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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enhance the sound quality in the case where a directional speaker is used to allow a user to hear sounds coming from various directions. An information processing apparatus includes sound data acquisition means for acquiring data indicative of one piece of audio including treble audio and bass audio, volume determination means for determining a volume of the bass audio and a volume of the treble audio on the basis of a distance from a reflection position at which a sound from a high directional speaker is reflected to a user and a distance from a low directional speaker lower in directionality than the high directional speaker to the user, and speaker control means for making the low directional speaker output the bass audio and the high directional speaker output the treble audio on the basis of the determined volumes.