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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Saki Hanai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Saki Hanai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H03G 5/00 (2006.01); H03F 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sound processing apparatus includes a power spectrum operation unit obtaining a power spectrum of an audio signal, an envelope component removal unit removing an envelope component of the power spectrum and generating a signal characteristic that represents a peakness of the power spectrum, a filter characteristic calculation unit calculating a filter characteristic suppressing the signal characteristic by using the signal characteristic, and a suppress filter filtering the audio signal by using the filter characteristic.