Patent ID: 11880633
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. An information processing system including a peripheral apparatus and an information processing apparatus, wherein
the peripheral apparatus includes a sound inputting unit for outputting a sound signal representative of sound of surroundings,
the information processing apparatus includes
and accepting unit for accepting a sound signal outputted from the peripheral apparatus, and
a mute controlling unit for cutting off the sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus, and,
in a case where sound input is required in processing of an application determined in advance, in a state in which a sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus is cut off by the mute controlling unit, control is performed such that the mute controlling means unit accepts the sound signal accepted from the peripheral apparatus and the sound signal is used only in the processing of the application determined in advance.