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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2004
Ryuji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Michie Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Noboru Shuhama, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Michie Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Noboru Shuhama, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus used for two-way speech wherein the acoustic couplings between a speaker and microphones can be made equal by a simple method, wherein radially arranged microphones are located at equal distances from a speaker, a test signal generation unit outputs a pink noise signal to the speaker, the signal is input to a microphone detecting the sound of the speaker through variable gain amplifiers, attenuated in variable attenuation units, the peak value of absolute values of differences between the signals of an opposing pair of microphones is detected at level detection units, and a level judgment and gain control unit adjusts the gains of the variable gain amplifiers or attenuation amounts of the variable attenuation units so that the value becomes within a sensitivity difference adjustment error.