Abstract: Disclosed is a signal processing apparatus including a surrounding sound signal acquisition unit, a NC (Noise Canceling) signal generation part, a cooped-up feeling elimination signal generation part, and an addition part. The surrounding sound signal acquisition unit is configured to collect a surrounding sound to generate a surrounding sound signal. The NC signal generation part is configured to generate a noise canceling signal from the surrounding sound signal. The cooped-up feeling elimination signal generation part is configured to generate a cooped-up feeling elimination signal from the surrounding sound signal. The addition part is configured to add together the generated noise canceling signal and the cooped-up feeling elimination signal at a prescribed ratio.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus by which sound can be smoothly re-listened to. [Solution] There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a reproduction processing unit that performs reproduction of a recorded sound on a basis of a reproduction start instruction for starting re-listening of the recorded sound from a position tracking back a predetermined time from a reproduction start time, at which the reproduction start instruction is input, to a position of a present time.

Abstract: The present technique relates to a processing device and a processing method for realizing sound collection at a high S/N ratio, with noise influence being reduced not by a noise reduction process. In the processing device, a microphone that collects emitted speech voice is provided in a space that is substantially sealed off from outside and connects to an ear canal of the wearer (the speaker). With the microphone being located in the space sealed off from outside, emitted speech voice that propagates through the ear canal of the wearer is collected. In a sound collection signal obtained through the ear canal, the emitted speech voice component is dominant over the noise component particularly at low frequencies Further, an equalizing process for reducing muffled sound that is generated when sound is collected through the ear canal is performed on the sound collection signal.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a sound output device includes a sound acquisition part that acquires a sound signal generated from an ambient sound, a reverb process part that performs a reverb process on the sound signal, and a sound output part that outputs a sound generated from the sound signal subjected to the reverb process, to a vicinity of an ear of a listener. This configuration allows a listener to hear sound acquired in real time to which desired reverberation is added.

Abstract: A light emitting device contains an anode, a cathode, and two organic layer respectively containing metal complexes represented by formulas (1) and (2). M1 and M2 represent an iridium atom; n1 and n3 represent an integer of 1 or more; n2 and n4 represent an integer of 0 or more; Ring R1A represents a triazole ring; Ring R2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; E1, E2 and E11A to E13A represent a nitrogen or a carbon atom; R11A to R13A represent a substituent. At least one of E11A to E13A is a nitrogen atom, and at least one of R11A to R13A bonding to the nitrogen atom is a group represented by (Ar-1A). EL represents a carbon atom; Ring L1 represents a 6-membered aromatic hetero ring; Ring L2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; and A1-G1-A2 and A3-G2-A4 represent bidentate ligands. Ring A represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring with substituent R2.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a sound source separation technology capable of improving the separation performance. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: an acquisition section configured to acquire an observation signal obtained by observing a sound; and a sound source separation section configured to separate the observation signal acquired by the acquisition section into a plurality of separated signals corresponding to a plurality of assumed sound sources by applying a non-linear function to a matrix product of an input vector and a coefficient vector corresponding to each of the plurality of sound sources.

Abstract: [Object] To shorten a time until an effect is obtained after start of an adaptive process mode on an ambient sound. [Solution] Provided is a signal processing device including: a noise cancellation processing unit configured to generate a noise cancellation signal on the basis of a collected ambient sound; a signal processing unit configured to generate an ambient sound adapted signal by performing dynamic analysis related to a feature of the ambient sound and filtering the ambient sound; and a control unit configured to control a plurality of modes related to signal processing. The plurality of modes includes a first mode in which acoustic reproduction based on the noise cancellation signal is performed and a second mode in which acoustic reproduction based on the noise cancellation signal and the ambient sound adapted signal is performed, and the signal processing unit continues the dynamic analysis even in the first mode.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes a signal processor configured to: generate a first noise reduction signal using an adaptive filter based on a signal output from a first input apparatus, and cause the generated first noise reduction signal to be output by a first output apparatus; and generate a second noise reduction signal using a feedback filter based on a signal output from a second input apparatus, and cause the generated second noise reduction signal to be output by a second output apparatus. The feedback filter has a fixed feedback coefficient. The first input apparatus is located at a first noise-cancellation target location in an environment, and the second input apparatus is located at a second noise-cancellation target location in the environment, which may be different from the first noise-cancellation target location.

