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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Universal City Studios Llc, Universal City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Michael Jordan, Orlando, FL (US);

Howard Mall, Winter Springs, FL (US);

Assignee:

Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G06V 40/176 (2022.01); G06V 40/23 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a gimbal, a shotgun microphone coupled to the gimbal, a camera, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive data indicative of an image or video feed from the camera. The at least one processor is also configured to determine, based on the data indicative of the image or video feed, a primary human speaker among a group of humans and a location of the primary human speaker. The at least one processor is also configured to control the gimbal to point the shotgun microphone at the location of the primary human speaker.


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