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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Shigenaga, Fukuoka, JP;
Shuichi Watanabe, Fukuoka, JP;
Tadashi Maki, Fukuoka, JP;
Akitoshi Izumi, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazunori Hayashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Toshimichi Tokuda, Fukuoka, JP;
Shojiro Matsuo, Fukuoka, JP;
Hirotaka Sawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. A beam forming unit forms a beam in a direction from the sound collecting unit toward a sound source corresponding to a position designated in an image on a display unit. A magnification setting unit sets a magnification for magnifying or demagnifying the image in the display according to an input. The beam forming unit also changes a size of the formed beam in accordance with the magnification set by the magnification setting unit.