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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshifumi Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23299 (2018.08); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 29/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound pickup device includes a sound pickup unit, a mounting part, and a communication unit. The sound pickup unit includes a microphone array including a plurality of microphones. The sound pickup unit generates an acoustic signal that corresponds to ambient sound that has been picked up by the microphone array. An electronic device is mounted on the mounting part and the electronic device includes a camera that generates image data by imaging surroundings. The communication unit transmits the acoustic signal to the electronic device.