Patent ID: 8280071

Claim:
A voice output system, comprising: video output means for displaying a video on a video display surface; voice output means separate from the video output means; and wireless transmitting means, disposed at a side opposed to the video display surface, for acquiring compression-encoded voice data accompanying a video displayed on the video display surface, for performing a modulation process in accordance with a predetermined infrared wireless transmission system on the compression-encoded voice data to obtain modulated voice data, and for wirelessly transmitting the modulated voice data to the voice output means by way of an infrared ray having a sub-carrier frequency that is different from a sub-carrier frequency used for a remote controller; said voice output means being disposed on the video display surface side for receiving the infrared ray wirelessly transmitted from the wireless transmitting means, expanding the voice data therein, and outputting the voice based on the acquired expanded voice data, wherein the wireless transmitting means includes: virtual surround processing means for performing a predetermined virtual surround process on the acquired voice data to generate a virtual surround acoustic effect without said voice output means being disposed on the side opposed to the video display surface.