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US 2021/0334070 A1Published application
Methods and systems for attending to a presenting user
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsYuan Yuan, Johan Schalkwyk, Kenneth Mixter
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AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsYuan Yuan, Johan Schalkwyk, Kenneth Mixter
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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.
An electronic device comprising:
A computer-implemented method of reorienting a display of an electronic device, the computer-implemented method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.