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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Philip R. Graham, Milpitas, CA (US);
Randy K. Harrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hugh J. Mclaughlin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philip E. Marechal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marc L. Richman, El Granada, CA (US);
Tark Abed, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Feng Hao Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philip R. Graham, Milpitas, CA (US);
Randy K. Harrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hugh J. McLaughlin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philip E. Marechal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marc L. Richman, El Granada, CA (US);
Tark Abed, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Feng Hao Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing location-specific sound in a telepresence system includes a plurality of remote microphones. Each remote microphone is associated with a respective area and operable to generate a sound signal from the voice of at least one user within the respective area. The system also includes a plurality of remote cameras. Each remote camera is associated with a respective remote microphone of the plurality of remote microphones and aligned to generate an image of its associated respective area. The system further includes a plurality of local displays. Each local display is operable to reproduce the image of a respective area generated by a respective remote camera. The system also includes a plurality of local loudspeakers. Each local loudspeaker is positioned proximate to a respective local display and operable to reproduce the sound signal from the voice of the at least one user within the respective area reproduced by the respective local display.