WO2012043597A1 - マスカ音出力装置及びマスカ音出力方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a masker sound output device that outputs a masker sound that masks sound, and a masker sound output method thereof.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for analyzing a frequency component of a surrounding sound of a listener who has collected sound, generating a sound that becomes another sound by being mixed with the surrounding sound, and outputting the sound. It is disclosed. According to Patent Document 1, it is possible to make the listener hear a good sound that is different from the unpleasant sound without reducing the unpleasant sound, and to provide a comfortable environment space for the listener.
- Patent Document 1 since all sounds around the listener are masked, sounds that the listener does not feel uncomfortable or even necessary sounds are masked. For this reason, unnecessary processing is performed, and there is a problem that the listener misses necessary information.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a masker sound output device and a masker sound output method thereof that can select a sound or timing to be masked.
- a masker sound output device for inputting a sound collection signal related to a collected sound, and extracting an acoustic feature quantity of the sound collection signal
- a masking sound output device including the output means.
- the correspondence table indicating the correspondence between the acoustic feature quantity and the masker sound, and the acoustic feature quantity extracted by the extraction means by referring to the correspondence table with the acoustic feature quantity extracted by the extraction means.
- a masker sound selection means for selecting a masker sound corresponding to the output of the masker sound selected by the masker sound selection means.
- a plurality of masker sounds are associated with the acoustic feature quantity
- the masker sound selecting unit is configured to generate a predetermined value from a plurality of masker sounds associated with the acoustic feature quantity in the correspondence table. Select masker sound according to conditions.
- it further comprises masker sound data storage means for storing sound data relating to masker sound
- the masker sound selection means receives the instruction to start the output by the instruction reception means and the sound extracted by the extraction means
- the acoustic feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit and the acoustic feature quantity of the sound data related to the masker sound stored in the masker sound data storage unit Are read out from the masker sound data storage means, and the output means outputs a masker sound corresponding to the sound data.
- the masker sound selecting unit newly stores the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extracting unit and the sound data relating to the masker sound read from the masker sound data storage unit in the association table.
- the masker sound output device according to claim 4.
- general-purpose masker sound storage means for storing sound data related to the general-purpose masker sound is further provided, and the general-purpose masker sound stored in the general-purpose masker sound storage means according to the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction means.
- the sound output signal is further processed according to the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction means to further generate a disturbing sound that disturbs the voice to be masked, and the output means includes The masker sound to be output includes the disturbing sound generated by the disturbing sound generating means.
- the masker sound includes a sound in which a continuous sound and an intermittent sound are synthesized.
- the combination of the continuous sound and the intermittent sound included in the masker sound is changed according to the time for outputting the masker sound.
- the masker sound selection unit is configured to match or similar the acoustic feature when the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction unit matches or is similar to the acoustic feature amount stored in the association table.
- the masker sound corresponding to the quantity is selected, and the output means automatically outputs the masker sound selected by the masker sound selection means.
- an input step for inputting a collected sound signal relating to the collected sound, an extraction step for extracting an acoustic feature amount of the collected sound signal, and an instruction for receiving an instruction to start outputting masker sound Provided is a masker sound output method comprising: a reception step; and an output step of outputting a masker sound corresponding to the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step when the output start instruction is received in the instruction reception step.
- a masker that selects a masker sound corresponding to the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step with reference to a correspondence table showing a correspondence between the acoustic feature amount and the masker sound.
- a sound selection step is further provided, and the masker sound selected by the masker sound selection means is output in the output step.
- a plurality of masker sounds are associated with the acoustic feature quantity.
- a predetermined mask sound is associated with the acoustic feature quantity in the correspondence table. Select masker sound according to conditions.
- the apparatus includes a masker sound data storage unit that stores sound data related to a masker sound, and in the masker sound selection step, the instruction to start output is received in the instruction reception step, and the acoustic feature extracted in the extraction step
- the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step and the acoustic feature amount of the sound data related to the masker sound stored in the masker sound data storage unit In comparison, sound data having an acoustic feature amount similar to the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step is read from the masker sound data storage means, and a masker sound corresponding to the sound data is output in the output step.
- the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step and the sound data relating to the masker sound read from the masker sound data storage unit are newly associated with each other and stored in the association table. To do.
- general-purpose masker sound storage means for storing sound data related to the general-purpose masker sound
- the masker sound output method stores in the general-purpose masker sound storage means in accordance with the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step.
- a disturbing sound generating step of processing sound data related to the general-purpose masker sound being generated to generate a disturbing sound for disturbing the voice to be masked and the masker sound output in the output step is the disturbing sound generating means Contains the disturbing sound generated by.
- the sound collection signal is further processed according to the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step to generate a disturbing sound that disturbs the mask target sound, and the output step includes The masker sound to be output includes the disturbing sound generated by the disturbing sound generating means.
