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US 8,976,978 · App. 13/115,233 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Sound signal processing apparatus and sound signal processing method

Inventors: Yuji Kitazawa (Saitama, JP); Kohei Asada (Kanagawa, JP); Yasunobu Murata (Tokyo, JP); Tetsunori Itabashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G01S3/8083G01S3/86H04R1/1083H04R5/033H04R2430/03
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Patent No.
US 8,976,978
App. No.
13/115,233
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sound signal processing apparatus includes a sound source direction determination unit and a filter processing unit. The sound source direction determination unit determines sound source directions with respect to sound signals of a plurality of channels for respective first to n-th bands. The filter processing unit includes first to n-th filters which are connected in series and configured to boost or attenuate the sound signals with respect to the first to n-th bands. The respective first to n-th filters perform boosting or attenuation based on the sound source directions of the first to n-th bands which are determined by the sound source direction determination unit.

Claims (14)

1. A sound signal processing apparatus comprising:

a sound source direction determination unit that determines sound source directions with respect to sound signals of a plurality of channels for respective first to n-th bands; and

a filter processing unit that includes first to n-th filters which are connected in series and configured to boost or attenuate the sound signals with respect to the first to n-th bands,

wherein the respective first to n-th filters perform boosting or attenuation based on the sound source directions of the first to n-th bands which are determined by the sound source direction determination unit;

wherein the sound source direction determination unit includes first to n-th sound source directional angle analysis units corresponding to the first to n-th bands,

wherein each of the first to n-th sound source directional angle analysis units has one-to-one correspondence with each of the first to n-th filters, and regards the corresponding filters as control targets for a boosting or attenuating process,

wherein each of the first to n-th sound source directional angle analysis units allows the filter to be controlled to perform the boosting process when a sound source direction of a corresponding band is determined as a direction included in a predetermined angle range, and allows the filter to be controlled to perform the attenuating process when a sound source direction angle of the corresponding band is not determined as a direction included in the predetermined angle range; and

wherein each of the first to n-th sound source directional angle analysis units allows the filter to be controlled to perform the attenuating process when the sound source direction is determined to be in a dispersion state.

2. The sound signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first to n-th sound source directional angle analysis units determines the sound source direction with respect to the corresponding band based on energy subtraction of the sound signals of the respective channels.

3. The sound signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first to n-th filters of the filter processing unit, which are connected in series, receives a sound signal with which the sound signals of the plurality of channels are combined.

4. The sound signal processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first to n-th filters of the filter processing unit, which are connected in series, receives a sound signal of one of the plurality of channels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2011
From: KITAZAWA, YUJI; ASADA, KOHEI; MURATA, YASUNOBU; ITABASHI, TETSUNORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026345/0096 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-125502 · Jun 1, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110293107A1 · Dec 1, 2011