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Granted Patent B2
US 9,445,194 · App. 14/309,048 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Sound source separating apparatus, sound source separating program, sound pickup apparatus, and sound pickup program

Inventor: Kazuhiro Katagiri (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
H04R3/005H04R1/20H04R1/406G10L21/00H04R2203/00
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Patent No.
US 9,445,194
App. No.
14/309,048
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a sound source separating apparatus including a bidirectionality forming unit configured to form a bidirectionality by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction, among three microphones disposed at vertexes of an isosceles right triangle, a unidirectionality forming unit configured to form a unidirectionality by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located in a same direction as the target direction, among the three microphones, and a target sound extracting unit configured to extract a target sound by performing a spectral subtraction of all outputs from the bidirectionality forming unit and the unidirectionality forming unit from a signal.

Claims (20)

1. A sound source separating apparatus comprising:

a bidirectionality forming unit configured to form a bidirectionality having a dead angle in a target direction by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction, among three microphones disposed at vertexes of an isosceles right triangle;

a unidirectionality forming unit configured to form a unidirectionality having a dead angle in the target direction by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located in a same direction as the target direction, among the three microphones;

an overlapped directionality canceling unit configured to cancel a signal component overlap between an output from the bidirectionality forming unit and an output from the unidirectionality forming unit by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the unidirectionality forming unit from the output from the bidirectionality forming unit or by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the bidirectionality forming unit from the output from the unidirectionality forming unit, and

a target sound extracting unit configured to extract a target sound by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the overlapped directionality canceling unit from either one of sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction or a signal obtained by averaged sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction.

2. A sound source separating apparatus comprising:

a bidirectionality forming unit configured to form a bidirectionality having a dead angle in a target direction by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction, among three microphones disposed at vertexes of a regular triangle;

a unidirectionality forming unit configured to form two unidirectionalities having dead angles of +60° and −60° with respect to the target direction by use of a sound signal picked up by a combination of two microphones which are located at angles of +60° and −60° with respect to the target direction, among the three microphones;

an overlapped directionality canceling unit configured to cancel a signal component overlap between an output from the bidirectionality forming unit and an output from the unidirectionality forming unit by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the unidirectionality forming unit from the output from the bidirectionality forming unit or by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the bidirectionality forming unit from the output from the unidirectionality forming unit, and

a target sound extracting unit configured to extract a target sound by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the overlapped directionality canceling unit from either one of sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction or a signal obtained by averaged sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction.

3. A sound source separating apparatus comprising:

a bidirectionality forming unit configured to form a bidirectionality having a dead angle in a target direction by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction, among three microphones disposed at vertexes of a regular triangle;

a unidirectionality forming unit configured to form a unidirectionality having a dead angle in the target direction by use of a signal obtained by averaged sound signals picked up by two microphones which are located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction and a sound signal picked up by the other microphone, among the three microphones;

an overlapped directionality canceling unit configured to cancel a signal component overlap between an output from the bidirectionality forming unit and an output from the unidirectionality forming unit by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the unidirectionality forming unit from the output from the bidirectionality forming unit or by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the bidirectionality forming unit from the output from the unidirectionality forming unit, and

a target sound extracting unit configured to extract a target sound by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the overlapped directionality canceling unit from either one of sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction or a signal obtained by averaged sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction.

4. A sound source separating apparatus comprising:

a bidirectionality forming unit configured to form a bidirectionality having a dead angle in a target direction by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones which are located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction, among three microphones disposed at vertexes of a triangle;

a unidirectionality forming unit configured to form a unidirectionality having a dead angle in the target direction by use of a sound signal picked up by two microphones among the three microphones;

an overlapped directionality canceling unit configured to cancel a signal component overlap between an output from the bidirectionality forming unit and an output from the unidirectionality forming unit by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the unidirectionality forming unit from the output from the bidirectionality forming unit or by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the bidirectionality forming unit from the output from the unidirectionality forming unit, and

a target sound extracting unit configured to extract a target sound by performing a spectral subtraction of the output from the overlapped directionality canceling unit from either one of sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction or a signal obtained by averaged sound signals picked up by the two microphones located to be horizontal with respect to the target direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2014
From: KATAGIRI, KAZUHIRO
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033139/0165 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-179886 · Aug 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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