- the masker sound includes a sound in which a continuous sound and an intermittent sound are synthesized.
- the combination of the continuous sound and the intermittent sound included in the masker sound is changed according to the time for outputting the masker sound.
- the masker sound selection step if the acoustic feature amount extracted in the extraction step matches or is similar to the acoustic feature amount stored in the association table, the matching or similar acoustic feature A masker sound corresponding to the volume is selected, and in the output step, the masker sound selected in the masker sound selection step is automatically output.
- the present invention by selecting a sound to be masked, it is possible to avoid missing necessary information or performing unnecessary masker sound generation processing by masking a necessary sound. it can.
- the masker sound output device analyzes a sound collected by a microphone when a user (listener) performs an operation such as turning on a switch, and performs an appropriate masker sound according to the analysis result. Is output. That is, in the present embodiment, by selecting a sound or timing that the listener wants to mask, a comfortable environment space in which a voice that is not desired to be heard (including noise of an air conditioner or outdoor noise) is masked is formed. Can do.
- the listener who does not want to hear the voice of the speaker will be described as the user of the masker sound output device.
- the speaker who does not want the listener to hear the contents of his / her conversation is the user of the masker sound output device. There may be.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a masker sound output device according to the present embodiment.
- the masker sound output device 1 includes a control unit 2, a storage unit 3, an operation unit 4, an audio input unit 5, a signal processing unit 6, and an audio output unit 7.
- the control unit 2 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and controls the operation of the masker sound output device 1.
- the storage unit 3 is a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like, and stores necessary programs or data read by the control unit 2 and the signal processing unit 6.
- the operation unit 4 receives user operations.
- the operation unit 4 is, for example, a power switch of the masker sound output device 1 and a switch that instructs the start of the masker sound output when the user feels uncomfortable.
- the voice input unit 5 has an A / D converter (not shown) and is connected to a microphone 5A.
- the audio input unit 5 performs A / D conversion on the collected sound signal input from the microphone 5 ⁇ / b> A by an A / D converter and outputs the signal to the signal processing unit 6.
- the voice collected by the microphone 5A includes the voice of the speaker, the noise of the air conditioner, the outdoor noise, and the like.
- the signal processing unit 6 is composed of, for example, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), performs signal processing on the collected sound signal, and extracts an acoustic feature amount.
- the acoustic feature amount is a physical amount indicating the feature of sound, and represents, for example, a spectrum (level of each frequency) or a spectrum envelope peak frequency (basic frequency, formant, etc.).
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the control unit 2, the signal processing unit 6, and the storage unit 3.
- the signal processing unit 6 includes an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) 61 and a feature amount extraction unit 62.
- the control unit 2 includes a masker sound selection unit 21.
- the FFT 61 performs a Fourier transform on the collected sound signal from the audio input unit 5 to convert a time domain signal into a frequency domain signal.
- the feature amount extraction unit 62 extracts the feature amount (spectrum) of the collected sound signal Fourier-transformed by the FFT 61. Specifically, the feature amount extraction unit 62 calculates a signal intensity for each frequency, extracts a spectrum whose calculated signal strength is equal to or greater than a threshold, and extracts an acoustic feature amount (hereinafter also simply referred to as a feature amount). .
- the feature quantity is a physical quantity that represents the feature of the sound, and is a spectrum itself (level of each frequency), a thing that represents the frequency of each peak of the spectrum envelope (center frequency and level of each peak), or the like.
- the feature quantity extraction unit 62 may determine that a spectrum having a signal intensity less than a threshold value as an unnecessary component and set the spectrum to “0”.
- the threshold value is a value corresponding to at least a level that can be perceived by the listener from input sounds including various sounds such as noise.
- the threshold value may be set in advance or may be input from the operation unit 4.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 selects voice data related to a masker sound corresponding to the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62 (hereinafter referred to as masker sound data) from the storage unit 3 and outputs the selected voice data to the voice output unit 7.
- the storage unit 3 includes a masker sound storage unit 31 and a masker sound selection table 32.
- the masker sound storage unit 31 stores masker sound data having a plurality of time axis waveforms.
- the masker sound data may be stored in advance in the masker sound storage unit 31 (for example, from the time of shipment from the factory), or acquired from the outside via a network or the like and stored in the masker sound storage unit 31 each time. Also good.
- the masker sound selection table 32 is a data table that associates the feature amount of the collected sound signal with the masker sound data stored in the masker sound storage unit 31.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the masker sound selection table 32.
- the masker sound selection table 32 has a feature amount column, a time zone column, and a masker sound column, and associates information in each column.
- the feature amount column stores the feature amount of the collected sound signal extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62.
- the masker sound column stores a masker sound corresponding to the feature amount stored in the feature amount column.
- the masker sound column includes a disturbing sound column, a background sound column, and an effect sound column, and each column stores an address of the masker sound storage unit 31 in which each data is stored.
