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US 12,726,780 B2Granted
Information processing device and method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsKentaro Kimura, Junya Suzuki
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Abstract
Provided is an information processing device and method that allow the voice of a speaker to be easily recognized. The information processing device includes an information processing unit that generates, on the basis of orientation information indicating an orientation of a listener, virtual location information indicating a location of the listener in a virtual space, the location being set by the listener, and virtual location information of a speaker, a voice of the speaker localized at a location corresponding to the orientation and location of the listener and the location of the speaker.
Claims16
An information processing device, comprising:
- an information processing unit configured to:
- generate, based on orientation information, first virtual location information, and second virtual location information, voices of a plurality of speakers, wherein
- a voice, of the generated voices, corresponding to a speaker of the plurality of speakers is localized at a specific location corresponding to an orientation of a listener, a first location of the listener, and a second location of the speaker,
- the orientation information includes the orientation of the listener,
- the first virtual location information includes the first location of the listener in a virtual space,
- the first location is set by the listener, and
- the second virtual location information includes the second location of each speaker of the plurality of speakers;
- adjust a third location of at least one first speaker of the plurality of speakers in the virtual space to make an inter-speaker angle greater than or equal to a specific minimum angle, wherein
- the inter-speaker angle is between a first direction of a first speaker viewed from the listener and a second direction of a second speaker viewed from the listener;
- calculate a degree of priority of the each speaker of the plurality of speakers based on the generated voices, wherein
- the degree of priority is calculated subsequent to a failure of the information processing unit to arrange the plurality of speakers in the virtual space with the inter-speaker angle between two adjacent speakers of the plurality of speakers greater than or equal to the specific minimum angle;
- and
- adjust, based on the calculated degree of priority, a fourth location of at least one second speaker of the plurality of speakers in the virtual space to make the inter-speaker angle between first priority speakers, of the plurality of speakers, greater than or equal to the specific minimum angle, wherein
- a priority of each first priority speaker of the first priority speakers is greater than a specific value.
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An information processing method, comprising:
- generating, based on orientation information, first virtual location information, and second virtual location information, voices of a plurality of speakers, wherein
- a voice, of the generated voices, corresponding to a speaker of the plurality of speakers is localized at a specific location corresponding to an orientation of a listener, a first location of the listener, and a second location of the speaker,
- the orientation information includes the orientation of the listener,
- the first virtual location information includes the first location of the listener in a virtual space,
- the first location is set by the listener, and
- the second virtual location information includes the second location of each speaker of the plurality of speakers;
- adjusting a third location of at least one first speaker of the plurality of speakers in the virtual space to make an inter-speaker angle greater than or equal to a specific minimum angle, wherein
- the inter-speaker angle is between a first direction of a first speaker viewed from the listener and a second direction of a second speaker viewed from the listener;
- calculating a degree of priority of the each speaker of the plurality of speakers based on the generated voices, wherein
- the degree of priority is calculated subsequent to a failure to arrange the plurality of speakers in the virtual space with the inter-speaker angle between two adjacent speakers of the plurality of speakers greater than or equal to the specific minimum angle;
- and
- adjusting, based on the calculated degree of priority, a fourth location of at least one second speaker of the plurality of speakers in the virtual space to make the inter-speaker angle between first priority speakers, of the plurality of speakers, greater than or equal to the specific minimum angle, wherein
- a priority of each first priority speaker of the first priority speakers is greater than a specific value.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- generating, based on orientation information, first virtual location information, and second virtual location information, voices of a plurality of speakers, wherein
- a voice, of the generated voices, corresponding to a speaker of the plurality of speakers is localized at a specific location corresponding to an orientation of a listener, a first location of the listener, and a second location of the speaker,
- the orientation information includes the orientation of the listener,
- the first virtual location information includes the first location of the listener in a virtual space,
- the first location is set by the listener, and
- the second virtual location information includes the second location of each speaker of the plurality of speakers;
- adjusting a third location of at least one first speaker of the plurality of speakers in the virtual space to make an inter-speaker angle greater than or equal to a specific minimum angle, wherein
- the inter-speaker angle is between a first direction of a first speaker viewed from the listener and a second direction of a second speaker viewed from the listener;
- calculating a degree of priority of the each speaker of the plurality of speakers based on the generated voices, wherein
- the degree of priority is calculated subsequent to a failure to arrange the plurality of speakers in the virtual space with the inter-speaker angle between two adjacent speakers of the plurality of speakers greater than or equal to the specific minimum angle;
- and
- adjusting, based on the calculated degree of priority, a fourth location of at least one second speaker of the plurality of speakers in the virtual space to make the inter-speaker angle between first priority speakers, of the plurality of speakers, greater than or equal to the specific minimum angle, wherein
- a priority of each first priority speaker of the first priority speakers is greater than a specific value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.