Voice acquisition system and voice acquisition method
US10381003B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2400/15
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A voice acquisition system includes a plurality of mobile objects each of which includes one or more microphones and is movable around a sound source; a sound source number estimating unit which estimates the number of sound sources in a vicinity of any of the mobile objects; and a control unit which controls positions of the mobile objects, wherein the control unit controls, based on the number of sound sources in a vicinity of a first mobile object, a position of a second mobile object which differs from the first mobile object, and the voice acquisition system acquires voice using both a microphone included in the first mobile object and a microphone included in the second mobile object.
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