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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroki Abe, Aichi, JP;
Yuki Kamiya, Aichi, JP;
Osamu Kawase, Aichi, JP;
Yasuhiro Ishiguro, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06V 20/41 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 29/002 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
The control device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined speech/motion of a user who is present in an output destination space of a directional speaker; an identification unit that identifies, in accordance with the predetermined speech/motion, an audio source of interest among audio sources and a directional speaker as an object to be controlled; and an output control unit that causes the identified directional speakers to output audio supplied from the identified audio source.