Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Groove X, Inc.

Masaya Matsuura

John Belmonte

Kaname Hayashi

Hideya Minamiji

Takuma Miyamoto

Anthony Carrico

Atsuya Kose

Taiji Fukaya

The present application provides a robot that a user feels more strongly to be a living being. A robot includes a speech generating unit that generates speech and a speech output unit that outputs the generated speech. The robot outputs speech generated by the robot rather than outputting speech prepared in advance. Because of this, speech that is in accordance with sensor information can be generated and output, or speech unique to the robot can be generated and output.

Robot, and speech generation program

An audio processing and image generating apparatus for displaying novel line drawing images on a display screen according to music is disclosed. A character object line drawing image is displayed on a virtual road object line drawing image. Further, obstacle object line drawing images generated based on a result of a frequency analysis of an digital audio signal of CD data or the like are inserted in the virtual road object line drawing image.

Audio processing and image generating apparatus, audio processing and image generating method, recording medium and program

An entertainment system for a game in which novel three-dimensional line drawing images are displayed on a display screen is disclosed. By pressing a predetermined control button of a manual controller at predetermined timing, a character object line drawing image can clear a virtual road object line drawing image having obstacle object line drawing images which move from the further right side of the screen toward the front left side of the screen.

Entertainment system, entertainment apparatus, recording medium, and program

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Tokyo, Japan

Masaya Matsuura