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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 13, 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 two-way communication apparatus used for two-way speech. In the two-way communication apparatus, a plurality of microphones radially arranged in a horizontal direction are located at equal distances from a receiving and reproduction speaker. The plurality of microphones are located in pairs from the center of the receiving and reproduction speaker. Surface of a sound reflection plate facing the side surfaces of a speaker housing are curved to a flared shape and diffuse the sound output from an upper sound output opening in all orientations in the horizontal direction by cooperating with the sound reflection surface. A DSP receives as input sound pickup signals of one pair of the microphones, selects the microphone for which the highest sound is detected, and transmits the sound pickup signal to the two-way communication apparatus of the other party via a telephone line.