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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus () includes a position information acquiring unit () and a control unit (). The position information acquiring unit () acquires information (position information) indicating a position of a person in a store. The position information acquiring unit () generates position information by, for example, acquiring and processing image data generated by an image capture apparatus installed in the store in real time. The control unit () controls a plurality of speakers (and) in the store independently of each other by using the position information generated or acquired by the position information acquiring unit (). A target of control to be performed herein includes, as described above, at least one of selection of sound data to be supplied, a timing of supplying sound data, and a sound volume.