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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A voice processing device includes plural microphones arranged so as to correspond to a plurality of positions. The voice processing device includes at least one memory that stores instructions and voice signals from the plural microphones, and a processor. The voice signals collected by the plural microphones, respectively, during a prescribed period before a present time, are repeatedly stored in the at least one memory as buffered voice signals. The processor detects whether a prescribed word is uttered by a speaker based on the voice signals collected by the plural microphones, determines a microphone corresponding to the speaker by referring to the buffered voice signals, and suppresses the voice signals collected by the plural microphones other than the microphone corresponding to the speaker.