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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/57 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); G06K 9/00248 (2013.01); G10L 25/57 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01); H04N 7/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a voice tracking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: tracking a sound source of a voice signal generated from the outside; turning an image capturing unit of the voice tracking apparatus toward the location of the tracked sound source; and beamforming the voice signal of the sound source through a voice input unit mounted on the image capturing unit.