Patent ID: 8855331

Claim:
An audio analysis apparatus comprising: a main body; a strap that has an end portion 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 at the end portion of the strap or in the main body; a second audio acquisition device that is at a position which is separate from the end portion by a first predetermined distance and which is on one side of the strap that extends from the neck of the user; a third audio acquisition device that is at another position which is separate from the end portion by a second predetermined distance and which is on the other side of the strap that extends from the neck of the user, the second predetermined distance being substantially equal to the first predetermined distance; an analysis unit that is in the main body, and that performs an analysis process to discriminate whether a sound acquired by the first audio acquisition device and the second or third audio acquisition device is an uttered voice of the user who is wearing the strap around the neck or an uttered voice of another person on the basis of a result of comparing a first audio signal of the sound acquired by the first audio acquisition device with a second audio signal of the sound acquired by the second audio acquisition device or a third audio signal of the sound acquired by the third audio acquisition device, and to detect an orientation of the face of the user who is wearing the strap around the neck on the basis of a result of comparing the second audio signal with the third audio signal; and a transmission unit that is in the main body and that transmits an analysis result obtained by the analysis unit to an external apparatus.