US 12,262,183 B2
Sound generation apparatus
Katsunori Suetsugu, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Katsunori Suetsugu, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,473.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-012960 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247355 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 3/005 (2013.01) [G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2430/21 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sound generation apparatus comprising:
sound collection means configured to collect a sound of a sound source in a space;
image capture means configured to capture an image of the sound source;
estimation means configured to estimate an attribute of the sound source from the image captured by the image capture means;
sound generation means configured to obtain an acoustic characteristic of a target sound included in the sound collected by the sound collection means and to generate a plurality of masking sounds on the basis of the acoustic characteristic and the attribute of the sound source estimated by the estimation means;
display means configured to display the attribute of the sound source estimated by the estimation means;
sound selection means configured to receive a selection of a masking sound from the masking sounds generated by the sound generation means; and
sound output means configured to output the selected masking sound.