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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masao Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17881 (2018.01); G10K 2210/1052 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an acoustic output apparatus includes an acquisition unit and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires non-stationary sound data that masks an operating sound, in which the operating sound is based on an operation of the operation unit. The output unit outputs a non-stationary sound based on the sound data acquired by the acquisition unit during occurrence of the operating sound.