Patent ID: 8467672
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of human-interfacing to a camera system having automatic focusing capability and a voice recognition system including at least two microphones, at least one microphone placed on the front of the camera system and at least one microphone placed on the back of the camera system, comprising: (a) displaying an image for the user to view, the image being representative of the picture the camera system will take; (b) determining an approximate location on the image that the user is viewing; (c) indicating to the viewer the approximate location being viewed; (d) receiving a sound at a microphone placed on the front of the camera system and at a microphone placed on the back of the camera system; (e) directing the sound from each microphone to a processor in the camera system; (f) processing the sound to determine spatial information and determine if the primary source of the sound is behind the camera system, and filter background noise; and (g) recognizing the sound is associated with a command only if the primary source of the sound is behind the camera system, the command indicating that the user desires to modify a setting giving greater importance to the location on the image that the user is viewing.