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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2022
Jvckenwood Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuru Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshikazu Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Nomura, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuhiro Sukegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Kamimura, Yokohama, JP;
Jeong-ju Choe, Yokohama, JP;
JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A sound output control device includes: an orientation detecting unit configured to detect a state of orientation of a face of a user; an ambient sound obtaining unit configured to obtain ambient sound; an ambient sound reducing processing unit configured to perform, based on the ambient sound, processing of reducing the ambient sound; and a sound output control unit configured to cause sound to be output with the ambient sound reduced by the ambient sound reducing processing unit, when the detected orientation of the face of the user is in a first state, and make audibility of the ambient sound higher than in a state where the ambient sound has been reduced by the ambient sound reducing processing unit, when the detected orientation of the face of the user is in a second state changed from the first state.