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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Gerhard Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Tobias Wolff, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;
Olga González Valbuena, Palencia, ES;
Günther Wirsching, Eischstätt, DE;
Gerhard Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Tobias Wolff, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;
Olga González Valbuena, Palencia, ES;
Günther Wirsching, Eischstätt, DE;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for localizing a sound source, in particular, a human speaker, comprising detecting sound generated by the sound source by means of a microphone array comprising more than two microphones and obtaining microphone signals, one for each of the microphones, selecting from the microphone signals a pair of microphone signals for a predetermined frequency range based on the distance of the microphones to each other and estimating the angle of the inci-dence of the sound on the microphone array based on the selected pair of micro-phone signals.