Patent ID: 7646876
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04N,H04R

Abstract:
1. A video conferencing system having a camera with a view angle, comprising: a plurality of microphones operable to obtain audio, the microphones being arrangeable along a central axis in at least two radial orientations relative to the view angle of the camera; and a control unit operatively coupled to the camera and the plurality of microphones, the control unit determining which one of the at least two radial orientations the arranged microphones has relative to the view angle of the camera and controlling the audio of the arranged microphones according to one of at least two modes of stereo operation depending on the determined radial orientation; wherein the at least two modes of stereo operation include a broadside mode of stereo operation when the central axis of the arranged microphones is substantially orthogonal to the view angle of the camera, and wherein in the broadside mode the plurality of microphones on a side of the central axis closest to the camera are deactivated and the plurality of microphones on an opposing side of the central axis are divided into left and right sides of stereo audio input.