Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Normalizing the speaking volume of participants in meetings
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Application No.: US15276037Application Date: 2016-09-26
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Publication No.: US10249320B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Andrew Aaron , Shang Q. Guo , Jonathan Lenchner , Maharaj Mukherjee
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP
- Main IPC: G10L19/00
- IPC: G10L19/00 ; G10L21/034 ; G10L25/51 ; H03G3/30 ; G10L25/21 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/18 ; H04M3/56

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer program products for normalizing the speaking volume of participants in meetings are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes collecting speaking volume samples from multiple participants of a group event, wherein said speaking volume samples are derived from microphones; comparing said speaking volume samples to a predetermined volume level; determining which of the microphones is being used by which of the multiple participants during the group event; automatically amplifying a broadcast volume of each audio output device during periods of audio input attributed to each microphone determined as being used by the participants attributed to a speaking volume sample that is below the predetermined volume level; and automatically reducing a broadcast volume of each audio output device during periods of audio input attributed to each microphone determined as being used by the participants attributed to a speaking volume sample that exceeds the predetermined volume level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180090154A1 Normalizing the Speaking Volume of Participants in Meetings Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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