Patent ID: 7016505

Claim:
An auditory apparatus for a robot having a noise generating source in its interior, characterized in that it comprises: a sound insulating cover with which at least a part of the robot is covered; at least one outer microphone installed outside of said cover for primarily collecting an external sound from a target; at least one inner microphone installed inside of said cover for primarily collecting a noise from said noise generating source in the robot interior; a drive means adapted to control orientation of said outer microphone so its directivity follows the position of said target generating the external sound; and a processing module for removing from a sound signal from said outer microphone, a noise signal from said internal noise generating source on the basis of said sound signal from said outer microphone being controlled by said drive means at least to its orientation and said noise signal from said inner microphone, and wherein said outer microphone being controlled by said drive means at least to its orientation.