Loudspeaker arrangement with on-screen voice positioning for telepresence system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9924252
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14201348

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A videoconferencing system has a plurality of displays arranged side-by-side. Top loudspeakers are arranged adjacent the tops of the displays, and bottom loudspeakers are arranged adjacent the bottoms of the displays. A control unit operatively coupled to the displays and the loudspeakers routes video to each of the displays and routes audio corresponding to each display to any of the top and bottom loudspeakers arranged adjacent the display. Thus, the top and bottom loudspeakers form a vertical pair of loudspeakers that output the corresponding audio for its respective display. In this way, the audio for the video of a given display is perceived by participants to originate from the center of the given display. If one of the loudspeakers is not provided, gain setting and mixing between adjacent sets of loudspeakers can produce a virtual loudspeaker for the one that is missing.

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  • POLYCOM, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Feng, Jinwei Woburn, US 26 638
Pocino, Michael A Marietta, US 7 198
Sharp, James M Austin, US 6 180
Truong, Kwan K Alpharetta, US 17 572

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