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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoya Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nishiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/304 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sound field control device according to the present disclosure includes a display target object position information acquisition unit for acquiring position information of a viewer from information obtained by imaging, and a virtual sound source position control unit for controlling a virtual sound source position on the basis of the position information. Thus, it becomes possible to optimally adjust virtual sound source reproduction in consideration of size or orientation of a head. Accordingly, it becomes possible to provide a sound field without unnatural feeling to viewers.