Patent ID: 9510095
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G10L,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A sound emitting and collecting apparatus including a sound collecting portion that captures surrounding sound using two microphones, and a sound emitting portion that emits sound from left and right speakers, the sound emitting and collecting apparatus comprising: a sound source separating portion that extracts a target sound from a sound source that is in a predetermined direction, based on an input sound signal obtained by capturing surrounding sound using the two microphones; and an emission non-target sound removing portion that removes a non-target sound that is emitted from the left and right speakers and captured by each of the microphones, based on sound source data from the sound emitting portion, the emission non-target sound removing portion being provided on a path that reaches the sound source separating portion, wherein the left speaker is disposed to the left of the two microphones and the right speaker is disposed to the right of the two microphones.