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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Daehyuk Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Cheheung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jaehyung Jang, Anyang-si, KR;
Hyeokki Hong, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a direction estimating apparatus using an acoustic sensor, the direction estimating apparatus including a non-directional acoustic sensor, a plurality of directional acoustic sensors provided adjacent to the non-directional acoustic sensor, and a processor configured to obtain a first output signal from the non-directional acoustic sensor and a plurality of second output signals from the plurality of directional acoustic sensors, and estimate a direction of a sound source within an error range from −5 degrees to +5 degrees by comparing magnitudes between the two output signals and phase information between the first output signal and one of the second output signals.