Image capture apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Toriumi
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Abstract
An image capture apparatus that includes an annular case, and is wearable on a neck of a user, comprises a main body that includes an image capture circuit, a mount portion that is connected to the main body, and first to fourth microphones. The first microphone is provided at a first position corresponding to the same direction as a shooting direction of the image capture circuit. The second microphone is provided at a second position corresponding to the opposite direction to the shooting direction. The third microphone is provided at a third position on a second line that intersects a first line that connects the first position and the second position. The fourth microphone is provided at a fourth position that is on the second line, and is opposite to the third position.
Claims12
An image capture apparatus that includes an annular case, and is wearable on a neck of a user, comprising:
- a main body that includes an image capture circuit;
- a mount portion that is connected to the main body;
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- a first microphone, a second microphone, a third microphone, and a fourth microphone,
- a CPU;
- and
- a memory that stores a program for causing, when executed by the CPU, the CPU to function as:
- a detection unit that detects face direction information regarding a direction of a face of the user who is wearing the image capture apparatus, and
- a storage unit that stores the face direction information of the user in association with a first sound signal obtained by the first microphone, a second sound signal obtained by the second microphone, a third sound signal obtained by the third microphone, and a fourth sound signal obtained by the fourth microphone,
- wherein the first microphone is provided at a first position corresponding to the same direction as a shooting direction of the image capture circuit,
- the second microphone is provided at a second position corresponding to the opposite direction to the shooting direction,
- the third microphone is provided at a third position on a second line that intersects a first line that connects the first position and the second position, and
- the fourth microphone is provided at a fourth position that is on the second line, and is opposite to the third position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.