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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Ntt, Inc.;
Inventor:
Kazunori Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NTT, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2013.01); G10K 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conversation assisting method of the present invention is performed in a first space in order to transmit an acoustic signal between the first space and a second space, separated by an isolation object, by using the isolation object. In the conversation assisting method of the present invention, a sound to be transmitted to the second space is emitted from the first space side to the isolation object at a predetermined intensity. Further, in the conversation assisting method of the present invention, a sound transmitted through the isolation object is picked up, and from the picked-up sound, a sound except for the emitted sound is emphasized and output.