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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Stephen William John, Nara, JP;
Kazunobu Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Katsuhiko Asai, Nara, JP;
Shunsuke Kuhara, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An unmanned aircraft includes: a microphone including a plurality of elements; and a processor that processes signals output from target elements included in the plurality of elements. In the unmanned aircraft, the processor performs a detection process of detecting a target sound signal of a target sound from the signals output from the target elements included in the plurality of elements, and changes the target elements that output the signals to be processed by the processor to select at least one target element that outputs a signal to be processed by the processor from among the plurality of elements, in accordance with a result of the detection process.