Speech and audio devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsFred C. Thomas, III, Bruce E. Blaho, Charles R. Shilling
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Abstract
An example computing device includes a display, and a parametric speaker array operatively connected to the display. The parametric speaker array is to focus audio output to a localized area adjacent to the display. A camera is operatively connected to the display. The camera is set to capture lip movements of a user in the localized area. A processor is operatively connected to the display. The processor is to convert the lip movements into text and speech.
Claims15
A computing device comprising:
- a display;
- a parametric speaker array operatively connected to the display, wherein the parametric speaker array is to focus audio output to a localized area adjacent to the display;
- a camera operatively connected to the display, wherein the camera is set to capture lip movements of a user in the localized area;
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- a processor operatively connected to the display, wherein the processor is to convert the lip movements into text and speech.
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- a parametric speaker array attached to the display, wherein the parametric speaker array is to focus audio output to a localized area adjacent to the display, and wherein the localized area is set to accommodate a user;
- a camera array attached to the display, wherein the camera array is to detect lip movements of the user;
- a microphone array attached to the display, wherein the microphone array is to receive audio input from within the localized area and perform directional voice detection and ambient noise reduction from the localized area;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to the display, wherein the processor is to:
- identify speech patterns from the lip movements detected by the camera array and from the audio input received by the microphone array;
- transcribe the speech patterns into text;
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- transmit the text and audio input from the localized area.
A machine-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed cause a processor of a computing device to:
- control a parametric speaker to constrain audio output to a localized area adjacent to the computing device;
- control a camera to capture lip movements of a user in the localized area;
- and
- convert the lip movements into text and speech.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.