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Sound recording device, sound recording method, and sound recording program embodied on computer readable medium

US8467542B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 2009
Grant dateJun 18, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2499/15
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to facilitate the operation to select a directional microphone and a non-directional microphone, an IC recorder includes a directional microphone having directivity, a non-directional microphone not having directivity, a scene selection portion to select one of the four scenes of oral dictation, conference, lecture, and music, a first EEPROM for storing in advance a correspondence table that assigns either one of the directional microphone and the non-directional microphone to each of the four scenes, and a microphone switching portion to switch, between the directional microphone and the non-directional microphone, to the one assigned to the selected scene by the correspondence table in response to one of the four scenes being selected by the scene selection portion.

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