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- Patent Title: Method for improving perceptual continuity in a spatial teleconferencing system
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Application No.: US14430841Application Date: 2013-09-25
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Publication No.: US09628630B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Richard J. Cartwright , Glenn N. Dickins
- Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Current Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- International Application: PCT/US2013/061648 WO 20130925
- International Announcement: WO2014/052431 WO 20140403
- Main IPC: H04M3/56
- IPC: H04M3/56

Abstract:
The present document relates to audio conference systems. In particular, the present document relates to improving the perceptual continuity within an audio conference system. According to an aspect, a method for multiplexing first and second continuous input audio signals is described, to yield a multiplexed output audio signal which is to be rendered to a listener. The first and second input audio signals (123) are indicative of sounds captured by a first and a second endpoint (120, 170), respectively. The method comprises determining a talk activity (201, 202) in the first and second input audio signals (123), respectively; and determining the multiplexed output audio signal based on the first and/or second input audio signals (123) and subject to one or more multiplexing conditions. The one or more multiplexing conditions comprise: at a time instant, when there is talk activity (201) in the first input audio signal (123), determining the multiplexed output audio signal at least based on the first input audio signal (123); at a time instant, when there is talk activity (202) in the second input audio signal (123), determining the multiplexed output audio signal at least based on the second input audio signal (123); and at a silence time instant, when there is no talk activity (201, 202) in the first and in the second input audio signals (123), determining the multiplexed output audio signal based on only one of the first and second input audio signals (123).
Public/Granted literature
- US20150244868A1 Method for Improving Perceptual Continuity in a Spatial Teleconferencing System Public/Granted day:2015-08-27
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