- a time zone suitable for outputting the corresponding masker sound is stored in the time zone column.
- In the disturbance sound column a disturbance sound which is a main masking effect is stored.
- the disturbing sound is, for example, a conversation sound (a sound that does not make any meaning in terms of vocabulary) in which the content generated by processing the voice of the speaker cannot be understood.
- the masker sound data includes at least this disturbing sound.
- the background sound column steady (continuous) background sounds are stored.
- the background sound is, for example, a sound such as BGM, river murmur, and buzzing trees.
- sounds with high directivity (effect sound) generated non-stationarily (intermittently) such as piano sound, chime sound and bell sound are stored.
- the background sound is repeatedly reproduced and output.
- the effect sound is output at random or when the background sound that is repeatedly reproduced and output is started. Further, the output time of the effect sound may be determined by a data table.
- Disturbing sounds are meaningless in terms of vocabulary, so they may feel uncomfortable. Therefore, the background noise increases the background noise level and makes the sound such as the above disturbance sound inconspicuous, thereby reducing the sense of discomfort due to the disturbance sound. In addition, the production sound attracts the listener's attention and makes the unnaturalness of the disturbing sound inconspicuous psychologically.
- BGM is a song with a slow tempo or a song with an up-tempo
- a sound suitable for an output time zone of a masker sound is synthesized with a disturbing sound A.
- a slow tempo BGM1 is displayed in the morning from 10:00 to 12:00
- an uptempo BGM2 is displayed in the afternoon from 14:00 to 15:00 (afternoon).
- a production sound suitable for the masking sound output time zone for example, a chime sound is synthesized with the disturbing sound A in the morning and a piano sound in the early afternoon.
- the feature quantity B is associated with masking sound data in which a background sound as a river sound and a production sound as a bell sound are combined with a disturbing sound B (for example, a speaker's voice).
- the masker sound selection unit 21 refers to the address related to the masker sound selected from the masker sound selection table 32 and acquires masker sound data from the masker sound storage unit 31. For example, the masker sound selection unit 21 performs matching (comparison by cross-correlation, etc.) between the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62 and the feature amount stored in the feature amount column, and determines that they match or substantially match. Search for features that are as similar as possible. As a result of the search, for example, when the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62 substantially coincides with the feature amount A and the current time is 11:00, the masker sound selection unit 21 refers to the masker sound selection table 32 and performs feature processing.
- a masker sound “disturbance sound A + BGM1 + chime sound” corresponding to the amount A and the current time (11:00) is selected.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 displays the masker sound “disturbance sound A + trees” in which the time zone column is blank in the table. Select noisy Sound.
- the masker sound selected by the masker sound selection unit 21 is output, the target sound is disturbed by the disturbing sound so that it is difficult to hear (cannot understand the contents), while the background sound or the production sound, It is possible to prevent the listener from feeling unpleasant when disturbing. Note that when a plurality of masker sounds correspond to one feature amount, the user may be able to manually select a desired masker sound from the operation unit 4.
- the masker sound selection table 32 shown in FIG. Specifically, when the user performs a masker sound output start operation from the operation unit 4, the masker sound selection unit 21 stores the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62 in the masker sound selection table 32. It is determined whether or not. When it is determined that the feature quantity extracted by the feature quantity extraction unit 62 is not stored in the masker sound selection table 32, the masker sound selection unit 21 selects masker sound data suitable for the feature quantity from the masker sound storage unit 31. To do. For example, the masker sound selection unit 21 calculates the cross-correlation between the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62 and the feature amount of the plurality of masker sound data among the masker sound data stored in the masker sound storage unit 31.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 may select a plurality of masker sound data in descending order of correlation.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 inputs each masker sound data to the signal processing unit 6, and the signal processing unit 6
- the feature amount may be extracted by converting it into a signal in the frequency domain.
- information indicating the feature amount of the masker sound data (for example, a peak value of the spectrum) is included in the masker sound data stored in the masker sound storage unit 31. It may be added as a header.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 only obtains a correlation between the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62 and the header (information indicating the feature amount) of each masker sound data stored in the masker sound storage unit 31.
- the masker sound data selection process from the masker sound storage unit 31 performed by the masker sound selection unit 21 can be shortened.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 selects masker sound data having a feature quantity highly correlated with the feature quantity extracted by the feature quantity extraction unit 62 as described above, and extracts the address where the selected masker sound data is stored. Corresponding to the feature amount, it is newly stored (registered) in the masker sound selection table 32. At this time, in the time zone column, the time or season in which the feature amount or the like is stored in the masker sound selection table 32 may be stored, or the time zone or season set in advance in the selected masker sound data is stored. May be. In addition, when a plurality of masker sound data is selected for one feature amount, the user may be able to set a time zone and a season for outputting each masker sound data from the operation unit 4.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 performs correlation from an external device.
- High masker sound data may be acquired.
