Conversation assisting apparatus, conversation assisting method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorKazunori KOBAYASHI
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Abstract
A conversation assisting method of the present invention is performed in a first space in order to transmit an acoustic signal between the first space and a second space, separated by an isolation object, by using the isolation object. In the conversation assisting method of the present invention, a sound to be transmitted to the second space is emitted from the first space side to the isolation object at a predetermined intensity. Further, in the conversation assisting method of the present invention, a sound transmitted through the isolation object is picked up, and from the picked-up sound, a sound except for the emitted sound is emphasized and output.
Claims14
A conversation assisting apparatus that is placed in a first space in order to transmit an acoustic signal between the first space and a second space, separated by an isolation object, by using the isolation object, the apparatus comprising:
- a sound emission unit that transmits a sound, to be transmitted to the second space, from the first space side to the isolation object at a predetermined intensity;
- a sound pickup unit that picks up a sound transmitted through the isolation object;
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- an emphasis unit that emphasizes and outputs a sound, except for the sound transmitted by the sound emission unit, from the picked-up sound.
A conversation assisting method performed in a first space in order to transmit an acoustic signal between the first space and a second space, separated by an isolation object, by using the isolation object, the method comprising:
- emitting a sound, to be transmitted to the second space, from the first space side to the isolation object at a predetermined intensity;
- picking up a sound transmitted through the isolation object;
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- emphasizing and outputting a sound from the picked-up sound except for the emitted sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.