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Sound outputting apparatus, sound outputting method, sound output processing program and sound outputting system

US8204241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2007
Grant dateJun 19, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2430/01
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a sound outputting apparatus, including: a housing; an electro-acoustic conversion section provided in the housing and configured to acoustically reproduce and output a sound signal; an acousto-electric conversion section provided at a position of the housing at which sound acoustically reproduced by the electro-acoustic conversion section can be collected; a removing section configured to remove a component of the sound signal from an output signal to be outputted from the acousto-electric conversion section based on an acoustic transfer function between the electro-acoustic conversion section and the acousto-electric conversion section; a decision section configured to decide whether or not a predetermined operation is performed for the housing based on an output signal from the removing section; and a control section configured to control so that a predetermined process is performed based on a result of the decision by the decision section.

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