- the external device may be, for example, a personal computer connected to the masker sound output device or a server device connected via a network.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 is suitable for the extracted feature amount.
- Maska sound data can be selected automatically. If the extracted feature value is not registered in the masker sound selection table 32, the masker sound selection unit 21 selects a masker sound data suitable for the extracted feature value from the masker sound storage unit 31 (a plurality of masker sound data). Etc.) each time a masker sound is output, the processing takes time.
- the masker sound selection table 32 it is only necessary to read out the corresponding masker sound data, so the time until the masker sound is output can be shortened and the voice of the speaker is masked comfortably. New environmental space can be formed faster.
- the same masker sound is not always output even when the same voice is collected. It is possible to suppress the effect and always mask appropriately.
- masker sound data suitable for each time zone such as morning, noon, and evening, a more comfortable environment space can be formed.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing functions of the control unit 2 and the signal processing unit 6 when processing stored sound data.
- the signal processing unit 6 shown in FIG. 4 includes a masker sound processing unit 64 in addition to the configuration of the signal processing unit 6 shown in FIG.
- the storage unit 3 includes a general-purpose masker sound storage unit 33 that stores general-purpose masker sound (for example, content that cannot be understood by voices of a plurality of men and women), and a background sound storage unit 34 that stores background sound data (such as BGM). And an effect sound storage unit 35 for storing effect sound data (such as intermittently generated melody).
- the masker sound selection unit 21 acquires general-purpose masker sound data from the general-purpose masker sound storage unit 33 and outputs it to the masker sound processing unit 64.
- the masker sound processing unit 64 converts the input masker sound data into a frequency domain signal, and processes the frequency characteristics of the masker sound data according to the feature amount of the collected sound signal input from the masker sound selection unit 21. For example, the formant of the general-purpose masker sound is matched with the formant of the collected sound signal. Then, the processed masker sound data is converted into a time domain signal and output to the masker sound selector 21.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 selects BGM or piano sound from the background sound storage unit 34 and the production sound storage unit 35 arbitrarily or according to a user instruction, synthesizes the processed general-purpose masker sound data, Output to the output unit 7.
- the speaker's voice is disturbed by a general-purpose masker sound close to the speaker's voice, and the listener can be prevented from giving the listener the unpleasant feeling caused by masking with the background sound or the effect sound.
- the feature amount of the sound pickup signal extracted once may be associated with each data acquired from the storage unit 3 and stored in a table as shown in FIG. This eliminates the need to instruct the background sound or effect sound selection process thereafter.
- the signal processing unit 6 may process the collected sound signal and include it in masker sound data for output. In this case, the signal processing unit 6 modifies the collected sound signal on the time axis or the frequency axis, and converts it into a sound whose contents cannot be understood.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically illustrating functions of the control unit 2 and the signal processing unit 6 when the sound collection signal is modified on the frequency axis.
- the signal processing unit 6 includes a masker sound processing unit 65 and an IFFT (Inverse FFT) 66 in addition to the configuration of the signal processing unit 6 shown in FIG.
- IFFT Inverse FFT
- the masker sound processing unit 65 extracts, for example, a formant frequency from the collected sound signal from the feature amount extracted by the feature amount extraction unit 62, breaks the phoneme by inverting the higher-order formant, etc., and generates a disturbing sound.
- the IFFT 66 converts the frequency domain signal processed by the masker sound processing unit 65 into a time axis domain signal.
- the masker sound selection unit 21 of the control unit 2 acquires the background sound and the production sound stored in the background sound storage unit 34 and the production sound storage unit 35 of the storage unit 3 according to the time zone, season, or user instruction. To do.
- the control unit 2 synthesizes the disturbance sound converted into the signal in the time axis region by the IFFT 66, the background sound and the effect sound acquired by the masker sound selection unit, and outputs the synthesized sound to the audio output unit 7.
- the control unit 2 synthesizes the disturbance sound converted into the signal in the time axis region by the IFFT 66, the background sound and the effect sound acquired by the masker sound selection unit, and outputs the synthesized sound to the audio output unit 7.
- the control unit 2 synthesizes the disturbance sound converted into the signal in the time axis region by the IFFT 66, the background sound and the effect sound acquired by the masker sound selection unit, and outputs the synthesized sound to the audio output unit 7.
- the masker sound output device 1 includes an echo canceling unit 8 that removes echoes from the collected sound signal from the voice input unit 5.
- the microphone 5 ⁇ / b> A collects a wraparound component of the masker sound, so that an echo is included in the collected sound signal.
- the echo cancellation unit 8 includes an adaptive filter, and the masker sound (time domain signal) is input from the audio output unit 7 and subjected to filter processing, whereby the masker sound output from the speaker 7A wraps around the microphone 5A.
- a pseudo regression sound signal that is a pseudo signal of a component is generated, and the echo is removed by subtracting the pseudo regression sound signal from the collected sound signal.
