Speaker localization by means of tactile input
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorMichael Sleator
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Abstract
A system can receive a gesture from a user and configure a microphone system based on the received gesture to be more sensitive in the direction of a user from a device. The gesture can detected by a sensor and can be a touch input, input from a camera and a depth sensor and the like. The microphone system can include a microphone that can be electronically or mechanically steerable, or both. Acoustic signals received from the direction of the user and from other directions can be used in conjunction with an automatic speech recognition system to detect and process a command from the user.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a gesture from a user, wherein the gesture is a touch input;
- configuring a microphone system based on the gesture received from the user to be more sensitive in the direction of the user that the gesture was received from based only on the direction from which the gesture was received;
- and
- receiving a first acoustic input from the direction of the user.
A system, comprising:
- at least one sensor adapted and configured to receive a gesture from a user, wherein the sensor is a touch sensor or a button;
- a microphone system;
- and
- an audio processor in communication with the sensor and the microphone system to configure a microphone system based on the gesture received from the user at the sensor, the microphone system configured by the audio processor to be more sensitive in the direction of the user that the gesture was received from based only on the direction from which the gesture was received and to receive a first acoustic input from the direction of the user.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a gesture from a user, wherein the gesture is a touch input;
- configuring a microphone system based on the gesture received from the user to be more sensitive in the direction of the user that the gesture was received from based only on the direction from which the gesture was received;
- and
- receiving a first acoustic input from the direction of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.