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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonori Tanaka, Ageo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a technology for enabling a natural voice reproduction in which, depending on a gazed character position, a position of a voice output character follows but not excessively reacts with the gazed character position. Therefore, in an electronic device provided with a display unit for displaying text on a screen, a voice outputting unit for outputting the text as voice, and a sight-line detection unit for detecting a sight-line direction of a user, a control unit changes a starting position at which a voice outputting unit starts voice output if a distance between the position of the current output character and the position of the current gazed character is a preset threshold or more.