Inventors:
Edwin J. Basart - Los Altos CA, US
David B. Rucinski - Red Bank NJ, US
Assignee:
ShoreTel, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:
H04M 1/56
H04M 15/06
US Classification:
37914201, 3791421, 37914217, 37920201, 704248, 704276
Abstract:
A system and method for determining a speaker's position and a generating a display showing the position of the speaker. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first speakerphone system and a second speakerphone system communicatively coupled to send and receive data. The speakerphone system comprises a display, an input device, a microphone array, a speaker, and a position processing module. The position processing module is coupled to receive acoustic signals from the microphone array. The position processing module uses these acoustic signals to determine a position of the speaker. The position information is then sent to other speakerphone system for presentation on the display. In one embodiment, the position processing module comprises an auto-detection module, a position analysis module, a tracking module and an identity matching module for the detection of sound, the determination of position and transmission of position information over the network. The position processing module comprises a position display module and a position translation module for receiving position information from the network and generating a user interface for display. The present invention also includes a method for determining speaker position and presenting position information.