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US 9,071,692 B2Granted
Systems and methods for managing teleconference participant mute state
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsAbu Shaher Sanaullah, Richard W. Schuckle, Roman Joel Pacheco
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for managing a mute state of a participant in a teleconference may include detecting, based on analysis of at least one characteristic of audio data received from a microphone associated with the participant or image data received from a camera associated with the participant, whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants. The method may also include providing an alert to the participant in response to a detecting that the participant is attempting to speak to other conference participants while the microphone is muted.
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A method for managing a mute state of a participant in a teleconference, comprising:
- detecting, based on analysis of at least one characteristic of audio data received from a microphone associated with the participant or image data received from a camera associated with the participant, whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants, wherein detecting whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants comprises:
- in each of multiple processing cycles, analyzing a frame of at least one of the image data and the audio data to indicate whether in each cycle, that the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants;
- and
- applying a hysteresis to the analysis of the frames, such that detecting that the participant is not attempting to speak occurs if, within a particular trailing number of processing cycles, the number of cycles in which analysis indicates that the participant is not attempting to speak to teleconference participants exceeds the number of cycles in which analysis indicates that the participant is attempting to speak to teleconference participants by at least a predetermined threshold;
- and
- modifying the audio data to prevent transmission of audio to other teleconference participants in response to a detecting that the participant is not attempting to speak to other teleconference participants while the microphone is unmuted.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- and
- computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
- detect, based on analysis of at least one characteristic of audio data received from a microphone associated with a participant in a teleconference or image data received from a camera associated with the participant, whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants, wherein detecting whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants comprises:
- in each of multiple processing cycles, analyzing a frame of at least one of the image data and the audio data to indicate whether in each cycle, that the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants;
- and
- applying a hysteresis to the analysis of the frames, such that detecting that the participant is not attempting to speak occurs if, within a particular trailing number of processing cycles, the number of cycles in which analysis indicates that the participant is not attempting to speak to teleconference participants exceeds the number of cycles in which analysis indicates that the participant is attempting to speak to teleconference participants by at least a predetermined threshold;
- and
- modify the audio data to prevent transmission of audio to other teleconference participants in response to a detecting that the participant is not attempting to speak to other teleconference participants while the microphone is unmuted.
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An information handling system comprising:
- a microphone input for receiving audio data from a microphone associated with a participant in a teleconference;
- a camera input for receiving image data associated with the participant;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the microphone input and the camera input and configured to:
- detect, based on analysis of at least one characteristic of the audio data or the image data, whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants, wherein detecting whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants comprises:
- in each of multiple processing cycles, analyzing a frame of at least one of the image data and the audio data to indicate whether in each cycle, that the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants;
- and
- applying a hysteresis to the analysis of the frames, such that detecting that the participant is not attempting to speak occurs if, within a particular trailing number of processing cycles, the number of cycles in which analysis indicates that the participant is not attempting to speak to teleconference participants exceeds the number of cycles in which analysis indicates that the participant is attempting to speak to teleconference participants by at least a predetermined threshold;
- and
- modify the audio data to prevent transmission of audio to other teleconference participants in response to a detecting that the participant is not attempting to speak to other teleconference participants while the microphone is unmuted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.