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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2019
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Sakoda, Chiba, JP;
Hirofumi Yuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohei Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way.