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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2004
Yasusi Kanada, Tokyo, JP;
Yasusi Kanada, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voice communication system, in which the real space is associated with a virtual space and a relative location and direction of a communication partner in the real space can be grasped as bodily sensations, is provided. A clientcomprises a GPS receiverand a magnetic sensorwhich detects a location of a user of the clientitself in the real space, a presence providerwhich sends the location detected by the detection means to a server apparatus, a space modelerwhich calculates a location of the user in the virtual space based on the location of the user himself and locations of the other users in the real space, and an audio rendererwhich controls sound effects based on the locations of the users in the virtual space.