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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yukiko Unno, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiki Shudo, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

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

A user listening position is estimated without imposing a burden on a user, and a sound reproduction environment suitable for listening is formed regardless of an actual speaker arrangement state. An estimation part that estimates the user listening position by using position information of N speakers that are three or more speakers, and an arrangement part that sets virtual speaker arrangement by using the user listening position are provided. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the user listening position without imposing a burden on a user and form a sound reproduction environment suitable for listening regardless of an actual speaker arrangement state.


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