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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventor:
Koichiro Sato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/326 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound collection setting method detects a specific object from an image captured by a camera, obtains position information of the specific object in the image, and sets a sound collection target range of a microphone by changing directivity of the microphone, based on the position information.