Patent ID: 9531948
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06K,G10L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A control method of a voice tracking apparatus, the method comprising: tracking a sound source of a voice signal generated from the outside; turning an image capturing unit of the voice tracking apparatus toward a location of the tracked sound source, wherein the image capturing unit comprises a second camera including at least one microphone, and the at least one microphone is mounted on one side of the second camera; and beamforming the voice signal of the sound source through the at least one microphone mounted on the one side of the second camera, wherein the turning the image capturing unit comprises turning the second camera toward the location of the tracked sound source, wherein the at least one microphone mounted on the one side of the second camera turns in conjunction with the turning of the second camera, and wherein the at least one microphone mounted on the one side of the second camera turns toward the tracked sound source if the second camera turns toward the tracked sound source.