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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2008
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Mamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Saitama, JP;
Katsuhiko Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Mamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Saitama, JP;
Katsuhiko Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable information terminal includes: a position detecting section that detects a position of the portable information terminal; a selecting section that selects a guidance target object for which voice guidance is to be provided, and detects a guidance target direction that is a direction in which the guidance target object exists with respect to a reference direction, on the basis of a direction in which the guidance target object exists with respect to the position of the portable information terminal; a voice synthesis section that generates a synthetic voice so that a guidance voice for the guidance target object selected by the selecting section is heard from the guidance target direction; and a voice output section that outputs the synthetic voice generated by the voice synthesis section.