Patent ID: 8199954
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04N,H04R,H04S

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit for capturing an optical image of a subject ahead, the image capturing apparatus comprising: a microphone unit for collecting a surround sound; and a generator for generating a multi-channel sound signal, based on a sound collected by the microphone unit, wherein the microphone unit comprises a first sound collector, a second sound collector disposed posterior to the first sound collector, a third sound collector, and a fourth sound collector, and the fourth sound collector is disposed inside a triangle formed by the first sound collector, the second sound collector, and the third sound collector as vertexes, and wherein the generator generates a first channel sound signal from a sound signal of a sound collected by the first sound collector and a sound signal of a sound collected by the second sound collector, generates a second channel sound signal from a sound signal of a sound collected by the first sound collector and a sound signal of a sound collected by the fourth sound collector, generates a third channel sound signal from a sound signal of a sound collected by the fourth sound collector and a sound signal of a sound collected by the second sound collector, generates a fourth channel sound signal from a sound signal of a sound collected by the second sound collector and a sound signal of a sound collected by the third sound collector, and generates a fifth channel sound signal from a sound signal of a sound collected by the third sound collector and a sound signal of a sound collected by the first sound collector.