Audio Feed Purification for Conference Calls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional conferencing systems are one-dimensional, limiting users to either maintaining or ending conference calls without options to adjust audio or video feeds during inactive periods, leading to inefficiencies such as wasted resources and potential disruptions.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that monitors audio feeds during conference calls, identifies unwanted audio components, and actively modifies the feed by removing them, allowing for dynamic adjustments based on contextual activity and user profiles to improve user engagement and productivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users maintain audio feeds during inactive periods, then communication availability is improved, but resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the audio feed state based on detected activity levels. During inactive periods, the audio feed is automatically muted or reduced, while during active periods it is restored to full functionality. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making resource consumption variable rather than static, maintaining availability only when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses ambient sound detection and voice activity recognition to automatically determine when the audio feed should be active or inactive. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual user intervention while optimizing resource usage based on actual communication needs, thereby resolving the contradiction between availability and resource consumption.
2Reliability
If users maintain audio feeds during inactive periods, then communication readiness is improved, but time waste increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of activity levels and proactively adjusts audio feed states before actual communication needs arise. By detecting inactivity patterns and preemptively muting feeds, the system prevents time waste while maintaining readiness when activity is detected, resolving the contradiction between communication readiness and time efficiency.
3Device complexity
If traditional conferencing systems are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but functionality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates multiple functions within a single conferencing platform: ambient sound detection, voice activity recognition, automatic audio feed adjustment, and manual controls. This multi-functionality enhances adaptability and versatility while maintaining a unified, relatively simple user interface, resolving the contradiction between system simplicity and functional capability.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for modifying audio-based communications produced during a conference call is disclosed. The computer-implemented method can include monitoring a plurality of utterances transmitted via an audio feed of a device connected to the conference call. The computer-implemented method can identify a first unwanted audio component transmitted via the audio feed. The computer-implemented method can actively modify the audio feed by removing the first unwanted audio component from the audio feed.