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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Yoshitaka Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Hideharu Fujiyama, Chiba, JP;
Akira Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provision of a communication apparatus and a TV conference apparatus able to take a picture of a speaker automatically and correctly. A sound analyzer selects a speaker correctly. A voiceprint authentication portion authenticates whether or not a voiceprint of the speaker is registered. When the selection of the speaker and the voiceprint authentication coincide an imaging direction adjusting portion drives a TV camera on the basis of the previously registered condition.