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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2006
Tsuneki Shibuya, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Tokushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Saitama, JP;
Satomi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ito, Saitama, JP;
Reiko Uenaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonari Murakami, Chiba, JP;
Tsuneki Shibuya, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Tokushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Saitama, JP;
Satomi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ito, Saitama, JP;
Reiko Uenaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonari Murakami, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An audio communication apparatus including a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device, an input unit configured to input an operating signal for operating the external device; a microphone configured to collect sound, a speaker configured to output sound, and a control unit configured to transmit the sound input from the microphone to the external device via the communication unit and transmit an audio signal received via the communication unit to the speaker, and configured to be connected to the input unit and control enabling and disabling of a function of the input unit.