Voice communication device, voice communication method, and voice communication program
US8462190B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2021/02166
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a voice communication device for carrying out voice communication among a plurality of locations, including: a sound source direction identification block for identifying a direction of a sound source; a voice sender block for sending the collected voice to a different location; a voice receiver block for receiving a voice from a different location; a player block for playing the received voice; a playing information setting block for setting playing information for the voice being played; a speaker volume storage block for acquiring the direction of the sound source for which the playing information is set from the sound source direction identification block and storing the direction of the sound source in association with the playing information; and a voice manipulating block for acquiring the playing information corresponding to the direction of the sound source of the voice and manipulating the voice based on the playing information.
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