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US08219388B2 User voice mixing device, virtual space sharing system, computer control method, and information storage medium
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用户语音混合设备,虚拟空间共享系统,计算机控制方法和信息存储介质
- Patent Title: User voice mixing device, virtual space sharing system, computer control method, and information storage medium
- Patent Title (中): 用户语音混合设备,虚拟空间共享系统,计算机控制方法和信息存储介质
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Application No.: US11916689Application Date: 2006-06-07
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Publication No.: US08219388B2Publication Date: 2012-07-10
- Inventor: Hiromasa Kaneko , Masaki Takeuchi
- Applicant: Hiromasa Kaneko , Masaki Takeuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2005-167803 20050608
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/311431 WO 20060607
- International Announcement: WO2006/132276 WO 20061214
- Main IPC: G10L19/00
- IPC: G10L19/00 ; G10L11/00 ; G06F15/00 ; G06F17/00

Abstract:
A sensation of presence of voice chat in a virtual space is enhanced. A user speech synthesizer used in a virtual space sharing system where information processing devices share the virtual space. The user speech synthesizer comprises a speech data acquiring section (60) for acquiring speech data representing a speech uttered by the user of one of the information processing devices, an environment sound storage section (66) for storing an environment sound associated with one or more regions defined in the virtual space, a region specifying section (64) for specifying a region corresponding to the user in the virtual space, and an environment sound synthesizing section (68) for acquiring the environment sound associated with the specified region from the environment sound storage section (66), combining the acquired environment sound and the speech data and synthesizing synthesized speech data.
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