Directionality control system and sound output control method
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasanari MIYAMOTO, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Ryouichi YUGE, Shintaro YOSHIKUNI, Toshimichi TOKUDA, Naoya TANAKA
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Abstract
In a directionality control system, a camera device captures a video of image capture area (SA). A microphone array device collects a sound in image capture area (SA). A signal processing section detects a sound source of the sound in image capture area (SA) which is collected by the microphone array device. In a case where the detected sound source is within a range of privacy area (PRA), an output control section controls the sound in image capture area (SA) which is collected by the microphone array device and is output from speaker device (37).
Claims19
A directionality control system comprising:
- an image capture section that is capable of imaging a video of an image capture area;
- a sound collecting section that collects a sound in the image capture area;
- a display section that displays video data in the image capture area which is captured by the image capture section;
- a sound output section that outputs the sound in the image capture area which is collected by the sound collecting section;
- a first memory that stores positional information of privacy area which is designated with respect to the video data of the image capture area which is displayed on the display section;
- a detection section that detects a sound source of the sound in the image capture area which is collected by the sound collecting section;
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- an output control section that controls output of the sound by the sound output section in the image capture area which is collected by the sound collecting section in a case where the sound source detected by the detection section is within a range of the privacy area.
A sound output control method in a directionality control system including an image capture section and a sound collecting section, the sound output control method comprising:
- imaging a video of an image capture area by the image capture section;
- collecting a sound in the image capture area by the sound collecting section;
- storing positional information of privacy area, which is designated with respect to a display section on which the video data of the image capture area is displayed, in a first memory;
- detecting a sound source of the sound in the image capture area which is collected by the sound collecting section;
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- controlling output of the sound in the image capture area which is collected by the sound collecting section in a case where the detected sound source is within a range of the privacy area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.