Sound pickup device, program recorded medium, and method

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PATENT NO 9781508
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14973154

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A sound pickup device is provided, the device including (1) a directionality forming unit that forms directionality to output of a microphone array, (2) a target area sound extraction unit that extracts non-target area sound from output of the directionality forming unit, and that suppresses non-target area sound components extracted from output of the directionality forming unit so as to extract target area sound, (3) a determination information computation unit that computes determination information, (4) an area sound determination unit that determines whether or not target area sound is present using the determination information computed by the determination information computation unit, and (5) an output unit that outputs the target area sound extracted only in cases in which the target area sound is determined to be present by the area sound determination unit.

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  • OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

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Katagiri, Kazuhiro Tokyo, JP 14 317

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