Title:
SOUND VISUALIZING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015152316
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound visualizing apparatus that enables sound source information to be shared even by a large number of persons and moreover is adaptable to a situation of simultaneous presence of multiple sound sources.SOLUTION: A sound visualizing apparatus is equipped with a microphone array 20 comprising a plurality of microphones 20a that receives sounds emitted from sound sources in a search area 100, an arithmetic device 40 having a sound source searching unit for searching the search area 100 for sound sources on the basis of sound signals picked up by the microphones 20a and an image generating unit that generates sound source signals representing a sound source image representing the sound source positions found by the sound source searching unit, and a projector 50 to which the sound source signals generated by the arithmetic device 40 are inputted to project the sound source images based on the sound source signals onto the search area 100.
Inventors:
SARUWATARI KATSUMI
Application Number:
JP2014023487A
Publication Date:
August 24, 2015
Filing Date:
February 10, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ONO SOKKI CO LTD
International Classes:
G01S3/801; G01S3/808
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2004077277A | 2004-03-11 |
Foreign References:
| US20020167862A1 | 2002-11-14 | |||
| US20090128617A1 | 2009-05-21 | |||
| EP1045586A2 | 2000-10-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaki Yamada
Mikami Yui
Mikami Yui