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Title:
MOBILE ROBOT AND SOUND SOURCE POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/167700
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for highly accurately estimating the position of a sound source that is present in a space, said position being estimated using a microphone mounted in a robot that moves in the space. This mobile robot is provided with: a self position estimation unit that estimates the self position of the mobile robot; a sound source information acquisition unit that acquires directional information of an observed sound source; and a sound source position estimation unit that estimates the position of the sound source on the basis of the estimated self position and the directional information of the sound source.

Inventors:
SUMIYOSHI TAKASHI (JP)
OBUCHI YASUNARI (JP)
KANDA NAOYUKI (JP)
TAKEDA RYU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/061008
Publication Date:
October 16, 2014
Filing Date:
April 12, 2013
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G01S5/18; G01S3/808
Foreign References:
JP2007264472A2007-10-11
JP2009531697A2009-09-03
JP2009162413A2009-07-23
JP2007152470A2007-06-21
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
INOUE, Manabu et al. (JP)
Manabu Inoue (JP)
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