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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2010
Seiichiro Hosoe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuichiro Suenaga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Satoshi Ukai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryo Oouchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Seiichiro Hosoe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuichiro Suenaga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Satoshi Ukai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryo Oouchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A sound pickup apparatus, which can control directionality and has a simple structure, and in which a plurality of microphones can be provided so as to be floated by using the small number of parts, is provided. Three support columnsA toC having the same length are provided upright on a top surface of a housingof a sound pickup apparatus. The support columnsA toC are equidistantly arranged away from a center position of the housingand equally spaced 120 degrees apart from each other. A framehaving microphone framesA toC in which microphones are fitted is arranged above the top surface of the housing. In addition, the microphone framesA toC are coupled to the support columnsA toC of the housingby elastic rubbersA toC in a state where tensile stress passes the center of the housingand is generated in an outward direction.