Gain adjustment apparatus and gain adjustment method

1. A gain adjustment apparatus comprising:

a first output device configured to output a first audio signal;

a second output device configured to output a second audio signal;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

convert the first audio signal and the second audio signal to a first frequency spectrum and a second frequency spectrum;

calculate an estimated difference between the first frequency spectrum and the second frequency spectrum based on a comparison of the first frequency spectrum with the second frequency spectrum; and

output a first and second adjustment spectra corresponding to the first and second frequency spectra, the first and second adjustment spectra being adjusted on the basis of the first and second frequency spectra and the estimated difference.

2. The gain adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor calculates the estimated difference based on the average of differences between the frequency spectra in a predetermined frequency range.

3. The gain adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor estimates background noise levels of the audio signals output from the first and second output devices and calculates the gains for the frequency spectra based on the frequency spectra, the estimated difference, and the background noise levels.

4. The gain adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the memory stores damping ratios that are the ratios of levels, attenuated in the delivery of audio from speakers to the output devices, of the frequency spectra for frequencies to levels, attenuated in the delivery of the audio from the speakers to the output devices, of the frequency spectra for a predetermined frequency, and

wherein the processor calculates the gains for the frequency spectra based on the frequency spectra, the estimated difference, and the damping ratios.

5. The gain adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor detects a variation in a peripheral environment based on the estimated difference and calculates the gains for the frequency spectra based on the result of detecting the variation in the peripheral environment.

6. The gain adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor calculates the estimated difference based on the frequency spectra in a time period in which the frequency spectra include an audio signal from a single audio source.

7. The gain adjustment apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor extracts, based on the result of executing an audio source separation process on the frequency spectra subjected to the gain adjustment based on the calculated gains, a desired signal in a time period in which the audio signal from the single audio source includes an audio signal other than the desired signal in the frequency spectra.

8. A gain adjustment method comprising:

outputting, by a processor, a first audio signal and a second audio signal;

converting, by a processor, the first audio signal and the second audio signal to a first frequency spectrum and a second frequency spectrum;

calculating, by a processor, an estimated difference between the first frequency spectrum and the second frequency spectrum based on a comparison of the first frequency spectrum with the second frequency spectrum; and

outputting, by a processor a first and second adjustment spectra corresponding to the first and second frequency spectra, the first and second adjustment spectra being adjusted on the basis of the first and second frequency spectra and the estimated difference.