Patent ID: 11871206
Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. An information processing method to be performed by a processor of a processing apparatus capable of outputting a sound to a plurality of speakers, the method comprising:
controlling a position of a virtual microphone in a virtual space where a virtual sound source associated with a sound is placed;
performing volume setting for the sound to be outputted and balance setting for an output balance of the plurality of speakers, on the basis of a relative distance and a relative direction from the virtual microphone to the virtual sound source;
outputting the sound to the plurality of speakers on the basis of the set volume and the set output balance; and
in a case where the virtual microphone has moved to an extent greater than a predetermined reference in the virtual space, during a predetermined period from the movement of the virtual microphone,
performing each of first interpolation for changing the relative distance over the predetermined period, from the relative distance before the movement to the relative distance after the movement, and second interpolation for changing the relative direction over the predetermined period, from the relative direction before the movement to the relative direction after the movement, and
performing the volume setting and the balance setting on the basis of the relative distance set through the first interpolation and the relative direction set through the second interpolation.