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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sakurako Yazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shoichiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound collection apparatus includes a substantially spherical base on which at least a predetermined number of recess portions are provided in a surface thereof with a predetermined interval therebetween; and a predetermined number of microphones. The predetermined number is an integer of 2 or greater. The microphones are installed on an inner bottom surface side of the recess portions one by one. Intervals between sound collecting portions of adjacent microphones are substantially equal to each other.