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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Atsuo Hiroe, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Atsuo Hiroe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); G01S 3/808 (2006.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/48 (2013.01); G01S 3/8083 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a direction estimation unit detecting one or more direction points indicating a sound source direction of a sound signal for each of blocks divided in a predetermined time unit, and a direction tracking unit connecting the direction points to each other between the blocks and detecting a section in which a sound is active.