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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Srikanth Kuthuru, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sunil Bharitkar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored instructions that the processor may execute to access an audio signal captured by a microphone of a user's speech while the microphone is in a muted state. The processor may also execute the instructions to analyze a spectral or frequency content of the accessed audio signal to determine whether the user was facing the microphone while the user spoke. In addition, based on a determination that the user was facing the microphone while the user spoke, the processor may execute the instructions to unmute the microphone.