Audio conversation apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsTsuyoshi Kindo, Noboru Katta, Takashi Akita
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Abstract
An audio conversation apparatus includes an assignment section for individually assigning units of spatial information which are different from each other, either to parties-to-talk-with each belonging to one of a plurality of predetermined groups, respectively, or to the plurality of predetermined groups, respectively; and a localization section for localizing, in accordance with the units of spatial information assigned by the assignment section, audio data transmitted from outside, and one of a reproduction section connected to the audio conversation apparatus and a reproduction section included in the audio conversation apparatus outputs an audio in accordance with the audio data having been localized by the localization section.
Claims8
An audio conversation apparatus comprising
- an assignment section for individually assigning distance effects, which are different from each other, to parties-to-talk-with, each party-to-talk-with belonging to one of a plurality of predetermined groups, or to the plurality of predetermined groups, and
- a localization section for localizing, in accordance with the distance effects assigned by said assignment section, audio data transmitted from outside by a party-to-talk-with of the parties-to-talk-with, or by a predetermined group of the predetermined groups, the audio data transmitted corresponding to a source of the audio data,
- a reproduction section for outputting audio in accordance with the audio data localized by said localization section, the audio outputted being in accordance with the distance effects assigned by said assignment section;
- and
- an utterance operation including a plurality of buttons arranged in unique positions corresponding to distance effects to be assigned by the assignment section, wherein
- each button of the plurality of buttons corresponds a distance effect of the distance effects of the audio outputted by the reproduction section, and is configured such that, when operated, a conversation with the party-to-talk-with of the parties-to-talk-with or the predetermined group of the predetermined groups that corresponds to the source of the audio data begins.
A method used by an audio conversation apparatus for outputting audio data transmitted from outside, said method comprising
- individually assigning distance effects which are different from each other, to parties-to-talk-with each party-to-talk-with belonging to one of a plurality of predetermined groups or to the plurality of predetermined groups,
- localizing, in accordance with distance effects assigned in said assigning, audio data transmitted from outside by a party-to-talk-with of the parties-to-talk-with or by a predetermined group of the predetermined groups, the audio data transmitted corresponding to a source of the audio data,
- outputting audio in accordance with the audio data localized by said localizing, the outputted audio being in accordance with the distance effects assigned in said assigning;
- and,
- enabling utterance operation by allowing a user to operate one of a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons being arranged in unique positions corresponding to the distance effects to be assigned in said assigning, the one of the plurality of buttons corresponding to a distance effect of the distance effect in which the audio outputted in said outputting is heard, said enabling utterance operation further includes identifying the party-to-talk-with or the predetermined group with whom a conversation is to begin, and starting the conversation with the party-to-talk-with or the predetermined group that corresponds to the source of the audio data.
A non-transitory computer readable storage device storing a computer program used in an audio conversation apparatus for outputting audio data transmitted from outside, said computer program executing
- individually assigning distances which are different from each other, to parties-to-talk-with each party-to-talk-with belonging to one of a plurality of predetermined groups, respectively, or to the plurality of predetermined groups,
- localizing, in accordance with the distances assigned in said assigning, the audio data transmitted from outside by a party-to-talk-with of the parties-to-talk-with or to a predetermined group of the predetermined groups, the audio data localized corresponding to a source of the audio data,
- outputting audio in accordance with the audio data localized by said localizing, the outputted audio being in accordance with the distance effects assigned in said assigning;
- and,
- enabling utterance operation by allowing a user to operate one of a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons being arranged in unique positions corresponding to the distance effects to be assigned in said assigning, the one of the plurality of buttons corresponding to a distance effect of the distance effects in which the audio outputted in said outputting is heard, said enabling utterance operation further includes identifying the party-to-talk-with or the predetermined group with whom a conversation is to begin, and starting the conversation with the party-to-talk-with or the predetermined group that corresponds to the source of the audio data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.