output to the space, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions. The processor determines a first user among N users in the first video based on the sound signal received in a previous time period prior to a first time point, wherein the first user is a main user of the video call at the first time point and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.