Automated collaboration system

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and a memory to store data used by the processor, wherein the processor is operative to:
• retrieve, from the memory, a position P1, a position P2 and a position P3 of a first attendee position, a second attendee position and a third attendee position, respectively, wherein the positions P1, P2, P3 are determined based on detecting speech from the first attendee position, the second attendee position and the third attendee position, respectively, by a first microphone array of a video end-point;
• retrieve, from the memory, a distance D1, a distance D2 and a distance D3 from the first attendee position, the second attendee position and the third attendee position, respectively, to a second microphone array of a digital white board, wherein the distances D1, D2, D3 are determined based on detecting speech from the first attendee position, the second attendee position and the third attendee position, respectively, by the second microphone array, the position P1 and distance D1 defining a circle C1 centered at position P1 with a radius D1, the position P2 and distance D2 defining a circle C2 centered al position P2 with a radius D2, the position P3 and distance D3 defining a circle C3 centered at position P3 with a radius D3;
• and
• calculate a position P4 based on a proximity of a circumference of the circle C1, a circumference of the circle C2 and a circumference of the circle C3, the position P4 defining a position of the digital white board for use in defining a presentation zone based on the position P4 and for use in instructing a camera to zoom in to a user in the presentation zone.

A software product, comprising a non-transient computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a central processing unit (CPU), cause the CPU to:

• retrieve, from a memory, a position P1, a position P2 and a position P3 of a first attendee position, a second attendee position and a third attendee position, respectively, wherein the positions P1, P2, P3 are determined based on detecting speech from the first attendee position, the second attendee position and the third attendee position, respectively, by a first microphone array of a video end-point;
• retrieve, from a memory, a distance D1, a distance D2 and a distance D3 from the first attendee position, the second attendee position and the third attendee position, respectively, to a second microphone array of a digital white board, wherein the distances D1, D2, D3 are determined based on detecting speech from the first attendee position, the second attendee position and the third attendee position, respectively, by the second microphone array, the position P1 and distance D1 defining a circle C1 centered at position P1 with a radius D1, the position P2 and distance D2 defining a circle C2 centered at position P2 with a radius D2, the position P3 and distance D3 defining a circle C3 centered at position P3 with a radius D3;
• and
• calculate a position P4 based on a proximity of a circumference of the circle C1, a circumference of the circle C2 and a circumference of the circle C3, the position P4 defining a position of the digital white board for use in defining a presentation zone based on the position P4 and for use in instructing a camera to zoom in to a user in the presentation zone.