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Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Jinwei Feng, Bellevue, WA (US);

Tao Yu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2201/403 (2013.01); H04R 2410/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of detecting respective source locations of sounds in an audio signal. The method includes receiving the audio signal via a horizontal set of microphones and a vertical set of microphones. The respective source locations of the sounds in the audio signal are determined by analyzing the audio signal. Analysis is conducted with respect to the horizontal set of microphones and with respect to the vertical set of microphones, to determine a respective horizontal direction to the respective source locations of the sounds, and determine a respective vertical direction to the respective source locations of the sounds. The distance is calculated between the respective source locations of the sounds and the horizontal set of microphones and the vertical set of microphones.


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