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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Shigenaga, Fukuoka, JP;
Akitoshi Izumi, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazunori Hayashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Toshimichi Tokuda, Fukuoka, JP;
Hirotaka Sawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A directivity control apparatus is provided which controls a directivity of a sound collected by a first sound collector including a plurality of microphones. The directivity control apparatus forms a directivity of the sound in a direction toward a position of a monitoring target in an image displayed on a display. Information on the position of the monitoring target in the image displayed on the display is obtained. The directivity of the sound is changed toward the position of the monitoring target in accordance with a movement of the monitoring target by referring to the obtained information on the position of the monitoring target.