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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/25 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including circuitry configured to determine a position of a mouth of a user that is distinguishable among a plurality of people, and control an acquisition condition for collecting a sound based on the determined position of the user's mouth.