Method and system for recording audio content in a group conversation
OwnerHsiao-Han Cheninventor
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Abstract
A method for recording audio content in a group conversation among a plurality of members includes: controlling an image capturing device to continuously capture images of the members; executing an image processing procedure on the images of the members to determine whether a specific gesture is detected; when the determination is affirmative, controlling an audio recording device to activate and perform directional audio collection with respect to a direction that is associated with the specific gesture to record audio data; and controlling a data storage to store the audio data and a time stamp associated with the audio data as an entry of conversation record.
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A system for recording audio content in a group conversation among a plurality of members, comprising:
- an image capturing device;
- an audio recording device;
- a data storage;
- and
- a processor communicating with said image capturing device, said audio recording device and said data storage;
- wherein said processor is programmed to:
- control said image capturing device to continuously capture images of the members;
- execute an image processing procedure on the images of the members to determine whether a specific gesture is detected;
- when the determination is affirmative, control said audio recording device to activate and perform unidirectional audio collection with respect to a specific direction toward one of the members who made the specific gesture in order to record audio data;
- and
- control said data storage to store the audio data and a time stamp associated with the audio data as an entry of conversation record.
A method for recording audio content in a group conversation among a plurality of members, the method being implemented by a system that includes a processor, an image capturing device, an audio recording device and a data storage, the method comprising steps of:
- a) controlling, by the processor, the image capturing device to continuously capture images of the members;
- b) executing, by the processor, an image processing procedure on the images of the members to determine whether a specific gesture is detected;
- c) when the determination of step b) is affirmative, controlling, by the processor, the audio recording device, to activate and perform unidirectional audio collection with respect to a specific direction toward one of the members who made the specific gesture in order to record audio data;
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- d) controlling, by the processor, the data storage to store the audio data and a time stamp associated with the audio data as an entry of conversation record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.