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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Akira Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitaka Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Hideharu Fujiyama, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voice processing apparatus for performing voiceprint recognition processing with high accuracy even in the case where a plurality of conference participants speak at a time in a conference; wherein a bi-directional telephonic communication portion receives as an input respective voice signals from a plurality of microphones, selects one microphone based on the input voice signals, and outputs a voice signal from the microphone; a voiceprint recognition portionperforms voiceprint recognition based on the input voice signal in voiceprint recognizable period, and stores voiceprint data successively in a buffer; and a CPU takes out voiceprint data successively from the buffer, checking against voiceprint data stored in a voiceprint register, specifies a speaker, and processes the voice signal output from the bi-directional telephonic communication portion by associating the same with the speaker.