IN-VEHICLE MICROPHONE PROTECTION APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE MICROPHONE APPARATUS, AND CONNECTION CIRCUIT UNIT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an in-vehicle microphone protection apparatus whereby sound and voice outside a vehicle can clearly be recognized even while the apparatus minimizes deterioration and a damage of a microphone caused by an external environment of the vehicle and a surrounding environment of the microphone.

SOLUTION: The in-vehicle microphone apparatus 2 configured to include a microphone protection mechanism 22 for protecting the microphone for collecting sound and voice at the outside of the vehicle is configured to include: a posture switching mechanism 23 for switching postures between a sound collection one wherein the microphone 21 is exposed from the microphone protection mechanism 22 and a non-sound-collection one wherein the microphone protection mechanism 22 protects the microphone 21; and a posture control means 24 for activating the posture switching mechanism 23 on the basis of a prescribed condition.

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