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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel McCulloch, Kirkland, WA (US);
Abby Lin Lee, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam Benjamin Smith-Kipnis, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan William Plumb, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexandre David, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael O Hale, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeff Cole, Seattle, WA (US);
Hendrik Mark Langerak, Bellevue, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments that relate to converting audio inputs from an environment into text are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a speech conversion program receives audio inputs from a microphone array of a head-mounted display device. Image data is captured from the environment, and one or more possible faces are detected from image data. Eye-tracking data is used to determine a target face on which a user is focused. A beamforming technique is applied to at least a portion of the audio inputs to identify target audio inputs that are associated with the target face. The target audio inputs are converted into text that is displayed via a transparent display of the head-mounted display device.