公开(公告)号：US11477556B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US17250396

申请日：2019-05-09

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryutaro Watanabe ,  Tsutomu Toyoguchi ,  Toru Nakagawa ,  Go Igarashi

IPC: H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: Provided is a sound collecting device in which sound is favorably input to a sound collecting unit. The sound collecting device includes an attachment portion that has a sound collecting unit attached and is adapted to be inserted into an external ear canal, a holding portion adapted to be inserted into the external ear canal and hold the attachment portion at a predetermined position in the external ear canal, and a wearing portion that is positioned on an opposite side of the attachment portion while interposing the holding portion and adapted to be at least partly engaged with an auricle, in which the attachment portion and the holding portion do not block the external ear canal and have acoustic transparency. Further, the attachment portion and the holding portion are positioned in the ear in a state of not blocking the external ear canal.