| CPC A63F 13/215 (2014.09) [A63F 13/87 (2014.09); G10L 15/20 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
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1. An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of headsets or controllers that individually include sound inputting means that collects sound of surroundings and outputs a sound signal representative of the collected sound, the information processing apparatus comprising:
an accepting unit for accepting a sound signal or signals outputted from at least one headset or controller among the headsets that are to be worn by one or more users or the controllers that are to be grasped by the one or more users;
a selection unit for selecting at least part of the accepted sound signal or signals on a basis of a predetermined rule; and
an outputting unit for outputting the sound signal or signals selected by the selection unit and cutting off any other sound signal,
wherein the selection unit selects, when the at least one headset or the controller used by the one or more users is a headset or a controller determined in advance, the at least one headset or the controller, but selects, from among a second plurality of headsets or controllers that are to be used by the one or more users but are not the headset or the controller determined in advance, one headset or controller of the second plurality of headsets or controllers, and
wherein the predetermined rule determines a priority order of sound volume of mixing for each headset or controller depending primarily on a sound collection characteristic of a microphone of the at least one headset or the controller, and secondarily on an order of connection of the headset or controller to the information processing device.
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