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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Sumiyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunari Obuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Kanda, Tokyo, JP;
Ryu Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a method for estimating a sound source position in a space with high accuracy using a microphone installed on a robot moving in the space. A mobile robot includes a self-position estimation unit configure to estimate the self-position of the mobile robot, a sound source information obtaining unit configured to obtain direction information of an observed sound source, and a sound source position estimation unit configured to estimate the position of the sound source based on the estimated self-position and the direction information of the sound source.