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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2023
Sagemcom Broadband Sas, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Jérôme Berger, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Gilles Bourgoin, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Arnaud Lucas De Couville, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
A method for managing an audio stream read by an audio playback equipment unit, said unit being arranged in a given place, includes the steps of: detecting on at least one image, the user(s) present on the image and deducing from this, for each of said users, at least one piece of information characteristic of the position of the user in question in said image; determining at least from the different characteristic information, an optimal bearing angle (βopt); and providing mixing means distributing the audio stream between the different audio playback equipment of the unit, a magnitude characteristic of the optimal bearing angle, such that the mixing means distribute the audio stream at least according to said value.