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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2019
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Sendoda, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sound recognition apparatus () includes at least two microphones () that detect a surrounding sound, an attitude detection unit () that detects attitudes of the microphones (), a self-position estimation unit () that estimates positions of the microphones () based on the attitudes of the microphones () and a signal of the sound detected by the microphone (), a sound source estimation unit () that estimates a direction of the sound source () of the sound based on the attitudes of the microphones () and the signal of the sound detected by the microphone (), and a sound environment mapping unit () that creates a sound environment map based on the positions of the microphones () and the direction of the sound source (), the sound environment map displaying at least a position of the sound source ().