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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideki Kobayashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Akihiro Muguruma, Nagoya, JP;
Yukiya Sugiyama, Toyota, JP;
Shota Higashihara, Chiryu, JP;
Riho Matsuo, Nagoya, JP;
Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A server for controlling an output of a sound from a sound output device provided in a room of a destination of a moving user, the server including: an information acquiring section configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the user, the destination, and route information indicating a route of the user to the destination; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the user reaches a position within a predetermined range from the destination, control the sound output device to start the output of a sound that simulates a situation in which a person is present in the room based on the position of the user indicated by the position information and the route of the user indicated by the route information.