Automated configuration of behavior of a telepresence system based on spatial detection of telepresence components

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of cameras configured to capture video within a conference room;
• a microphone array having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to the plurality of cameras, the microphone array configured to transduce audio received at the microphone array;
• and
• a processor configured to control the plurality of cameras and the microphone array, wherein the processor is configured to:
• cause the microphone array to detect audio emitted from one or more loudspeakers having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to at least one of one or more display devices in the conference room;
• generate data representing a spatial relationship between each of the one or more display devices and each of the plurality of cameras based on the detected audio by determining azimuth and elevation angles between each of the plurality of cameras and each of the one or more display devices;
• and
• assign one or more video sources of an incoming video feed from a remote conference room to corresponding ones of the one or more display devices based on the data representing the spatial relationship and content of the one or more video sources.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media, the computer readable storage media being encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions, and when the software is executed, operable to:

• detect, at a microphone array having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to a plurality of cameras, audio emitted from each of one or more loudspeakers, each loudspeaker having a predetermined physical relationship with respect to at least one of one or more display devices in a conference room;
• generate data representing a spatial relationship between each of the one or more display devices and each of the plurality of cameras based on the detected audio by determining azimuth and elevation angles between each of the plurality of cameras and each of the one or more display devices;
• and
• assign one or more video sources of an incoming video feed from a remote conference room to corresponding ones of the one or more display devices based on the data representing the spatial relationship and content of the one or more video sources.