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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Applicant:
Mitsuhiro Okazaki, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuhiro Okazaki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes: a first sound-collection unit that detects an ambient sound and outputs first sound information; a second sound-collection unit other than the first sound-collection unit that detects the sound and outputs second sound information; and a signal processing unit that generates a sound signal corresponding to the sound by eliminating a common noise signal included in the first sound information and the second sound information based on the first sound information and the second sound information.