IP Library Granted Patent US 9,153,244
Granted Patent B2
US 9,153,244 · App. 13/475,378 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

Voice analyzer

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Patent No.
US 9,153,244
App. No.
13/475,378
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voice analyzer includes an apparatus body, a strap that is connected to the apparatus body and is used to hang the apparatus body from a neck of a user, a first voice acquisition unit provided in the strap or the apparatus body, a second voice acquisition unit provided at a position where a distance of a sound wave propagation path from a mouth of the user is smaller than a distance of a sound wave propagation path from the mouth of the user to the first voice acquisition unit, and an identification unit that identifies a sound, in which first sound pressure acquired by the first voice acquisition unit is larger by a predetermined value or more than second sound pressure acquired by the second voice acquisition unit, on the basis of a result of comparison between the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure.

Claims (18)

1. A voice analyzer comprising:

an apparatus body;

a strap that is connected to the apparatus body and is used to hang the apparatus body from a neck of a user;

a first voice acquisition unit that is provided in the strap or the apparatus body in order to acquire a voice;

a second voice acquisition unit that is provided at a position where a distance of a sound wave propagation path from a mouth of the user is smaller than a distance of a sound wave propagation path from the mouth of the user to the first voice acquisition unit when the strap is hung on the neck of the user and that acquires a voice; and

an identification unit that identifies a sound, in which second sound pressure that is sound pressure of a voice acquired by the second voice acquisition unit is larger by a predetermined value than first sound pressure that is sound pressure of a voice acquired by the first voice acquisition unit, on the basis of a result of comparison between the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure,

wherein the identification unit identifies whether the voices acquired by the first and second voice acquisition units are voices of the user, who has the strap hung on the neck, or voices of others on the basis of the comparison result between the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure.

2. The voice analyzer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first voice acquisition unit is provided in the apparatus body, and

the second voice acquisition unit is provided in the strap.

3. A voice analyzer comprising:

an apparatus body;

a strap that is connected to the apparatus body and is used to hang the apparatus body from a neck of a user;

a first voice acquisition unit that is provided in the strap or the apparatus body in order to acquire a voice;

a second voice acquisition unit that is provided at a position where a distance of a sound wave propagation path from a mouth of the user is smaller than a distance of a sound wave propagation path from the mouth of the user to the first voice acquisition unit when the strap is hung on the neck of the user and that acquires a voice; and

an identification unit that identifies a sound, in which second sound pressure that is sound pressure of a voice acquired by the second voice acquisition unit is larger by a predetermined value than first sound pressure that is sound pressure of a voice acquired by the first voice acquisition unit, on the basis of a result of comparison between the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure, wherein the identification unit identifies whether the voices acquired by the first and second voice acquisition units are voices of the user, who has the strap hung on the neck, or voices of others on the basis of a result of comparison between the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure for another sound identified by the identification unit.

4. The voice analyzer according to claim 2 , wherein the identification unit identifies whether the voices acquired by the first and second voice acquisition units are voices of the user, who has the strap hung on the neck, or voices of others on the basis of a result of comparison between the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure for another sound identified by the identification unit.

5. The voice analyzer according to claim 1 , wherein the identification unit identifies whether the voices acquired by the first and second voice acquisition units are voices of the user, who has the strap hung on the neck, or voices of others on the basis of a result of comparison between the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure for another sound identified by the identification unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2012
From: SHIMOTANI, KEI; NISHINO, YOHEI; YONEYAMA, HIROHITO; IIDA, KIYOSHI; FUJII, AKIRA; HARADA, HARUO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028246/0828 →