Speech fragment detection for management of interaction in a remote conference
AssigneePolycom, Inc.
InventorJeffrey C. Rodman
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Abstract
A conferencing system and method involves conducting a conference between endpoints. The conference can be a videoconference in which audio data and video data are exchanged or can be an audio-only conference. Audio of the conference is obtained from one of the endpoints, and speech is detected in the obtained audio. The detected speech is analyzed to determine that the detected speech constitutes a speech fragment, and an indicia indicative of the determined speech fragment is generated. For a videoconference, the indicia can be a visual cue to be added to video for the given endpoint when displayed at other endpoints. For an audio-only conference, the indicia can be an audio cue to be added to the audio of the conference at the other end points.
Claims20
A conferencing method, comprising:
- obtaining audio of a conference for an endpoint;
- detecting speech in the obtained audio;
- determining that the detected speech constitutes a speech fragment;
- generating an indicium indicative of the determined speech fragment;
- and
- including the generated indicium in data of the conference.
A conferencing apparatus, comprising:
- an audio interface obtaining audio of a conference;
- and
- a processing unit operatively coupled to the audio interface and configured to:
- detect speech in the obtained audio,
- determine that the detected speech constitutes a speech fragment,
- generate an indicium indicative of the determined speech fragment, and
- include the generated indicium in data of the conference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.