Apparatus and method for spatially selective sound acquisition by acoustic triangulation

摘要

An apparatus for capturing audio information from a target location is provided. The apparatus comprises a first beamformer (110) being arranged in a recording environment and having a first recording characteristic, a second beamformer (120) being arranged in the recording environment and having a second recording characteristic and a signal generator (130). The first beamformer (110) is configured for recording a first beamformer audio signal and the second beamformer is configured for recording a second beamformer audio signal when the first beamformer (110) and the second beamformer (120) are directed towards the target location with respect to the first and the second recording characteristic. The first beamformer (110) and the second beamformer (120) are arranged such that a first virtual straight line, being defined to pass through the first beamformer (110) and the target location, and a second virtual straight line, being defined to pass through the second beamformer (120) and the target location, are not parallel with respect to each other. The signal generator (130) is configured to generate an audio output signal based on the first beamformer audio signal and on the second beamformer audio signal so that the audio output signal reflects relatively more audio information from the target location compared to the audio information from the target location in the first and the second beamformer audio signal.