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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Banba, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Kanamori, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sound processing apparatus () is provided with: a directivity synthesis processing unit () for generating a first directivity sound pick-up signal by synthesizing a first sound pick-up signal and a relatively delayed second sound pick-up signal and a second directivity sound pick-up signal by synthesizing a relatively delayed first sound pick-up signal and a second sound pick-up signal; a comparison signal calculation unit () for generating a non-directivity level signal indicating the level of a sum of the directivity sound pick-up signals and a directivity level signal by adding the levels of the directivity sound pick-up signals; a level comparison unit () for acquiring the difference between the levels of the non-directivity level signal and the directivity level signal; and a delay control unit () for adjusting the delay amount such that the difference between the levels becomes smaller.