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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Sony Mobile Communications, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Tachibana, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shiina, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Chikashi Yajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Susumu Takatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that reproduces left and right audio signals based on data acquired from a sound source; acquires left and right surrounding sounds collected by left and right microphones included in a headphone unit connected to the information processing apparatus; combines a sound corresponding to at least one of the left and right surrounding sounds with at least one of the left and right audio signals; and outputs the left and right audio signals combined with the sound corresponding to the at least one of the left and right surrounding sounds to left and right earphones of the headphone unit.