- the signal processing unit 6 at the subsequent stage can remove the masker sound that wraps around the microphone 5A from the collected sound signal, and can accurately extract the voice of the speaker.
- the echo canceling unit 8 may be provided in the subsequent stage of the voice input unit 5 even in the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the signal processing unit 6 extracts feature amounts and processes sound data, but the control unit 2 is stored in the storage unit 3. You may make it implement
- the audio output unit 7 has a D / A converter and an amplifier (not shown), and is connected to a speaker 7A.
- the audio output unit 7 D / A converts the signal related to masker sound data determined by the signal processing unit 6 with a D / A converter and adjusts the amplitude (volume) to an optimum value with an amplifier, and then the speaker 7A. Output as a masker sound.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing executed by the masker sound output apparatus 1. The processing shown in FIG. 6 is executed by the control unit 2 and the signal processing unit 6.
- the control unit 2 determines whether or not a sound collection signal of a level that can be determined as sound is input from the voice input unit 5 (S1). If no sound collection signal is input (S1: NO), the operation in FIG. 6 is terminated.
- the signal processing unit 6 performs the Fourier transform by the FFT 61, and then extracts the feature amount of the collected sound signal (S2).
- the control unit 2 determines whether or not a masker sound output start instruction has been received from the operation unit 4 (S3). When the output start instruction has not been received (S3: NO), the process illustrated in FIG.
- the control unit 2 searches the feature value extracted in S2 from the masker sound selection table 32 (S4).
- the control unit 2 determines whether or not the feature amount extracted in S2 is stored in the masker sound selection table 32 (S5).
- the control unit 2 performs masker sound data suitable for the extracted feature quantity. Is selected from the masker sound storage unit 31 (S6).
- the control unit 2 may select masker sound data that is most similar to the extracted feature quantity, or may select a plurality of masker sound data. Moreover, you may make it the control part 2 select the masker sound data which the user selected.
- the control unit 2 stores the extracted feature amount and the address where the selected masker sound data is stored in the masker sound selection table 32, and updates the masker sound selection table 32 (S7). Next, the control unit 2 acquires masker sound data corresponding to the extracted feature amount from the masker sound storage unit 31 (S8). Specifically, the control unit 2 refers to the masker sound selection table 32, selects a masker sound corresponding to the extracted feature value, acquires an address where masker sound data of the selected masker sound is stored, Data (masker sound data) stored at the address is acquired. The control unit 2 outputs the acquired masker sound data to the voice output unit 7 (S9), and outputs it as a masker sound from the speaker 7A.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of processing executed by the masker sound output device 1 when the masker sound output is automatically started.
- the control unit 2 determines whether or not a sound collection signal of a level that can be determined to be sound is input from the voice input unit 5 (S11). If no sound collection signal is input (S11: NO), the operation shown in FIG. 7 is terminated.
- the control unit 2 determines whether or not it is set to automatically start outputting masker sound (S12). It is preferable that the user can select from the operation unit 4 whether or not the masker sound output is automatically started. If it is not set to automatically start the masker sound output (S12: NO), the operation shown in FIG. 7 is terminated.
- the signal processing unit 6 extracts the feature amount of the collected sound signal (S13).
- the control unit 2 searches the masker sound selection table 32 with the feature amount extracted by the signal processing unit 6, and determines whether or not the extracted feature amount is stored in the masker sound selection table 32 (extracted feature amount and It is determined whether or not the matching feature amount is stored in the masker sound selection table 32 (S14). If no feature value is stored (S14: NO), the operation shown in FIG. 7 is terminated.
- the control unit 2 acquires masker sound data corresponding to the feature amount extracted in S13 from the masker sound storage unit 31 (S15). The control unit 2 outputs the acquired masker sound data to the voice output unit 7 (S16), and outputs the masker sound data as a masker sound from the speaker 7A, and ends this process.
- the masker sound output device 1 does not accept a masker sound output start instruction from the user, the voice having the characteristic amount already registered in the masker sound selection table 32 is input from the microphone 5A. Then, the masker sound output can be automatically started.
- the processing is terminated, but it is suitable for the extracted feature quantity as in S6 and S7 of FIG.
- the masker sound data is selected from the masker sound storage unit 31, the extracted feature amount and the address where the selected masker sound data is stored are stored in the masker sound selection table 32, and the masker sound selection table 32 is updated. May be.
- the process shown in FIG. 7 may be stopped, the process after S4 shown in FIG. 6 may be performed, and a masker sound may be output.
- a masker sound of the collected sound is output. That is, the sound or timing that the listener wants to mask can be selected.
- the user feels uncomfortable sound, only the sound that each user feels uncomfortable can be masked, and an optimum environment space can be realized for each user.
- unnecessary processing such as generating masker sounds for sounds that do not require a mask can be reduced.
