Patent ID: 11930335
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. The control device as set forth in claim 7, wherein:
the predetermined utterance includes an intention to provide an audio source;
the detection unit detects, after the predetermined utterance has been given, a speech/motion of a second user who is different from the user who has given the predetermined utterance;
in a case where the speech/motion is affirmative, the identification unit identifies, as the audio source of interest, an audio source of audio that is outputted to a space in which the user who has given the predetermined utterance is present, and the identification unit at least identifies, as the object to be controlled, an audio output device that outputs audio to a space in which the second user is present; and
in a case where the speech/motion is negative, the identification unit does not identify the audio source of interest and the object to be controlled.