Patent ID: 9014395
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. An audio analysis apparatus comprising: a main body; a strap that is to be connected to the main body and is to be used in order to hang the main body from the neck of a user; a first audio acquisition device that is provided at least one of at the strap, inside the strap, and inside the main body; a second audio acquisition device that is provided at least one of at the strap and inside the strap at a position where a distance of a sound wave propagation path between the second audio acquisition device and the mouth of the user is smaller than a distance of a sound wave propagation path between the first audio acquisition device and the mouth of the user in a state where the strap is worn around the neck of the user; a discrimination unit that is in the main body, and configured to discriminate whether a sound acquired by the first and second audio acquisition devices is an uttered voice of the user who is wearing the strap around the neck, configured to discriminate whether the sound acquired by the first and second audio acquisition devices is an uttered voice of another person, on the basis of a result of comparing an audio signal of the sound acquired by the first audio acquisition device with an audio signal of the sound acquired by the second audio acquisition device, and further configured to determine whether the sound acquired by the first and second audio acquisition devices includes noise; and a transmission unit that is in the main body and configured to transmit to an external apparatus information on the audio signals which includes a discrimination result obtained by the discrimination unit.