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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2020
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventor:

Shiladitya Sircar, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/165 (2022.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dual sensory input speech detection method includes receiving, at a first time, a first video image input of a conference participant of the video conference and a first audio input of the conference participant; communicating the first video image input to the video conference; identifying the first video image input as a first facial image of the conference participant; determining, based on the first facial image, the first video image input indicates the conference participant is in a speaking state; identifying the first audio input as a first speech sound; determining, while in the speaking state, the first speech sound originates from the conference participant; and communicating the first audio input to an audio output for the video conference.


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