Patent ID: 9485569
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A sound signal processing apparatus comprising: a sliding operation detecting section to which a sound signal collected by a microphone is inputted, and which determines start and end of a sliding operation on the microphone itself or its vicinity by a determination process using the inputted sound signal; and a control section that performs a predetermined control process that is set with respect to the sliding operation, during a period from the start to the end of the sliding operation determined by the sliding operation detecting section; wherein as the determination process, the sliding operation detecting section determines that the sliding operation has been started, when a time during which an energy level of the inputted sound signal is equal to or higher than a first level has continued for a first time or more; and wherein as the determination process, the sliding operation detecting section determines that the sliding operation has been ended, when a time during which the energy level of the inputted sound signal is lower than a second level has continued for a second time or more.