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Abstract

In a video conferencing system, camera position means are used to point the camera to a speaking person. To find the correct direction for the camera, a system is required that determines the position from which the sound is transmitted. This can be done by using at least two microphones receiving the speech signal. By measuring the transmission delay between the signals received by the microphones, the position of the speaker can be determined. According to the present invention, the delay is determined by first determining the impulse responses (h.sub.1) and (h.sub.2) and subsequently calculating a cross correlation function between the impulse responses (h.sub.1) and (h.sub.2). From the main peak in the cross correlation function, the delay value is determined.

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