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Coding apparatus and coding method

US10777209B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 2018
Grant dateSep 15, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04S2420/03
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sound source estimation unit (101) estimates, in a space as a target of sparse sound field decomposition, an area where a sound source is present at second granularity that is coarser than first granularity of a position where a sound source is assumed to be present in the sparse sound field decomposition. A sparse sound field decomposition unit (102) decomposes an acoustic signal observed by a microphone array into a sound source signal and an ambient noise signal by performing a sparse sound field decomposition process at the first granularity for the acoustic signal in the area at the second granularity where the sound source is estimated to be present in the space.

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