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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Kohei Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Kawanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kohei Asada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Kawanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a sound outputting apparatus, including: an electro-acoustic conversion section disposed in a housing and configured to acoustically reproduce a first sound signal; a sound collection section configured to collect sound outside said housing and output a second sound signal; a surrounding noise evaluation section configured to evaluate surrounding noise outside said housing based on the second electric signal; and a control section configured to perform predetermined control based on a result of the evaluation of said surrounding noise evaluation section.