# US 2018/0027324 A1 · Sound collecting terminal, sound providing terminal, sound data processing server, and sound data processing system using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0027324 A1 - Document ID: US20180027324A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/548,885 - Filed: 2016-01-27 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-04 - Assignees: Snu R&Db Foundation - Applicants: Snu R&Db Foundation - Inventors: Suhwan KIM; Seyun KIM; Minjae KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180027324A1 ## CPC - H04R 1/40: by combining a number of identical transducers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/405)} - H04R 1/08: Mouthpieces; {Microphones;} Attachments therefor - H04R 1/326: {for microphones (H04R1/34 and H04R1/40 take precedence)} - H04R 3/005: {for combining the signals of two or more microphones (specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} - H04R 2430/20: Processing of the output signals of the acoustic transducers of an array for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic (H04R2203/12 takes precedence) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A sound data processing system includes a plurality of sound collecting terminals and a server, wherein each of the plurality of sound collecting terminals and each of the plurality of sound providing terminals includes a sound collecting means that collects a sound while having a position and an orientation direction, a sound providing means that provides a sound while having an orientation direction, a position detecting means that detects the positions of the sound collecting means and the sound providing means, a direction detecting means that detects the orientation directions, and a communication module that transmits sound data corresponding to the sound collected by the sound collecting means and supplementary data including position data corresponding to the position detected by the position detecting means and orientation direction data corresponding to the orientation direction detected by the direction detecting means and through a network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sound data processing system comprising: a plurality of sound collecting terminals; and a server, wherein each of the plurality of sound collecting terminals includes: a sound collecting means that collects a sound and has an orientation direction, and a communication module that transmits sound data corresponding to the sound collected by the sound collecting means and supplementary data including position data of a position of a corresponding sound collecting terminal and orientation direction data corresponding to the orientation direction of the sound collecting means via a network, and the server receives the sound data and the supplementary data transmitted by the plurality of sound collecting terminals through the network and determines a position of a source that emits the sound collected by the sound collecting means on the basis of the sound data and the supplementary data. ### Claim at position 2 2-8. (canceled) ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The sound data processing system of claim 1, wherein each of the sound collecting terminals further includes a sound providing means that provides a sound and has an orientation direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The sound data processing system of claim 9, wherein the server obtains an amplitude and frequency of the sound from the sound data, calculates a distance difference between the source and each of the sound collecting terminal from the supplementary data, and forms attenuation sound data corresponding to an attenuation sound signal having an amplitude, frequency, and phase capable of attenuating the sound from the calculated distance difference, the frequency of the sound, and the orientation direction of the sound providing means for each of the sound collecting terminals. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The sound data processing system of claim 10, wherein the server transmits the attenuation sound data to the network, and the each of the sound collecting terminals provides the attenuation sound signal corresponding to the attenuation sound data to the outside by using the sound providing means. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The sound data processing system of claim 10, wherein the sound data processing system functions as a noise attenuation system. ### Claim at position 7 13-32. (canceled) ### Claim 33 A sound data processing system comprising: a plurality of sound providing terminals; and a sever, wherein each of the plurality of sound providing terminals includes a sound providing means that provides a sound to a target position and has an orientation direction, and a communication module that transmits supplementary data including position data of a current position of a corresponding sound providing terminal and orientation direction data corresponding to the orientation direction of the sound providing means through a network, and receives sound data corresponding to a sound provided by the sound providing means from the network, and the server receives the supplementary data transmitted by the plurality of sound providing terminals through the network, and transmits the sound data through the network so that the sound providing terminals provide the sound to the target position on the basis of the supplementary data. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein each of the sound providing terminals further includes a position detecting means that detects the position of the sound providing terminal, and a direction detecting means that detects the orientation direction of the sound providing means. ### Claim 35 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein each of the sound providing terminals further includes a sound collecting means that collects a sound. ### Claim 36 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein the sound data is stored in the server, provided by any one of the plurality of sound providing terminals through the network, or transmitted directly to the server through the sound collecting means. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The sound data processing system of claim 36, wherein the sound data is formed and provided at a remote place from the plurality of sound providing terminals. ### Claim 38 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein the supplementary data further includes identification information of the sound providing terminal, and the server further includes a storage device that stores at least one of an output of the sound providing means corresponding to the identification information of the terminal and a change in sound providing efficiency in regards to a change in the orientation direction. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The sound data processing system of claim 38, wherein the server obtains at least one of the output of the sound providing means and the change in the sound providing efficiency in regards to a change in the orientation direction from the identification information of the sound providing terminal, and determines at least one of an amplitude, phase, and frequency of the sound provided to the target position on the basis of at least one of the obtained output of the sound providing means and the obtained change in the sound providing efficiency in regards to the change in the orientation direction. ### Claim 40 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein the server determines positions of the sound providing terminals from the position data included in the received supplementary data, and determines the orientation direction of the sound providing means included in the sound providing terminal from the orientation direction data included in the received supplementary data, and provides the sound data to a sound providing terminal that is located within a predetermined distance from the target position or faces a region including the target position. ### Claim 41 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein the sound data processing system functions as any one of a remote call system and a public address system. ### Claim 42 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein the supplementary data is transmitted when there is a change in the position or the orientation direction, is intermittently transmitted, or is transmitted when there is a request from the server. ### Claim 43 (depends on 33) The sound data processing system of claim 33, wherein the supplementary data further includes information about the target position. ### Claim at position 19 44-59. (canceled)