SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A USER OF A HANDS-FREE INTERCOMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Patent №

US 9,779,593

Granted

2017-10-03

Filed 2014

Owner

ELWHA LLC

Lab

AI components

1

speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14461106

A hands-free intercom may include a user-tracking sensor, a directional microphone, a directional sound emitter, a display device, and/or a communication interface. The user-tracking sensor may determine a location of a user so the directional microphone can measure vocal emissions by the user and the directional sound emitter can deliver audio to the user. The hands-free intercom may induce the user to move to a desired location and/or to stay within a connectivity area. The hands-free intercom may also or instead induce the user to face in a desired orientation. The directional sound emitter and/or the display device may induce the user by explicitly indicating the desired location, by adjusting an apparent source of the audio or video, by changing quality of delivered audio or video based on user position, by producing irritating audio or video, and/or the like.

SpeechG08B 7/00G06F 3/165H04M 11/025H04N 7/142H04N 7/147H04N 7/18H04N 7/186H04R 3/00+6 more

AI classification

Speech1.00
Knowledge representation0.01
AI hardware0.00
Vision0.00
Planning0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

ELWHA LLC

assignment · 363860476

Assignors

CHEATHAM, JESSE R., III, HYDE, RODERICK A., ISHIKAWA, MURIEL Y., KARE, JORDIN T., MUNDIE, CRAIG J., MYHRVOLD, NATHAN P., PETROSKI, ROBERT C., RUDDER, ERIC D., TAN, DESNEY S., TEGREENE, CLARENCE T., WHITMER, CHARLES, WILSON, ANDREW, +3 more

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