Patent ID: 8187093
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A63F,G06F,H04S

Abstract:
1. A game sound output device configured to output a game sound at a hearing position for a game in which first and second virtual objects and a virtual hearing point are disposed in a virtual space, each virtual object having a virtual sound, each virtual object having a virtual volume comprising: an overlap identifying unit that obtains respective directions of the virtual objects with respect to the virtual hearing point and determines if the directions of the first and second virtual objects overlap; a sound emission control unit that establishes a difference between the virtual volumes of the first and second virtual objects, if the directions overlap, and responsively sets a state of one of the first and second virtual objects to canceled if the difference meets a predetermined relationship; and a game sound output unit that generates a sound signal from the virtual objects other than a virtual object whose state is canceled and responsively outputs a game sound heard at the hearing position.