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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Applicant:
Teppei Yokota, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Teppei Yokota, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An audio reproducing apparatus includes the following elements: an output circuit operable to generate audio signals to be supplied to first and second speakers placed near the ears of a listener; and a detector operable to detect the presence of sound output from other speakers placed at positions further away from the listener than the first and second speakers. When it is determined that there is no sound output from the other speakers on the basis of a detection result obtained by the detector, the output circuit performs a control operation so that audio signals to be supplied to the other speakers are supplied to the first and second speakers.