- the masker sound output according to time can be changed, a more comfortable environmental space can be provided to a listener.
- masker sounds to be output for each time are associated, but masker sounds to be output for each season may be associated.
- the masker sound is automatically output, but when a masker sound output start instruction is not received.
- the feature quantity extraction unit 62 may extract the feature quantity only when receiving an instruction to start outputting masker sound.
- the masker sound output device 1 is configured to acquire masker sound data stored by itself, but may be configured to acquire masker sound data stored externally.
- the masker sound output device 1 may be configured to be connectable to a personal computer, acquire masker sound data stored in the personal computer, and store and store the masker sound data in the storage unit 3.
- the masker sound output device 1 may be configured such that a general-purpose microphone and a speaker can be connected without integrally including the microphone 5A and the speaker 7A.
- the masker sound output device 1 is a dedicated device that generates masker sounds, it may be a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer, or the like.
- the masker sound output device includes an input unit, an extraction unit, an instruction receiving unit, and an output unit.
- the input means inputs a sound collection signal related to the collected sound.
- the extraction means extracts the acoustic feature amount of the collected sound signal.
- the acoustic feature amount is a physical amount indicating the feature of sound, and represents, for example, a spectrum (level of each frequency) or a spectrum envelope peak frequency (fundamental frequency, formant, etc.).
- the instruction receiving means receives an instruction to start outputting masker sounds.
- the output unit outputs a masker sound corresponding to the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction unit when the instruction reception unit receives the output start instruction.
- the extracted acoustic feature is extracted.
- a masker sound corresponding to the amount is output.
- the masker sound output apparatus refers to the correlation table that indicates the correlation between the acoustic feature quantity and the masker sound, and the acoustic feature quantity extracted by the extraction unit, and refers to the correlation table, and the acoustic feature quantity
- a masker sound selecting means for selecting a masker sound corresponding to the above is also possible.
- the output means outputs the masker sound selected by the masker sound selection means.
- the masker sound corresponding to the collected sound is automatically output by referring to the table showing the correspondence between the acoustic feature amount related to the collected sound and the masker sound to be output. Will be.
- a plurality of masker sounds are associated with the acoustic feature quantity, and the masker sound selecting unit may select a masker sound according to a predetermined condition from the plurality of masker sounds associated with the association table. is there.
- the masker sound output device may be configured to include masker sound data storage means for storing sound data related to the masker sound.
- the masker sound selection unit receives the instruction to start the output by the instruction reception unit, and determines that the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction unit is not described in the association table.
- the acoustic feature quantity extracted by the means is compared with the acoustic feature quantity of the sound data related to the masker sound stored in the masker sound data storage means, and the data related to the masker sound corresponding to the acoustic feature quantity is compared with the masker sound data. Read from the storage means and output to the output means.
- the masker sound data storage means by storing the sound data related to the masker sound in the masker sound data storage means, even if there is no masker sound corresponding to the collected sound, the masker suitable for the extracted acoustic feature amount is stored. Sounds (for example, those having similar acoustic features) can be automatically output.
- the masker sound selection means records the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction means and the sound data related to the read masker sound in a newly associated relationship in the correspondence table.
- the masker sound output device further includes a general-purpose masker sound storage unit that stores sound data related to the general-purpose masker sound, and is stored in the general-purpose masker sound storage unit according to the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction unit.
- the sound data relating to the general-purpose masker sound is processed to generate a disturbing sound generating means for disturbing the voice to be masked, and the masker sound output from the output means is generated by the disturbing sound generating means. It is preferable that a disturbing sound is included.
- the general-purpose masker sound stored in the general-purpose masker sound storage means is processed according to the acoustic feature amount of the collected sound signal to generate a disturbing sound.
- General-purpose masker sounds are, for example, those whose contents cannot be understood by the voices of a plurality of men and women (which have no lexical meaning).
- the disturbing sound is obtained by bringing the feature amount of the general-purpose masker sound close to the feature amount of the collected voice.
- Disturbing sounds like general-purpose masker sounds, have no lexical meaning, and have a sound quality (voice quality) and pitch that are close to the masked sound, so that a high masking effect is obtained. Can do.
- the masker sound output device may be configured such that the sound collection signal is processed in accordance with the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extraction unit to generate a disturbing sound that disturbs the voice to be masked.
- the masker sound output from the output means includes the disturbing sound generated by the disturbing sound generating means.
- the collected sound is processed to generate a disturbing sound.
- a disturbance sound is obtained by modifying the frequency characteristics of the collected sound signal and breaking the phoneme.
- a disturbing sound having substantially the same sound quality (voice quality) and pitch as the actual sound to be masked can be obtained, so that a higher masking effect can be obtained.
- the masker sound in the said invention contains what synthesize
- Continuous sounds include disturbance sounds as described above and background sounds (stationary natural sounds) such as river buzzing sounds and noises of trees.
