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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Fujisaki, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus that can be worn by a user as a result of being hung around a neck of the user includes an image capturing circuit, a first microphone that obtains an environmental sound, at least two second microphones that are intended to obtain a voice of the user and are arranged at a first distance from each other, a detection unit configured to detect a direction of a face of the user; and a sound processing unit that, with use of sound signals from the at least two second microphones, generates a directional sound signal that has directionality corresponding to the direction of the face of the user detected by the detection unit.