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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging circuit and at least one CPU or at least one circuit configured to realize the functions of the following units: a conversion unit configured to convert a sound signal acquired by a microphone including a plurality of microphone elements disposed at respective predetermined angles into stereophonic sound data; an extraction unit configured to extract a sound signal of a specific sound source from the sound signal acquired by the microphone and convert the sound signal of the specific sound source into omnidirectional data of the stereophonic sound data; a combination processing unit configured to combine the stereophonic sound data and the omnidirectional data; and a recording unit configured to record sound data output from the combination processing unit and image data acquired by the imaging circuit.
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