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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2001
Takeshi Sugiyama, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Wada, Aichi, JP;
Takefumi Zaima, Tokyo, JP;
Masanao Owaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamashita, Nagano-shi, Nagano 380-0882, JP;
Takeshi Sugiyama, Aichi, JP;
Hiroyuki Wada, Aichi, JP;
Takefumi Zaima, Tokyo, JP;
Masanao Owaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamashita, Nagano-shi, Nagano 380-0882, JP;
Abstract
In order to locate and display the source of a sound such as a noise at a factory or the like accurately even when it is outside, a pair of microphones (M, M) and another pair of microphones (M, M) are disposed on the X axis and Y axis with a distance L therebetween, respectively, the direction of the sound source is estimated from a difference between sound arrival times to the microphones (M, M) and a difference between sound arrival times to the microphones (M, M), an image around the estimated location of the sound source is picked up by a camera, and the above estimated location of the sound source is displayed on the above image displayed on the display of a personal computer.