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- Patent Title: Sound source separation for robot from target voice direction and noise voice direction
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Application No.: US15985360Application Date: 2018-05-21
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Publication No.: US10665249B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Takashi Yamaya , Kouichi Nakagome
- Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@33fbcba
- Main IPC: G10L21/0272
- IPC: G10L21/0272 ; G10L15/25 ; G10L21/028 ; G06K9/00 ; G10L25/51 ; G10L21/0208 ; G10L21/0216 ; G10L15/20

Abstract:
A voice input unit has predetermined directivity for acquiring a voice. A sound source arrival direction estimation unit operating as a first direction detection unit detects a first direction, which is an arrival direction of a signal voice of a predetermined target, from the acquired voice. Moreover, a sound source arrival direction estimation unit operating as a second direction detection unit detects a second direction, which is an arrival direction of a noise voice, from the acquired voice. A sound source separation unit, a sound volume calculation unit, and a detection unit having an S/N ratio calculation unit detect a sound source separation direction or a sound source separation position, based on the first direction and the second direction.
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