Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microphone support device for sound source localization
- Patent Title (中): 用于声源定位的麦克风支持设备
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Application No.: US14775062Application Date: 2014-01-31
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Publication No.: US09462362B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Takaaki Yamanaka , Masaya Gotou , Toshihiko Kato
- Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
- Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Priority: JP2013-071479 20130329
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/052237 WO 20140131
- International Announcement: WO2014/156292 WO 20141002
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R1/08 ; H04R1/40 ; G01S3/80 ; G01S3/805

Abstract:
A microphone support device includes a ring-shaped flame, a plurality of fixed arms which protrude toward an inner side of the flame, a plurality of movable arms which are longer than the fixed arms and are detachable, and multiple microphones. A small-size microphone array is constructed by accommodating the plurality of movable arms inside of the flame in a radiating state. On the other hand, a large-size microphone array is constructed by radially developing the plurality of movable arms outside of the flame. When constructing a circular two-dimensional microphone array, a size of the circular two-dimensional microphone array can be easily changed in this manner. Hence, the sound localization can be handled over a wide frequency range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160037244A1 MICROPHONE SUPPORT DEVICE FOR SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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