Speaker distance detection apparatus using microphone array...

Details Speaker distance detection apparatus using microphone array... Speaker distance detection apparatus using microphone array...

2007-05-22

2007-05-22

Lobo, Ian J. (Department: 3662)

Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices

Distance or direction finding

By combining or comparing signals

C367S124000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10740569

ABSTRACT:
There are provided a speaker distance detection apparatus and method using a microphone array, capable of exactly detecting the distance between a speaker and even a small terminal such as a mobile telephone, and a speech input/output apparatus using the method. The speaker distance detection apparatus uses a microphone array composed of a plurality of microphones, previously determines a reference microphone to be a reference among a plurality of microphones, detects differences between a signal level of the reference microphone and signal levels of the other microphones, based on correlations between signals in the respective microphones, and determines the distance from the microphone array to the speaker based on the detected signal level difference.

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