# US 12,192,736 B2 · Processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,736 B2 - Document ID: US12192736B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/941,403 - Filed: 2022-09-09 - Published: 2023-03-16 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-14 - Assignees: Yamaha Corporation - Applicants: Yamaha Corporation - Inventors: Tadashi Morikawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192736B2 ## CPC - H04S 7/30: {Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field} - H04S 7/40: {Visual indication of stereophonic sound image} - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - H04S 2400/11: Positioning of individual sound objects, e.g. moving airplane, within a sound field (H04S2420/13 takes precedence) - H04S 2400/13: Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in stereophonic sound systems - H04S: STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An information processing method receives settings of a plurality of pieces of information on a plurality of physical spaces that respectively correspond to a plurality of pieces of information on a plurality of logical spaces, receives a first group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that indicates a position of an acoustic image to be localized in each of the plurality of logical spaces using first coordinates in the plurality of logical spaces, receives a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, changes other pieces of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization, in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information, and transforms the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information respectively into a plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information using second coordinates in the plurality of physical spaces. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing method of acoustic-image localizing a plurality of physical spaces, the information processing method comprising: receiving settings of a plurality of pieces of information on a plurality of logical spaces that define first coordinates in the plurality of logical spaces; receiving settings of a plurality of pieces of information on the plurality of physical spaces that respectively correspond to the plurality of pieces of information on the plurality of logical spaces and that define second coordinates in the plurality of physical spaces; receiving a first group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that indicates a position of an acoustic image to be localized in each of the plurality of logical spaces using the first coordinates; receiving a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information; changing other pieces of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization, in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information; and transforming the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information respectively into a plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information using the second coordinates. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein each of the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information has same first coordinates. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein: each of the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information has different first coordinates, and in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information, the changing changes the other pieces of first acoustic image localization information while maintaining a relative positional relationship between the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein: at least one logical space, among the plurality of logical spaces, includes a second group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that includes positions of a plurality of acoustic images, the receiving of the change receives a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, the changing changes, in response to the receiving of the change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information in the second group, other pieces of the first acoustic image localization, among the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, while maintaining a relative positional relationship between each of the plurality of acoustic images included in the second group, and the transforming transforms the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information into the plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information in at least one physical space corresponding respectively to the at least one logical space. ### Claim 5 An information processing apparatus for acoustic-image localizing a plurality of physical spaces, the information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to: receive settings of a plurality of pieces of information on a plurality of logical spaces that define first coordinates in the plurality of logical spaces; receive settings of a plurality of pieces of information on the plurality of physical spaces that respectively correspond to the first plurality of pieces of information on the plurality of logical spaces and that define second coordinates in the plurality of physical spaces; receive a first group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that indicates a position of an acoustic image to be localized in each of the plurality of logical spaces using the first coordinates; receive a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information; change other pieces of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization, in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information; and transform the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information respectively into a plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information using the second coordinates. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information has same first coordinates. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: each of the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information has different first coordinates, and in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information, the processor changes the other pieces of first acoustic image localization information while maintaining a relative positional relationship between the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: at least one logical space, among the plurality of logical spaces, includes a second group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that indicates positions of a plurality of acoustic images, the processor receives a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, the processor changes, in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information in the second group, other pieces of the first acoustic image localization, among the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, while maintaining a relative positional relationship between each of the plurality of acoustic images included in the second group, and the processor transforms the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information into the plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information in at least one physical space corresponding respectively to the at least one logical space. ### Claim 9 An information processing method of acoustic-image localizing a plurality of physical spaces, the information processing method comprising: receiving settings of a plurality of pieces of information on the plurality of physical spaces that respectively correspond to a plurality of pieces of information on a plurality of logical spaces; receiving a first group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that indicates a position of an acoustic image to be localized in each of the plurality of logical spaces using first coordinates in the plurality of logical spaces; receiving a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information; changing other pieces of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization, in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information; and transforming the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information respectively into a plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information using second coordinates in the plurality of physical spaces, wherein at least one logical space, among the plurality of logical spaces, includes a second group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that includes positions of a plurality of acoustic images, wherein the receiving of the change receives a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, wherein the changing changes, in response to the receiving of the change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information in the second group, other pieces of the first acoustic image localization, among the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, while maintaining a relative positional relationship between each of the plurality of acoustic images included in the second group, and wherein the transforming transforms the second group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information into the plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information in at least one physical space corresponding respectively to the at least one logical space.