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Headphone apparatus

US7433479B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateDec 22, 2003
Grant dateOct 7, 2008
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04S1/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A headphone apparatus is presented so that a sound image of game sound outputted from an on-line game machine having a communication function is localized at one or more positions out of the head of the listener wearing a headphone while a sound image of an opponent player's voice outputted from the game machine is localized at a position in the head of the listener.

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