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Sound analysis apparatus for detecting sound sources

US9177556B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2013
Grant dateNov 3, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L25/51
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sound analysis apparatus includes a sound information obtaining section chat obtains information relating to a sound acquired by a sound acquiring section that acquires the sound and distinguishes a spoken voice of a wearer from a spoken voice of another person, a phase difference deriving section that derives a relationship between a frequency and a phase difference with respect to the sound acquired by the plural sound acquiring sections, a dispersion deriving section that derives a dispersion that is the level of irregularity of the derived phase difference, and a distance deriving section that derives a distance between the wearer and the other person using a first dispersion derived in a case where the sound is distinguished as the spoken voice of the other person and a second dispersion derived in a case where the sound is distinguished as the spoken voice of the wearer.

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