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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Rikuo Takano, Tsukuba, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Mitaka, JP;
Toshimi Fukuoka, Yokohama, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Ryusuke Horibe, Daito, JP;
Shigeo Maeda, Daito, JP;
Fuminori Tanaka, Daito, JP;
Takeshi Inoda, Daito, JP;
Hideki Choji, Daito, JP;
Rikuo Takano, Tsukuba, JP;
Kiyoshi Sugiyama, Mitaka, JP;
Toshimi Fukuoka, Yokohama, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Ryusuke Horibe, Daito, JP;
Shigeo Maeda, Daito, JP;
Fuminori Tanaka, Daito, JP;
Takeshi Inoda, Daito, JP;
Hideki Choji, Daito, JP;
Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute Inc., Daito-shi, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Abstract
A voice input device includes a first microphone (-) that includes a first diaphragm, a second microphone (-) that includes a second diaphragm, and a differential signal generation section () that generates a differential signal that indicates a difference between a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal, the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm being disposed so that a noise intensity ratio is smaller than an input voice intensity ratio (input voice component intensity ratio), and the differential signal generation section () including a gain section () that amplifies the first voltage signal by a predetermined gain, and a differential signal output section () that generates and outputs a differential signal that indicates a difference between the first voltage signal amplified by the gain section and the second voltage signal.