Provided in accordance with the invention are a sound source identifying
apparatus and method whereby objects as sound sources can be determined as to their
locations with higher accuracy by using sound information and image information
thereof and are separated from mixed sounds with certainty by using position information
thereof. The sound source identifying apparatus (10) is constructed to include
a sound collecting part; an imaging part; a sensing part; an image processing part;
a sound processing part; and a control part.