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Title:
VOICE PROCESSING DEVICE, VOICE PROCESSING PROGRAM, VOICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND WEARABLE ITEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/053559
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] To use a microphone that is attached to a wearable item to acquire, efficiently and with high quality, the voice produced by a user. [Solution] The present invention relates to a voice processing device. This voice processing device is characterized by comprising: a wearable item that is worn on a user's body, and has a plurality of microphone arrays attached thereto; and an area sound acquisition means that, on the basis of input signals supplied from each of the microphone arrays, acquires beamformer output in which directivities have been formed from each of the microphone arrays toward a target area including a target location on the user's body, and uses the acquired beamformer output to acquire target area sound for which the target area serves as the sound source, wherein the respective directivities of the microphone arrays overlap only in one region, which includes the target area.

Inventors:
ISHIGURO TAKASHI (JP)
FUJIEDA MASARU (JP)
HARA SOUDAI (JP)
TAKAHASHI YUUSUKE (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/020062
Publication Date:
April 06, 2023
Filing Date:
May 12, 2022
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Assignee:
OKI ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
H04R3/00; H04R1/40
Foreign References:
JP2019161400A2019-09-19
US20170094407A12017-03-30
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITO, Manabu et al. (JP)
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