- Patent Title: Voice input device and method for estimation of utterance direction
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Application No.: US16753236Application Date: 2018-09-27
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Publication No.: US11310593B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Kazuya Tateishi , Shusuke Takahashi , Akira Takahashi , Kazuki Ochiai
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JPJP2017-197869 20171011
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/035842 WO 20180927
- International Announcement: WO2019/073803 WO 20190418
- Main IPC: H04R1/40
- IPC: H04R1/40 ; G10L15/22

Abstract:
The present technology relates to a voice input device and method that facilitate estimation of an utterance direction. The voice input device includes a fixed part disposed at a predetermined position, a movable part movable with respect to the fixed part, a microphone array attached to the fixed part, an utterance direction estimation unit that estimates an utterance direction on the basis of a voice from an utterer that is input from the microphone array, and a driving unit that drive the movable part according to the estimated utterance direction. The voice input device can be used by installation in, for example, a smart speaker, a voice agent, a robot, and the like.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200329308A1 VOICE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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