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US 10,873,824 B2Granted
Apparatus, system, and method of processing data, and recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakafumi Okuma
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, and system each of which obtains sound data based on a plurality of sound signals respectively output from a plurality of microphones, receives a user instruction for enhancing directivity of sensitivity characteristics of at least one of the plurality of microphones in a specific direction, and generates sound data having the directivity in the specific direction, based on the obtained sound data.
Claims17
A data processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to,
- obtain sound data based on a plurality of sound signals respectively output from a plurality of microphones,
- generate, based on the sound data, enhanced sound data having a directivity in a specific direction such that the directivity in the enhanced sound data is maintained in the specified direction in response to movement of one or more of the plurality of microphones while capturing the plurality of sound signals,
- combine a plurality of images captured with an image capturing device and information indicating an inclination angle of the plurality of microphones relative to a reference direction, and
- store, in a memory, the enhanced sound data having the directivity in the specific direction in association with at least the plurality of images and the information indicating the inclination angle of the plurality of microphones relative to the reference direction.
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A system comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to,
- obtain sound data based on a plurality of sound signals respectively output from a plurality of microphones,
- generate, based on the sound data, enhanced sound data having a directivity in a specific direction such that the directivity in the enhanced sound data is maintained in the specified direction in response to movement of one or more of the plurality of microphones while capturing the plurality of sound signals,
- combine a plurality of images captured with an image capturing device and information indicating an inclination angle of the plurality of microphones relative to a reference direction, and
- store, in a memory, the enhanced sound data having the directivity in the specific direction in association with at least the plurality of images and the information indicating the inclination angle of the plurality of microphones relative to the reference direction.
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A method of controlling data processing, comprising:
- obtaining sound data based on a plurality of sound signals respectively output from a plurality of microphones;
- generating, based on the sound data, enhanced sound data having a directivity in a specific direction such that the directivity in the enhanced sound data is maintained in the specified direction in response to movement of one or more of the plurality of microphones while capturing the plurality of sound signals;
- combining a plurality of images captured with an image capturing device and information indicating an inclination angle of the plurality of microphones relative to a reference direction;
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- storing, in a memory, the enhanced sound data having the directivity in the specific direction in association with at least the plurality of images and the information indicating the inclination angle of the plurality of microphones relative to the reference direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.