Patent ID: 11871152
Assignee: OVICE, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. An information processing apparatus configured to be used for communication via a virtual space between a first user that wishes to transmit an information and a second user capable of receiving the information, the information processing apparatus comprising:
an object position specification unit configured to specify a position of an object corresponding to the first user and the second user within the virtual space,
an input information acquisition unit configured to acquire an input information related to the first user,
a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire a distance information related to a distance between the first user and the second user based on a position of each of the objects specified by the object position specification unit, and
a condition determination unit configured to determine a condition for generating an output information to be output to each of the second users based on the distance information and the input information,
wherein the condition determination unit is configured to determine the condition by further including a presence or an absence of an other object in the virtual space, wherein the other object is an object related to an obstacle in the virtual space,
wherein the output information includes an audio, and the condition is calculated as a correction factor defined as:

the correction factor=obstacle distance/audible range×transmittance of the obstacle×(target distance−obstacle distance)/(audible range−obstacle distance).