US 12,332,071 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and audio processing device
Myungjin Jung, Tokyo (JP); and Takuro Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/998,178
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/018268
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/235321, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-088624 (JP), filed on May 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273036 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 5/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3629 (2013.01) [G01S 5/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
acquire information regarding at least one candidate location;
generate sound data to express a sense of distance from a current location of a user to the at least one candidate location using a plurality of sound sources, wherein
the generation of the sound data to express the sense of distance includes adjustment of a ratio of a sound volume of each sound source of the plurality of sound sources; and
output the generated sound data to an audio processing device.