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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Hyun-Woo Kim, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
There is provided a method of determining a main speaker that is performed by a first terminal participating in a distributed telepresence service. The method of determining a main speaker according to an embodiment of the invention includes obtaining first feature information for determining a main speaker from an audio input signal, obtaining second feature information for determining a main speaker of a second terminal from the second terminal participating in the distributed telepresence service, and determining a main speaker terminal for providing a video and an audio of a main speaker who is participating in a telepresence and is speaking based on the first feature information for determining a main speaker and the second feature information for determining a main speaker.