发明名称 |
Directional sound capturing |
摘要 |
This disclosure is directed to a sound recording arrangement comprising a sound recording arrangement and a method in the sound recording arrangement for amplifying sounds in a primary gaze direction of the user of the sound recording arrangement. The method comprises the actions of recording sounds arriving at a sound recording unit from objects in the field of view of the user, and recording a first set of images of the head and/or the eyes of the user, and determining a primary gaze direction of the user based on the first set of images, and amplifying sounds arriving in the primary gaze direction compared to sounds arriving from other directions. |
申请公布号 |
US9057943(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.06.16 |
申请号 |
US201213413291 |
申请日期 |
2012.03.06 |
申请人 |
Sony Corporation;Sony Mobile Communications AB |
发明人 |
Stenberg Pär;Thörn Karl Ola;Jendbro Magnus;Aronsson Pär-Anders;Landqvist Magnus;Ek Martin |
分类号 |
H04N7/18;G03B31/00;G06K9/00 |
主分类号 |
H04N7/18 |
代理机构 |
Snyder, Clark, Lesch & Chung, LLP |
代理人 |
Snyder, Clark, Lesch & Chung, LLP |
主权项 |
1. A sound recording arrangement comprising:
a sound recording unit configured to record sound arriving at the sound recording unit from objects in a field of view of a user of the sound recording arrangement, a first image recording unit configured to operatively record a first set of images of a head or eyes of the user, a second image recording unit configured to operatively record a second set of images of an object located in a secondary gaze direction of the user, and a control unit configured to:
determine the secondary gaze direction of the user based on the first set of images,determine a primary gaze direction of the user based on the first set of images and based on a correlation of the secondary gaze direction and an object tracking of the object in the second set of images, andamplify sounds arriving in the primary gaze direction compared to sounds arriving from other directions. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |