Title:
PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/163572
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
There are provided a playback apparatus and a playback method with which a user can appropriately hear ambient sound. A playback apparatus according to the present embodiment is provided with: a music player (103) that outputs a playback signal for playback of music; earphones (105) that have right and left output units that respectively output sound toward right and left ears of a user (U); one or more directional microphones (101) that acquire a sound pickup signal by picking up ambient sound; an out-of-head localization processing unit (102) that makes a localization position of the sound pickup signal different from a localization position of the playback signal when the sound pickup signal and the playback signal are being output from the earphones (105), by subjecting at least one of the sound pickup signal and the playback signal to an out-of-head localization process; and a combining unit (104) that combines and outputs, to the output units, the sound pickup signal and the playback signal.
Inventors:
KONISHI MASAYA (JP)
MURATA HISAKO (JP)
FUJII YUMI (JP)
GEJO TAKAHIRO (JP)
ODA KEISUKE (JP)
MURATA HISAKO (JP)
FUJII YUMI (JP)
GEJO TAKAHIRO (JP)
ODA KEISUKE (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/001957
Publication Date:
September 28, 2017
Filing Date:
January 20, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JVC KENWOOD CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04R3/00; H04R1/10; H04R1/40; H04S1/00
Foreign References:
| JP2015198297A | 2015-11-09 | |||
| JP2013162332A | 2013-08-19 | |||
| JP2007036610A | 2007-02-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
IEIRI Takeshi (JP)
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