Eye-Gaze Voice Command Filtering for Video Conference Focus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Voice commands in video conferencing environments with multiple participants can be distracting to others, especially when not intended for all participants to hear.
Innovation Solution
Implementing eye gaze tracking technology to inhibit voice commands from being heard by other participants if the speaker is not actively speaking and looking at a voice-enabled user interface object.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If voice commands are enabled in video conferencing, then user interface control capability is improved, but distraction to other participants increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different audio transmission rules based on the local context of the speaker's gaze direction. When the speaker is looking at a voice-enabled UI object, the voice command is excluded from the audio stream sent to other participants. This localized contextual filtering allows voice commands to be suppressed selectively based on where the speaker is looking, resolving the contradiction between maintaining voice control capability and preventing distraction to others.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism (audio stream manipulation) between the voice command source and other participants. By detecting gaze direction at UI objects and conditionally filtering the audio stream, the system acts as a mediator that prevents voice commands from being transmitted to other participants when they are not intended for them, thus eliminating distraction while preserving the control function.
2Loss of information
If all voice commands are transmitted to all participants, then communication completeness is improved, but information privacy and focus are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies selective audio transmission based on the local context of the speaker's interaction. When a speaker is interacting with a voice-enabled UI object (detected through gaze tracking), the voice command is excluded from the audio stream sent to other participants. This contextual filtering ensures that only voice commands intended for group communication are transmitted, preserving information privacy and participant focus while maintaining communication completeness for relevant content.
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AI summary
Provided herein are techniques to facilitate controlling audibility of voice commands spoken in a video conference based on eye gaze tracking. A method may include tracking an eye gaze of the participant in relation to voice-enabled user interface objects provided by the video headset and determining that the participant is not an active speaker for the video conference and has an eye gaze towards a particular voice enabled user interface object. Upon the participant speaking a particular voice command associated with the particular voice-enabled user interface object while the participant is not the active speaker for the video conference and has the eye gaze towards the particular voice-enabled user interface object, the method may include inhibiting the particular voice command that is spoken by the participant from being heard by other participants of the video conference.