System and method for visually representing a recorded audio meeting

摘要

A system and method of visually representing a recorded audio meeting comprises a plurality of discrete microphones, each connected to an audio speaker as well as to a conventional digital mixing console, and a computer system connected to the digital mixing console. Captured audio is transmitted as audio signals to the audio speaker for broadcasting and to the mixing console where they are converted to a digital audio feed for transmission to the computer system. The computer system, which has associated a visual cue with audio signals based on their source, processes the digital audio feed signal to identify the sources of the captured audio therein and generates a visual cue associated with the identified audio source. This activity is represented in a composite visual representation that displays and records all session participants and indicates speaking participants in real time.

主权项

1. A system for visually representing an audio meeting session having a plurality of participants, comprising:
a plurality of microphones, wherein each of said plurality of microphones are configured to generate audio signals from sound made by at least one session participant in its the vicinity of the respective microphone; and at least one computer system having a processor and non-volatile memory and communicatively connected to said plurality of microphones, wherein said computer system is configured to identify each connected microphone as a discrete source of audio signals from the at least one session participant in its vicinity, associate audio signals from each connected microphone with a distinct visual cue, trigger the respective visual cue of at least one of said microphones upon the receipt of an electrical transmission containing audio signals generated by the source microphone, thereby indicating the capture of sound from at least one session participant in the vicinity of the respective microphone, and generate a visual output useable by a graphical user interface, wherein said visual output is defined by a composite visual representation which includes a visual representation of at least one of said plurality microphones.