Conversation support system, method and program for the same

    公开(公告)号:US11425517B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US17264174

    申请日:2019-07-29

    摘要: A conversation support system supports conversation of passengers in an automobile. Seats of at least two or more rows are placed in the automobile, and the conversation support system includes a speech switching control part configured to designate a desired sound pickup and reproduce area based on designation by a first passenger sitting in a first seat, a first target speech emphasizing part configured to output a signal obtained by emphasizing speech emitted from the designated sound pickup and reproduce area to a loud speaker corresponding to the first seat, and a second target speech emphasizing part configured to output the signal obtained by emphasizing speech, which is collected with a microphone corresponding to the first seat and which is emitted from the first seat, to a loud speaker corresponding to the sound pickup and reproduce area.

    Sound collection loudspeaker apparatus, method and program for the same

    公开(公告)号:US11678114B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17259857

    申请日:2019-07-01

    摘要: Provided is a sound collection loudspeaker apparatus that makes it possible to intuitively distinguish which talker is talking, and improve the comfort of conversations, when performing in-vehicle conversation and conversations with people outside of a vehicle. The sound collection loudspeaker apparatus is installed in a vehicle. Two or more sound collection and amplification positions are assumed to be present inside the vehicle. The apparatus includes: a transfer function multiplying unit that, from a transfer function for transfer from a desired sound source position where a sound image of an enhanced signal is localized to both ears of a target person located at the sound collection and amplification position, and a transfer function for transfer from one or more speakers installed for playing back sound at the sound collection and amplification position to the ears, applies a filter for localizing a sound image at the sound source position to an enhanced signal, and outputs the enhanced signal that has been filtered to the speaker. The enhanced signal is a signal in which a target sound emitted from the sound collection and amplification position has been enhanced from a signal collected by the one or more microphones.

    Sound collection loudspeaker apparatus, method and program for the same

    公开(公告)号:US11482234B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17264197

    申请日:2019-07-29

    IPC分类号: G10L21/0208 H04R1/02

    摘要: A first noise level, which is an estimated value of a magnitude of a noise component included in a first sound collection signal obtained from a first microphone which collects sound emitted from a first sound collection and amplification position is obtained, a second noise level, which is an estimated value of a magnitude of a noise component included in a second sound collection signal obtained from a second microphone which collects sound emitted from a second sound collection and amplification position is obtained, a ratio of a reproduced noisy sound level, which is an estimated value of a magnitude of noise at a position of a passenger at the second sound collection and amplification position in a case where the first noise level is reproduced from a second speaker placed at the second sound collection and amplification position, with respect to a second noisy sound level, which is an estimated value of a magnitude of noise corresponding to the second noise level at the position of the passenger at the second sound collection and amplification position is obtained, and a noise suppression amount is obtained so that a product of this ratio and the noise suppression amount becomes a constant set in advance.

    Anomaly score estimation apparatus, anomaly score estimation method, and program

    公开(公告)号:US11835430B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US17630112

    申请日:2019-07-30

    IPC分类号: G06F11/30 G01M99/00

    CPC分类号: G01M99/005

    摘要: Erroneous detection of erroneously determining a normal sound to be anomalous is suppressed. A registered normal sound detection apparatus 2 calculates anomaly score of an observed signal. A feature extraction unit 24 extracts a feature amount with a fixed-length from a time-series acoustic signal with an arbitrary length. An anomaly score calculation unit 25 corrects the anomaly score calculated from the observed signal so that the higher similarity score between the observed signal and a registered normal sound is, the smaller a value of the anomaly score is. The anomaly score calculation unit 25 calculates the similarity score by a similarity score function learned by using the feature amount extracted from the time-series acoustic signal including at least a normal sound by the feature extraction unit 24.

    Sound collection apparatus
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11510000B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US17265673

    申请日:2019-07-25

    IPC分类号: H04R1/40 H04R1/34 H04R5/027

    摘要: A sound collection apparatus includes a substantially spherical base on which at least a predetermined number of recess portions are provided in a surface thereof with a predetermined interval therebetween; and a predetermined number of microphones. The predetermined number is an integer of 2 or greater. The microphones are installed on an inner bottom surface side of the recess portions one by one. Intervals between sound collecting portions of adjacent microphones are substantially equal to each other.

    Sound collection apparatus
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11479184B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17263867

    申请日:2019-07-10

    IPC分类号: B60R11/02 H04R1/40 H04R3/00

    摘要: An object is to provide a sound collection apparatus capable of collecting a sound with a higher SN rate than before through use of a reflected sound. The sound collection apparatus is installed in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a seat for a passenger to sit on, and a reflective structure that reflects a sound emitted by a passenger sitting in the seat. The sound collection apparatus includes a first microphone arranged at a position where a direct sound that is a sound emitted by the passenger is readily collected, and a second microphone arranged at a position where a reflected sound that is a sound emitted by the passenger and reflected by the reflective structure is readily collected.