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US 2021/0200508 A1Published application
Systems, methods and computer program products for controlling the audio levels of multiple simultaneous communication channels
AssigneeIpc Systems, Inc.
InventorsBrett R. Berkowitz, Stephen J. Minutillo, James J. Riccio
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for aggregating active speaker channels, receiving, through an input interface, a selection of a solo speaker channel representing one of the plurality of speaker channels and setting the audio level of any one of the solo speaker channel and at least one non-solo speaker channel, or a combination of both the solo speaker channel and the at least one non-solo speaker channel.
Claims18
A turret device, comprising:
- at least one microphone;
- at least one speaker;
- at least one processor operable to aggregate active speaker channels, each of the active speaker channels being associated with a communication channel configured to provide audio output to the at least one speaker of the turret device and to receive audio input from the at least one microphone of the turret device;
- an output display operable to display a solo button icon for each of the active speaker channels;
- an input interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and operable to receive a selection of a first solo speaker channel by a selecting of a first of the solo button icons representing a first of the active speaker channels and further operable to receive a selection of a second solo speaker channel by selecting of a second of the solo button icons representing a second of the active speaker channels;
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- the at least one processor operable, in response to the selecting of the first solo button icon, to set an audio level of the first solo speaker channel at at least one of the at least one speaker and to attenuate an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of at least first and second non-solo speaker channels of the active speaker channels, and further operable, in response to the selecting of the second solo button icon, to set an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of the second solo speaker channel and to attenuate an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of at least the first and a third non-solo speaker channels of the active speaker channels.
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A method for controlling volume of multiple simultaneous calls, comprising the steps of:
- aggregating, with a turret device, active speaker channels, each of the active speaker channels being associated with a communication channel configured to provide audio output to at least one speaker of a turret device and to receive audio input from at least one microphone of the turret device;
- providing an output display displaying a solo button icon for each of the active speaker channels;
- receiving, through an input interface, a selection of a first solo speaker channel by a selecting of a first solo button icon representing a first of the active speaker channels;
- receiving a selection of a second solo speaker channel by a selecting of a second solo button icon representing a second of the active speaker channels;
- in response to the selecting of the first solo button icon:
- setting an audio level of the first solo speaker channel at at least one of the at least one speaker;
- and
- attenuating an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of at least first and second non-solo speaker channels of the active speaker channels;
- and
- in response to the selecting of the second solo button icon:
- setting an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of the second solo speaker channel;
- and
- attenuating an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of at least the first and a third non-solo speaker channels of the active speaker channels.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon one or more sequences of instructions for causing at least one processor to perform:
- aggregating, with a turret device, active speaker channels, each of the active speaker channels being associated with a communication channel configured to provide audio output to at least one speaker of a turret device and to receive audio input from at least one microphone of the turret device;
- providing an output display displaying a solo button icon for each of the active speaker channels;
- receiving, through an input interface, a selection of a first solo speaker channel by a selecting of a first solo button icon representing a first of the active speaker channels;
- receiving a selection of a second solo speaker channel by a selecting of a second solo button icon representing a second of the active speaker channels;
- in response to the selecting of the first solo button icon:
- setting an audio level of the first solo speaker channel at at least one of the at least one speaker;
- and
- attenuating an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of at least first and second non-solo speaker channels of the active speaker channels;
- and
- in response to the selecting of the second solo button icon:
- setting an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of the second solo speaker channel;
- and
- attenuating an audio level at at least one of the at least one speaker of at least the first and a third non-solo speaker channels of the active speaker channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.