- the disturbing sound is a phoneme-disrupted sound, so that it may feel uncomfortable. Therefore, by increasing the background noise level by the background sound and making the sound such as the disturbing sound inconspicuous, the uncomfortable feeling of the disturbing sound is reduced.
- the intermittent sound is, for example, a sound with high performance (production sound) such as a melody sound generated intermittently. This production sound draws the listener's attention and makes the unnaturalness of the disturbing sound inconspicuous.
- the combination of the continuous sound and the intermittent sound included in the masker sound is changed according to the output of the masker sound.
- ⁇ By changing the combination of masker sounds according to the time or season (season) of outputting masker sounds more comfortable masker sounds can be output. For example, in the morning time zone, a background sound including a bird cry is output to improve the awakening, and in the night time zone, the production sound is turned off so that the user can relax.
- the present invention is based on a Japanese patent application filed on September 28, 2010 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-216283) and a Japanese patent application filed on March 16, 2011 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-057365). Is incorporated herein by reference.
- the masker sound output start instruction is operated to mask only the sound that the user does not want to hear. it can.
- the masker sound output start instruction is operated to mask only the sound that the user does not want to hear. it can.
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攪乱音欄には、マスキング効果の主となる攪乱音が記憶されている。攪乱音は、例えば、話者の音声が加工されて生成された内容が理解できない会話音(語彙的に何ら意味をなさない音)である。マスカ音データは、少なくともこの攪乱音を含んでいる。背景音欄には、定常的(連続的)な背景音が記憶されている。背景音は、例えばBGM、川のせせらぎ、木々のざわめきなどの音である。演出音欄には、ピアノ音やチャイム音、鐘の音等の非定常的(断続的)に発生する演出性の高い音(演出音)が記憶されている。なお、背景音は、繰り返し再生出力される。演出音は、ランダムに、または、繰り返し再生出力される背景音の繰り返し開始時に出力される。また、演出音は、出力される時間がデータテーブルにより決められていてもよい。撹乱音は、語彙的に意味をなさないものであるため、違和感を覚える場合がある。そこで、背景音により暗騒音レベルを上げ、上記の撹乱音のような音を目立たなくすることで撹乱音による聴感上の違和感を低減する。また、演出音により、聴取者の注意を引き、聴覚心理的に撹乱音の違和感を目立たなくする。
本発明に係るマスカ音出力装置は、入力手段、抽出手段、指示受付手段、および出力手段を備えている。入力手段は、収音された音に係る収音信号を入力する。抽出手段は、収音信号の音響特徴量を抽出する。音響特徴量とは、音の特徴を示す物理量であり、例えばスペクトル(各周波数のレベル)や、スペクトル包絡のピークの周波数(基本周波数、フォルマント等)を表す。指示受付手段は、マスカ音の出力開始の指示を受け付ける。出力手段は、指示受付手段が前記出力開始の指示を受け付けた場合に、前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量に対応するマスカ音を出力する。
2 制御部
3 記憶部(マスカ音記憶手段)
4 操作部(指示受付手段)
5 音声入力部(収音手段)
6 信号処理部
7 音声出力部(出力手段)
31 マスカ音記憶部
32 マスカ音選択テーブル
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- 収音された音に係る収音信号を入力する入力手段と、
前記収音信号の音響特徴量を抽出する抽出手段と、
マスカ音の出力開始の指示を受け付ける指示受付手段と、
前記指示受付手段が前記出力開始の指示を受け付けた場合に、前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量に対応するマスカ音を出力する出力手段と、
を備えるマスカ音出力装置。 - 前記音響特徴量とマスカ音との対応付けを示した対応付けテーブルと、
前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量で前記対応付けテーブルを参照し、前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量に対応するマスカ音を選択するマスカ音選択手段と、
をさらに備え、
前記出力手段は、前記マスカ音選択手段が選択したマスカ音を出力する請求項1に記載のマスカ音出力装置。 - 前記音響特徴量には複数のマスカ音が対応付けられており、
前記マスカ音選択手段は、前記対応付けテーブルで前記音響特徴量に対応付けられた複数のマスカ音から、所定の条件に従ってマスカ音を選択する請求項2に記載のマスカ音出力装置。 - マスカ音に係る音データを記憶するマスカ音データ記憶手段をさらに備え、
