Sound source detection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9632191-B2
Application number	US-201113637858-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2011
Priority date	Sep 20, 2011
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a sound source detection device 1 which compares information of sound collected by sound collectors 13, 14, 15 , and 16 to detect a predetermined sound source. The sound source detection device 1 includes a target determination unit 22 which arranges sound collectors at the same distance from a noise source inside a mobile object to determine a detection-target region of a sound source, and a sound source detection unit 25 which detects the direction of the predetermined sound source using information of sound of the detection-target region determined by the target determination unit 22 . Accordingly, the sound source detection unit 25 does not determine sound input to the sound collectors 13, 14, 15 , and 16 at the same timing as a detection target, making it possible to eliminate the influence of a noise source other than a sound source inside the mobile object in advance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sound source detection device mounted in a mobile object comprising:
a plurality of sound collectors,
wherein a noise source is arranged inside the mobile object;

and a sound source detection unit which
divides a sound collected by each of the plurality of sound collectors into frames,
identifies a similarity between the frames of different sound collectors, and
detects a direction of a detection target based on the similarity of the frames,

wherein the sound source detection unit identifies the frames simultaneously arriving to the plurality of sound collectors as being originated by the noise source based on the simultaneous time of arrival.

2. The sound source detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vehicle detection unit which detects a vehicle around in a predefined detection range,
wherein the sound source detection unit determines sound input from a detection range of the vehicle detection unit as being originated by the noise source.

3. The sound source detection device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the sound source detection unit determines sound input from a range of outside of the predetermined detection range of the vehicle detection unit as being originated by the detection target.

4. The sound source detection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sound source detection unit determines sound input from a front direction when viewed from the mobile object as being originated by the noise source, and determines sound input from a left-right direction when viewed from the mobile object as being originated by the detection target.

5. The sound source detection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of sound collectors are arranged at the same distance from the noise source inside the mobile object.

Assignees

• Sato Jun
• Funayama Ryuji
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Jun
• Funayama Ryuji

Classifications

• H04R3/005

  for combining the signals of two or more microphones (specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407) · CPC title

• G01S3/86

  with means for eliminating undesired waves, e.g. disturbing noises · CPC title

• H04R2499/13

  Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles · CPC title

• G08G1/166

  for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes · CPC title

• H04R2201/401

  2D or 3D arrays of transducers · CPC title