Spatial information enhanced audio for remote meeting participants
AssigneeLenovo (United States) Inc.
InventorsTin-Lup Wong, David W. Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Kazuo Fujii
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Abstract
A computer implemented method includes receiving sound at multiple microphones of a microphone array from multiple people at various locations about the microphone array. The received sound is encoded in at least one format capable of representing spatial locations of the multiple people. The encoded sound is transmitted in the at least one format to a remote user system capable of rendering the sound in a manner that conveys the spatial locations to a user of the remote user system.
Claims20
A computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving sound at multiple microphones of a microphone array from multiple local people at various locations about the microphone array during an electronic conference;
- encoding the sound in at least one format capable of representing spatial locations of the multiple people;
- and
- transmitting, via a network, the encoded sound in the at least one format to a remote user system, participating remotely, and capable of rendering the sound in a manner that conveys the spatial locations of the local people to a user of the remote user system.
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A machine-readable storage device having instructions for execution by a processor of a machine to cause the processor to perform operations to perform a method, the operations comprising:
- receiving sound at multiple microphones of a microphone array from multiple local people at various locations about the microphone array during an electronic conference;
- encoding the sound in at least one format capable of representing spatial locations of the multiple people;
- and
- transmitting, via a network, the encoded sound in the at least one format to a remote user system, participating remotely, and capable of rendering the sound in a manner that conveys the spatial locations of the local people to a user of the remote user system.
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device coupled to the processor and having a program stored thereon for execution by the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving sound at multiple microphones of a microphone array from multiple local people at various locations about the microphone array during an electronic conference;
- encoding the sound in at least one format capable of representing spatial locations of the multiple people;
- and
- transmitting, via a network, the encoded sound in the at least one format to a remote user system, participating remotely, and capable of rendering the sound in a manner that conveys the spatial locations of the local people to a user of the remote user system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.