Patent ID: 11902737
Assignee: HANGZHOU TARO POSITIONING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A directional sound capture controller, comprising:
a computer processor; and
memory coupled to the computer processor and storing instructions, when executed, causing the computer processor to:
capture, using a camera device, a sequence of images of a scene comprising a light source attached to a sound source object;
detect, based on a pattern of local light change across the sequence of images, the light source in the scene;
determine a direction of the sound source object by at least determining a location of the light source in at least one image of the sequence of images;
generate, based on the direction of the sound source object, a control signal for directing a sensitivity direction of a microphone towards the sound source object; and
capture, using the microphone and in response to the control signal, sound emitted from the sound source object.