Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for attending to a presenting user
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Application No.: US17370656Application Date: 2021-07-08
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Publication No.: US11789697B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Yuan Yuan , Johan Schalkwyk , Kenneth Mixter
- Applicant: GOOGLE LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G10L15/22
- IPC: G10L15/22 ; G06F3/16 ; H04N7/14 ; H04N7/15 ; G06V40/16

Abstract:
The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for attending to a presenting user. In one aspect, a method is performed at an electronic device that includes an image sensor, microphones, a display, processor(s), and memory. The device (1) obtains audio signals by concurrently receiving audio data at each microphone; (2) determines based on the obtained audio signals that a person is speaking in a vicinity of the device; (3) obtains video data from the image sensor; (4) determines via the video data that the person is not within a field of view of the image sensor; (5) reorients the electronic device based on differences in the received audio data; (6) after reorienting the electronic device, obtains second video data from the image sensor and determines that the person is within the field of view; and (7) attends to the person by directing the display toward the person.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210334070A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ATTENDING TO A PRESENTING USER Public/Granted day:2021-10-28
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