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Title:
AUDIO CONFERENCE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2009/020082
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An audio conference system comprises a controller, microphones, and antennas for connecting the controller and the microphones by radio communication. The controller has utterance permitting means for transmitting utterance permission instruction information to a microphone in response to utterance request instruction information received from the microphone and utterance inhibiting means for transmitting utterance inhibition instruction information to the other microphones in response to utterance inhibition request instruction information received from the microphone. Each microphone has utterance requesting means for transmitting to thecontroller, a speech signal inputted after the microphone transmits utterance request instruction information to the controller and receives utterance permission instruction information from the controller and utterance stopping means for stopping transmission of a speech signal to the controller when receiving utterance inhibition instruction information from the controller. The audio conference system allows the chair of a conference to inhibit all utterances of the other attendances at the time.

Inventors:
KATSUNO MANAMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2008/063921
Publication Date:
February 12, 2009
Filing Date:
July 28, 2008
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Assignee:
AUDIO TECHNICA KK (JP)
KATSUNO MANAMI (JP)
International Classes:
H04M3/56; H04R3/00
Foreign References:
JP2004228648A2004-08-12
JPH07322229A1995-12-08
JPH0818676A1996-01-19
JP2005333498A2005-12-02
Other References:
See also references of EP 2178287A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ISHIBASHI, Yoshinobu et al. (10-4 Sakuragaoka-cho,Shibuya-k, Tokyo 31, JP)
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