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Directional sound capturing

US9057943B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignees

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP
Sony Mobile Communications Inc. · JP

Inventors

Pär Stenberg · Lund, SE
Karl Ola Thörn · Malmö, SE
Magnus Jendbro · Staffanstorp, SE
Pär-Anders Aronsson · Malmö, SE
Magnus Landqvist · Lund, SE
Martin Ek · Dalby, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2012
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B31/00
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to a sound recording arrangement comprising a sound recording arrangement and a method in the sound recording arrangement for amplifying sounds in a primary gaze direction of the user of the sound recording arrangement. The method comprises the actions of recording sounds arriving at a sound recording unit from objects in the field of view of the user, and recording a first set of images of the head and/or the eyes of the user, and determining a primary gaze direction of the user based on the first set of images, and amplifying sounds arriving in the primary gaze direction compared to sounds arriving from other directions.

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