UNKNOWN SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus for use in a verbal communication between a speaker and at least one listener, where the speaker and the at least one listener are spatially separate from each other, the apparatus provides the listener with a sensory output associated with the identity of the speaker, the apparatus including an identification device including a vibration sensor for detecting vibrations associated with speech of the speaker, is configured to store identification data representative of the identity of the speaker or the identification device, is associable with the identity of the speaker, and, in response to detecting vibrations, transmits an identification signal comprising or generated from the stored identification data, and a display device operable to receive the identification signal and to generate from the received identification signal a sensory output indicating the identity of either or both of the speaker and the identification device.

主权项

1. An apparatus for use in a verbal communication between a speaker and at least one listener, where the speaker and the at least one listener form all or part of a plurality of participants, wherein the speaker and the at least one listener are spatially separate from each other, the apparatus operable to provide the listener with a sensory output associated with the identity of the speaker; the apparatus comprising:
an identification device, wherein the identification device is wearable or carriable by the speaker, the identification device comprising:
a vibration sensor for detecting vibrations associated with speech of the speaker; anda transmitter,wherein the identification device is configured to store identification data representative of the identity of either or both of the speaker and the identification device, whereby the identification device is associable with the identity of the speaker,wherein, in response to the vibration sensor detecting vibrations associated with the speech of the speaker, the transmitter is configured to transmit an identification signal comprising or generated from the stored identification data; and a display device for use by a listener, the display device configured to receive the identification signal and to generate from the received identification signal a sensory output indicating the identity of either or both of the speaker and the identification device.