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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2010
Toshiyuki Sekiya, Tokyo, JP;
Mototsugu Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Sekiya, Tokyo, JP;
Mototsugu Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sound processing device includes: a nonlinear processing unit that outputs a plurality of sound signals including sound sources existing in predetermined areas by performing a nonlinear process for a plurality of observed signals that are generated by a plurality of sound sources and are observed by a plurality of sensors; a signal selecting unit that selects a sound signal including a specific sound source from among the plurality of sound signals output by the nonlinear processing unit and the observed signal including the plurality of sound sources; and a sound separating unit that separates a sound signal including the specific sound source that is selected by the signal selecting unit from the observed signal selected by the signal selecting unit.