US 12,462,832 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory recording medium to generate sound data including beats based on user behavior information in a scheduled conference
Haruki Murata, Tokyo (JP); and Yuuya Katoh, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Haruki Murata, Tokyo (JP); and Yuuya Katoh, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,369.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-007840 (JP), filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238018 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 25/63 (2013.01) [G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10K 15/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing system apparatus, comprising:
an information processing apparatus including circuitry;
an input device configured to measure behavior information of a plurality of users and input the behavior information to the information processing apparatus; and
an output device configured to output a sound,
the information processing apparatus, the input device, and the output device being connected to each other via a communication network, wherein
the circuitry of the information processing apparatus is configured to:
store reservation information of a scheduled conference in a memory;
determine that the plurality of users start a conversation in the scheduled conference based on the behavior information acquired from the input device;
automatically assign a melody to each of the plurality of users having the conversation in the scheduled conference based on the reservation information stored in the memory;
identify a user who speaks among the plurality of users;
determine whether the identified user speaks continuously for a predetermined time or more based on measurement by the input device; and
in response to determination that the identified user speaks continuously for the predetermined time or more, generate sound data by combining a number of sounds, a number of beats and a tone based on the behavior information and the melody assigned to the identified user, and cause the output device to output an ambient sound based on the sound data, so that the ambient sound changing according to a state of the conversation is output for the plurality of users.