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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Applicant:
Ki Hoon Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Inventor:
Ki Hoon Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/80 (2006.01); G01S 3/808 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/8083 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method to track positions of multiple sound sources which can simultaneously track the positions of multiple sound sources. Sound signals input to an array of microphones are separated into independent sound source signals, correlation coefficients between the sound signals input to the microphones and the separated sound source signals are estimated, and the estimated correlation coefficients are analyzed to track the positions of the sound sources.