Patent ID: 8259956

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a jack that is connectable with a plug of a headphone including a microphone, outputs a first signal to the headphone, and inputs a second signal from the microphone; a noise-canceling section to generate a third signal that cancels a noise component around the headphone based on the second signal input from the jack and enable an operation of superposing the third signal on the first signal; a judgment section to judge whether at least one of the first signal and the second signal exceeds a predetermined level; a first regulation section to regulate an operation of the noise-canceling section when the judgment section judges that the predetermined level is exceeded; a first detection section to detect that a plug is connected to the jack; and a second regulation section to regulate the operation of the noise-canceling section for a predetermined period of time after the first detection section detects that the plug is connected to the jack.