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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Kazuhiro Nakadai, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An audio processing apparatus includes a first-section detection unit configured to detect a first section that is a section in which the power of a spatial spectrum in a sound source direction is higher than a predetermined amount of power on the basis of an audio signal of a plurality of channels, a speech state determination unit configured to determine a speech state on the basis of an audio signal within the first section, a likelihood calculation unit configured to calculate a first likelihood that a type of sound source according to an audio signal within the first section is voice and a second likelihood that the type of sound source is non-voice, and a second-section detection unit configured to determine whether or not a second section in which power is higher than average the power of a speech section is a voice section on the basis of the first likelihood and the second likelihood within the second section.