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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Nobuyuki Kihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiko Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A microphone apparatus for processing and outputting an output signal of a microphone array including at least nine microphones includes a directivity function processing circuit that converts the output signal of the microphone array into a unidirectional signal and that outputs the unidirectional signal. The directivity function processing circuit expands a directivity function whose variable is an incident angle of an acoustic wave into a Fourier series up to at least third order. The variable in the expanded expression is produced from output signals of the microphones forming the microphone array.
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