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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Koubun Sakagami, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Koubun Sakagami, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus receives sound signals that are respectively output by a plurality of microphones, and detects a sound arrival direction from which sounds of the sound signals are traveled. The image processing apparatus calculates a sound level of sounds output from the sound arrival direction, and causes an image that reflects the sound level of sounds output from the sound arrival direction to be displayed in vicinity of an image of a user who is outputting the sounds from the sound arrival direction.