SOUND PICKUP DEVICE, SOUND PICKUP SYSTEM, SOUND PICKUP METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CALIBRATION METHOD
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1. A sound pickup device comprising:
- a sound pickup unit that includes a microphone array including a plurality of microphones, the sound pickup unit generating an acoustic signal that corresponds to ambient sound that has been picked up by the microphone array;
a mounting part on which an electronic device is mounted, the electronic device including a camera that generates image data by imaging surroundings; and
a communication unit that transmits the acoustic signal to the electronic device.
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Abstract
A sound pickup device includes a sound pickup unit, a mounting part, and a communication unit. The sound pickup unit includes a microphone array including a plurality of microphones. The sound pickup unit generates an acoustic signal that corresponds to ambient sound that has been picked up by the microphone array. An electronic device is mounted on the mounting part and the electronic device includes a camera that generates image data by imaging surroundings. The communication unit transmits the acoustic signal to the electronic device.
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1. A sound pickup device comprising:
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a sound pickup unit that includes a microphone array including a plurality of microphones, the sound pickup unit generating an acoustic signal that corresponds to ambient sound that has been picked up by the microphone array; a mounting part on which an electronic device is mounted, the electronic device including a camera that generates image data by imaging surroundings; and a communication unit that transmits the acoustic signal to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A sound pickup method for mounting an electronic device on a sound pickup device and picking up target sound,
the electronic device including a camera that generates image data by imaging surroundings, the sound pickup device including: -
a sound pickup unit that includes a microphone array including a plurality of microphones, the sound pickup unit generating an acoustic signal that corresponds to ambient sound that has been picked up by the microphone array; a mounting part on which the electronic device is mounted; and a communication unit that transmits the acoustic signal to the electronic device, the sound pickup method comprising; associating location coordinates of the ambient sound picked up by the microphone array with location coordinates of the surroundings imaged by the camera based on a relative location from the camera to the microphone array; and determining a direction that the target sound will be picked up in based on the acoustic signal and the image data. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A calibration method that uses a sound pickup system, the sound pickup system including a display and a microphone array, the calibration method comprising:
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displaying an image on the display; outputting a location in the image; picking up sound by using the microphone array; estimating a location of the sound; and associating coordinates of the location in the image with coordinates of the location of the sound. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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