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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Oliver Arthur Whyte, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ross Cutler, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Avronil Bhattacharjee, Redmond, WA (US);
Adarsh Prakash Murthy Kowdle, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam Kirk, Seattle, WA (US);
Stanley T. Birchfield, Sammamish, WA (US);
Cha Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various examples related to determining a location of an active speaker are provided. In one example, image data of a room from an image capture device is received and a three dimensional model is generated. First audio data from a first microphone array at the image capture device is received. Second audio data from a second microphone array laterally spaced from the image capture device is received. Using the three dimensional model, a location of the second microphone array with respect to the image capture device is determined. Using the audio data and the location and angular orientation of the second microphone array, an estimated location of the active speaker is determined. Using the estimated location, a setting for the image capture device is determined and outputted to highlight the active speaker.