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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuo Hiroe, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus and a method for rapidly extracting a target sound from a sound signal where a variety of sounds are mixed generated from a plurality of the sound sources. There is a voice recognition unit including a tracking unit for detecting a sound source direction and a voice segment to execute a sound source extraction process, and a voice recognition unit for inputting a sound source extraction result to execute a voice recognition process. In the tracking unit, a segment being created management unit that creates and manages a voice segment per unit of sound source sequentially detects a sound source direction, sequentially updates a voice segment estimated by connecting a detection result to a time direction, creates an extraction filter for a sound source extraction after a predetermined time is elapsed, and sequentially creates a sound source extraction result by sequentially applying the extraction filter to an input voice signal. The voice recognition unit sequentially executes the voice recognition process to a partial sound source extraction result to output a voice recognition result.