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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Namba, Tokyo, JP;
Mototsugu Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shusuke Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Masayuki Nishiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sound processing apparatus includes a sound determination portion operable to determine whether an input sound includes a first sound emitted from a particular source based on location information of the source, a sound separation portion operable to separate the input sound into the first sound and a second sound emitted from a source different from the particular source if the sound determination portion determines that the input sound includes the first sound, and a sound mixing portion operable to mix the first sound and the second sound separated by the sound separation portion at a prescribed volume ratio.