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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Takeaki Suenaga, Sakai, JP;

Hisao Hattori, Sakai, JP;

Ryuhji Kitaura, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:

SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure automatically calculates an arranged position of a speaker that is suitable to a user, and presents information relating to the arranged position to the user. Aspects relate to a speaker arranged position presenting apparatus for presenting arranged positions of a plurality of speakers configured to output multi-channel audio signals as physical vibrations, the speaker arranged position presenting apparatus including: a speaker arranged position instructing unit configured to calculate arranged positions of the plurality of speakers, based on at least one of a feature amount of input content data or input information for specifying an environment in which the input content data is to be played; and a presenting unit configured to present the arranged positions of the plurality of the speakers that have been calculated.


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