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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshio Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G10L 21/003 (2013.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01); G01C 3/06 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G01C 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G10L 21/003 (2013.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a sound control apparatus, a sound control method, and a program, which are capable of notifying a user that an object is approached without decreasing an immersion feeling of a user. A sound output control section () controls a sound to be output to the user. A distance specification section () specifies a distance between the user wearing a head-mounted display and an object existing around the user. A sound changing section () changes an output mode of the sound output to the user in accordance with a change in the distance between the user and the object existing around the user generated when the sound is output to the user.


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