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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Stefan Gustavsson, Kitchener, CA;
Inventor:
Stefan Gustavsson, Kitchener, CA;
Assignee:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device includes a sound signal analyser configured to determine whether a sound signal comprises speech. The device further includes a microphone system configured to discriminate sounds emanating from sources located in different directions from the microphone system so that sounds only emanating from a range of directions are included as signals possibly containing speech.