IP Library Granted Patent US 9,241,123
Granted Patent B2
US 9,241,123 · App. 13/982,388 · Granted Jan 19, 2016

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,241,123
App. No.
13/982,388
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes: a plurality of oscillators ( 10 ) that output modulation waves of a parametric speaker; a display unit ( 40 ) that displays a plurality of contents at the same time; a recognition unit that recognizes the locations of a plurality of users; and a control unit that controls the oscillators ( 10 ) so as to reproduce sounds corresponding to the contents. The control unit controls the oscillators ( 10 ) so as to reproduce the sound corresponding to the content selected by each user, toward the location of each of the plurality of users which is recognized by the recognition unit.

Claims (17)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a plurality of oscillators that output modulation waves of a parametric speaker;

a display unit that displays a plurality of contents at the same time;

a recognition unit that recognizes a location of each of a plurality of users; and

a control unit that controls the plurality of oscillators so as to reproduce sounds corresponding to the plurality of contents,

wherein the control unit controls the plurality of oscillators so as to reproduce the sound corresponding to the content selected by each user, toward the location of each of the plurality of users which is recognized by the recognition unit, and

wherein the recognition unit comprises:

an imaging unit that generates image data by capturing an image in a region that includes each user; and

a determination unit that determines a location of an ear of each user by processing the image data.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of detection terminals that are respectively held by the plurality of users,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes the location of each user by recognizing a location of each detection terminal.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recognition unit follows and recognizes the location of each user, and

wherein the control unit controls a direction in which the oscillator reproduces the sound, on the basis of the location of each user which is recognized by the recognition unit.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic device is a portable terminal device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2013
From: YAGIHASHI, AYUMU; KITATANI, KENICHI; AOKI, HIROYUKI; KATOU, YUMI; MURAYAMA, ATSUHIKO; SUGAHARA, SEIJI
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030904/0475 →