Patent ID: 11908055
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. An information processing method comprising:
acquiring position information, visual line detection information, and voice information of a first user, and position information of a second user;
determining a positional relationship between the first user and the second user on a basis of the position information of the first user and the position information of the second user; and
specifying a voice dialogue area in which a voice dialogue is possible to be performed between the first user and the second user on a basis of the determined positional relationship; and
setting a position of an avatar outside the specified voice dialogue area,
wherein in a case where the voice information of the first user is acquired when the first user is looking outside the voice dialogue area, the setting causes the avatar to execute a predetermined action, and
in a case where the voice information of the first user is acquired when the first user is looking inside the voice dialogue area, the setting suppresses the avatar from executing the predetermined action.