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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Atsuo Hiroe, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a signal processing apparatus that includes a reference signal generating section that generates a reference signal corresponding to a target sound on the basis of a mixed sound signal which is recorded with multiple microphones arranged at different positions and is a mixture of the target sound and a non-target sound. The signal processing apparatus further includes a sound source extracting section that extracts, from the mixed sound signal of one frame or multiple frames, a signal of one frame which is similar to the reference signal and in which the target sound is more enhanced.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hiroe, Atsuo. (2026). Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method (U.S. Patent No. 12593172). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12593172

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