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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04S 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04S 5/00 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a user authentication method including reproducing sound data of which a sound source in a first position of a space around a user is virtually localized using a Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) of the user toward the user, acquiring a second position of the space around the user, the second position being estimated by the user who has listened to the reproduced sound data as a position of the sound source; and authenticating the user according to a coincidence between the first position and the second position.