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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Chisato Shioda, Sagamihara, JP;

Nobuyuki Washio, Akashi, JP;

Masanao Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sound-source-direction determining apparatus includes a processor that updates a reference threshold such that the reference threshold increases as a sound pressure difference increases, the sound pressure difference being a difference between sound pressure of a certain frequency component of sound acquired by the first microphone and sound pressure of the certain frequency component of the sound acquired by the second microphone when the synthesized sound is output from the speaker and determines a direction in which a sound source of sound is located, based on comparison between the reference threshold and a sound pressure difference between sound pressure of a certain frequency component of the sound acquired by the first microphone and sound pressure of the certain frequency component of the sound acquired by the second microphone when the synthesized sound is not output from the speaker.


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