Patent ID: 9628630
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A method for multiplexing a first and a second continuous input audio signal to yield a multiplexed output audio signal which is to be rendered to a listener; wherein the first and second input audio signals are indicative of sounds captured by a first and a second endpoint, respectively; the method comprising determining a talk activity in the first and second input audio signals, respectively; and determining the multiplexed output audio signal based on the first and/or second input audio signals and subject to at least three multiplexing conditions; wherein the at least three multiplexing conditions comprise: at a time instant when there is talk activity in the first input audio signal, determining the multiplexed output audio signal at least based on the first input audio signal; at a time instant when there is talk activity in the second input audio signal, determining the multiplexed output audio signal at least based on the second input audio signal; and at a silence time instant, when there is no talk activity in the first and in the second input audio signals, determining the multiplexed output audio signal based on only one of the first and second input audio signals.