Abstract: [Problem] Proposed is a mechanism that enables a cancellation point in a noise cancellation process to be located closer to user's eardrum. [Solution] A headphone device including: a housing; an audio input unit that is arranged to be separated from the housing and collects audio to generate an audio signal; a holding unit that abuts on a cavum concha or an inner wall of an ear canal of a user and holds the audio input unit in a space closer to an eardrum side than a tragus, in a state of being worn by the user; a wired connection unit that connects the housing and the audio input unit in a wired manner; a signal processing unit that generates a noise cancellation signal for an external sound based on the audio signal generated by the audio input unit, and generates an output signal based on the generated noise cancellation signal; and an audio output unit that outputs audio based on the output signal.

Abstract: A composition contains metal complexes represented formulas (1) and (2): M1 and M2 represent an iridium atom; n1 and n3 represent an integer of 1 or more; n2 and n4 represent an integer of 0 or more; Ring R1A represents a triazole ring; Ring R2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; R11A to R13A are each hydrogen or a substituent; A1-G1-A2 represents an anionic bidentate ligand; at least one of E11A to E13A is a nitrogen atom, and at least one of R11A to R13A bonding to the nitrogen atom is a group represented by the formula (Ar-1A). Ring A represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring and R2 represents a substituent. EL represents a carbon atom; Ring L1 represents a 6-membered aromatic hetero ring; Ring L2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; A3-G2-A4 represents an anionic bidentate ligand, and at least one of Ring L1 and Ring L2 has a substituent.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, and a program that are capable of reproducing sound at an optional listening position with a high sense of reality. The signal processing apparatus includes a rendering unit that generates reproduction data of sound at an optional listening position in a target space on the basis of recording signals of microphones attached to a plurality of moving bodies in the target space. The present technology can be applied to a reproduction apparatus.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus that performs noise cancellation processing for reducing noise by selecting, from among a plurality of input units and a plurality of output units that respectively correspond to the plurality of input units, the input unit and the output unit to be used in noise cancellation processing.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is provided which can suppress external noise without degrading an audio characteristic.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a sound output device includes: a sound acquisition part configured to acquire sound to be output to the other end of a sound guide part, one end of which is arranged near an entrance of an ear canal of a listener, the sound guide part having a hollow structure; and a head-related transfer function adjustment part configured to adjust a head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part. Since the head-related transfer function adjustment part adjusts the head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part, it is possible to listen to both ambient sound and sound provided from a sound output device such that the listener does not feel strangeness even in the state in which the listener is wearing the sound output device.

Abstract: The signal processing apparatus includes a noise canceling processing unit capable of connecting one or more input portions and one or more output portions, performs a noise canceling processing by connecting a plurality.

Abstract: To provide a sound pickup device which is worn on an ear of a user and used. A sound pickup device includes: a sound pickup part; and a holding part that includes a sound transmission part and is configured to hold the sound pickup part in an ear canal of a user. The holding part includes a ring body having an opening portion that serves as the sound transmission part, and one or more arms each of which has one end coupled to the ring body and another end supporting the sound pickup part. The ring body is inserted into a cavum concha of the user and is locked in a vicinity of an intertragic notch. The holding part holds the sound pickup part so that a microphone hole is oriented to outside of the ear canal and the microphone hole is positioned on a farther side of an entrance of the ear canal.

Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a sound output device includes: a sound acquisition part configured to acquire sound to be output to the other end of a sound guide part, one end of which is arranged near an entrance of an ear canal of a listener, the sound guide part having a hollow structure; and a head-related transfer function adjustment part configured to adjust a head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part. Since the head-related transfer function adjustment part adjusts the head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part, it is possible to listen to both ambient sound and sound provided from a sound output device such that the listener does not feel strangeness even in the state in which the listener is wearing the sound output device.

Abstract: A method for driving a light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, a light emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole transporting layer disposed between the anode and the light emitting layer. The hole transporting layer includes a cross-linked body of a crosslinkable material. According to the method, the light emitting device is driven by pulse voltage in which a first voltage not lower than the light emission start voltage of the light emitting device and a second voltage lower than the light emission start voltage of the light emitting device are alternately switched. A light emitting apparatus equipped with the light emitting device and a driving apparatus which drives the light emitting device by pulse voltage is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and method capable of performing compensation to achieve a standard sound regardless of a recording environment. The microphone picks up sound from a sound source and inputs the sound to a recording apparatus as an analog audio signal. The recording apparatus is an apparatus that performs binaural recording and generates an audio file of a sound obtained by binaural recording. The recording apparatus adds metadata related to a recording environment of binaural content to the audio file generated by binaural recording and transmits the file with the metadata to a reproducing apparatus. The present disclosure is applicable to a recording/reproducing system that performs binaural recording and reproduction of the sound, for example.