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Patent No.:

US 7227566 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2004
Applicants:

Yoshitaka Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Hideharu Fujiyama, Chiba, JP;

Akira Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshitaka Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Hideharu Fujiyama, Chiba, JP;

Akira Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
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.


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Abe, Yoshitaka. (2007). Communication apparatus and tv conference apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 7227566). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7227566

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