US 12,321,664 B2
Voice control system, voice control method, and recording medium recording voice control program
Akihiro Kumata, Sakai (JP); and Kazuo Makijima, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,813.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-112297 (JP), filed on Jul. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020088 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A voice control system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing one or more computer executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
set up a conversation group including a plurality of users in a virtual space, in a case that a distance between each of a plurality of user icons is less than a predetermined distance and attribute information of each of the plurality of users satisfies a predetermined condition; and
restrict an output of voice, which is from outside the conversation group, to a user in the conversation group, wherein
when a user, who is not included in the conversation group and who is associated with a user icon having a distance from the conversation group that is less than a predetermined distance, is currently in conversation with another user who is outside the conversation group, the one or more computer-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to prohibit an output of voice, from within the conversation group, on a user terminal of the user who is not included in the conversation group.