前記マスカ音選択手段は、前記指示受付手段が前記出力開始の指示を受け付け、かつ前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量が前記対応付けテーブルに記憶されていないと判定した場合に、前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量と前記マスカ音データ記憶手段に記憶されているマスカ音に係る音データの音響特徴量とを比較し、前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量と類似する音響特徴量を持つ音データを前記マスカ音データ記憶手段から読み出して、前記出力手段が前記音データに対応するマスカ音を出力する請求項2又は3に記載のマスカ音出力装置。 - 前記マスカ音選択手段は、前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量と前記マスカ音データ記憶手段から読み出したマスカ音に係る音データとを、新たに対応づけて前記対応付けテーブルに記憶する請求項4に記載のマスカ音出力装置。
- 汎用マスカ音に係る音データを記憶する汎用マスカ音記憶手段をさらに備え、
前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量に合わせて、前記汎用マスカ音記憶手段に記憶されている汎用マスカ音に係る音データを加工して、マスク対象の音声を撹乱する撹乱音を生成する撹乱音生成手段を備え、
前記出力手段が出力するマスカ音は、前記撹乱音生成手段が生成した撹乱音を含む請求項1から5の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力装置。 - 前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量に合わせて、前記収音信号を加工して、マスク対象の音声を撹乱する撹乱音を生成する撹乱音生成手段をさらに備え、
前記出力手段が出力するマスカ音は、前記撹乱音生成手段が生成した撹乱音を含む請求項1から5の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力装置。 - 前記マスカ音は、連続的な音及び断続的な音が合成された音を含む請求項1から7の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力装置。
- 前記マスカ音に含まれる連続的な音及び断続的な音の組み合わせ態様は、当該マスカ音を出力する時間に応じて変更される請求項8に記載のマスカ音出力装置。
- 前記マスカ音選択手段は、前記抽出手段が抽出した音響特徴量が、前記対応付テーブルに格納されている音響特徴量と一致又は類似する場合には、前記一致又は類似する音響特徴量に対応するマスカ音を選択し、
前記出力手段は、前記マスカ音選択手段が選択したマスカ音を自動的に出力する請求項2から9の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力装置。 - 収音された音に係る収音信号を入力する入力ステップと、
前記収音信号の音響特徴量を抽出する抽出ステップと、
マスカ音の出力開始の指示を受け付ける指示受付ステップと、
前記指示受付ステップで前記出力開始の指示を受け付けた場合に、前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量に対応するマスカ音を出力する出力ステップと、
を備えるマスカ音出力方法。 - 前記音響特徴量とマスカ音との対応付けを示した対応付けテーブルを参照し、前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量に対応するマスカ音を選択するマスカ音選択ステップをさらに備え、
前記出力ステップで、前記マスカ音選択手段で選択したマスカ音を出力する請求項11に記載のマスカ音出力方法。 - 前記音響特徴量には複数のマスカ音が対応付けられており、
前記マスカ音選択ステップでは、前記対応付けテーブルで前記音響特徴量に対応付けられた複数のマスカ音から、所定の条件に従ってマスカ音を選択する請求項12に記載のマスカ音出力方法。 - マスカ音に係る音データを記憶するマスカ音データ記憶手段を備え、
前記マスカ音選択ステップでは、前記指示受付ステップで前記出力開始の指示を受け付け、かつ前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量が前記対応付けテーブルに記憶されていないと判定した場合に、前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量と前記マスカ音データ記憶手段に記憶されているマスカ音に係る音データの音響特徴量とを比較し、前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量と類似する音響特徴量を持つ音データを前記マスカ音データ記憶手段から読み出して前記出力ステップで前記音データに対応するマスカ音を出力する請求項12又は13に記載のマスカ音出力方法。 - 前記マスカ音選択ステップでは、前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量と前記マスカ音データ記憶手段から読み出したマスカ音に係る音データとを、新たに対応づけて前記対応付けテーブルに記憶する請求項14に記載のマスカ音出力方法。
- 汎用マスカ音に係る音データを記憶する汎用マスカ音記憶手段を備え、
前記マスカ音出力方法は、前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量に合わせて、前記汎用マスカ音記憶手段に記憶されている汎用マスカ音に係る音データを加工して、マスク対象の音声を撹乱する撹乱音を生成する撹乱音生成ステップをさらに備え、
前記出力ステップで出力するマスカ音は、前記撹乱音生成手段が生成した撹乱音を含む請求項11から15の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力方法。 - 前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量に合わせて、前記収音信号を加工して、マスク対象の音声を撹乱する撹乱音を生成する撹乱音生成ステップをさらに備え、
前記出力ステップで出力するマスカ音は、前記撹乱音生成手段が生成した撹乱音を含む請求項11から15の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力方法。 - 前記マスカ音は、連続的な音及び断続的な音が合成された音を含む請求項11から17の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力方法。
- 前記マスカ音に含まれる連続的な音及び断続的な音の組み合わせ態様は、当該マスカ音を出力する時間に応じて変更される請求項18に記載のマスカ音出力方法。
- 前記マスカ音選択ステップでは、前記抽出ステップで抽出した音響特徴量が、前記対応付テーブルに格納されている音響特徴量と一致又は類似する場合には、前記一致又は類似する音響特徴量に対応するマスカ音を選択し、
前記出力ステップでは、前記マスカ音選択ステップで選択したマスカ音を自動的に出力する請求項12から19の何れか一つに記載のマスカ音出力方法。
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