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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Takeshi Inoda, Osaka, JP;
Ryusuke Horibe, Osaka, JP;
Fuminori Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shigeo Maeda, Hyogo, JP;
Rikuo Takano, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimi Fukuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Inoda, Osaka, JP;
Ryusuke Horibe, Osaka, JP;
Fuminori Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shigeo Maeda, Hyogo, JP;
Rikuo Takano, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimi Fukuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Ibaraki, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sound input device includes a differential microphone, configured to receive sound including noise, and generate a first signal in accordance with the sound; a detector, configured to detect the noise, and generate a second signal in accordance with the detected noise; and a controller, configured to control at least one of suppression of high-frequency components of the first signal and changing of a frequency band to be suppressed of the first signal based on the second signal.