INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20180301135A1
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Published: 10/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMABE, YUSHI, MATSUMOTO, KYOSUKE, ASADA, KOHEI, WADA, JO, SUZUKI, SATOSHI, YABUKI, KEIKO
• Granted Patent: US 10,438,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17823 Reference signals, e.g. ambient acoustic environment
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17873 using a reference signal without an error signal, e.g. pure feedforward
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17885 additionally using a desired external signal, e.g. pass-through audio such as music or speech
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/1081 Earphones, e.g. for telephones, ear protectors or headsets
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/005 Language recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/61 Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements, e.g. functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2430/01 Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/07 Use of position data from wide-area or local-area positioning systems in hearing devices, e.g. program or information selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/505 using digital signal processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/603 : of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements

Abstract

[Object] To provide a sound collection system having a function as a sound collector that is multifunctional and inconspicuous in business situations. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a holding section configured to hold a card that stores personal information; and a main body that is provided with the holding section and connectable to a strap section including a sound collection unit and an acoustic output unit, in which the main body encloses a sound signal processing unit configured to process a sound acquired at least by the sound collection unit and a processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing on a basis of the personal information stored in the card held by the holding section.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a holding section configured to hold a card that stores personal information; and

a main body that is provided with the holding section and connectable to a strap section including a sound collection unit and an acoustic output unit, wherein

the main body encloses a sound signal processing unit configured to process a sound acquired at least by the sound collection unit and a processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing on a basis of the personal information stored in the card held by the holding section.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the holding section holds the card such that a surface of the card is exposed.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the holding section holds the card inserted into an inside of the main body.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

a display is provided at least on a surface of the main body.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the display is provided with a touch sensor configured to detect an input by an operating body.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the main body has a rectangular plane of a shape substantially identical to the card, and

at least at a central portion of one longer side and a central portion of one shorter side of a peripheral part of the rectangular plane, the main body is provided with joint sections to which a joint member of the strap section is to be joined.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein

the joint member of the strap section is a multi-contact single-head plug, and

the joint sections are configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving a multiplexed signal via one terminal among a plurality of terminals included in the joint member of the strap section.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing unit sets an acoustic profile that represents a setting of acoustic signal processing by the sound signal processing unit on a basis of the personal information stored in the card, and

the sound signal processing unit executes acoustic signal processing on a sound acquired by the sound collection unit on a basis of the acoustic profile set by the processing unit.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the sound signal processing unit includes

a sound enhancement processing unit configured to, for a sound acquired by the sound collection unit, enhance the sound, and

an output switching/synthesizing unit configured to control a sound to be output from the acoustic output unit of the strap section.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the sound signal processing unit includes a noise cancellation signal generation unit configured to generate a noise cancellation signal that cancels out noise included in a sound acquired by the sound collection unit.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the main body includes a storage unit configured to store a sound acquired by the sound collection unit.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the main body includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform near-field wireless communication with an external terminal.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the main body includes one or more sensors configured to acquire information concerning a user who holds the main body.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing unit recognizes a language of a sound acquired by the sound collection unit, and changes languages of displayed information on a display provided at least on a surface of the main body in accordance with the recognized language.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing unit hides displayed information on a display provided at least on a surface of the main body in accordance with a type of noise included in a sound acquired by the sound collection unit.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the card is an employee ID card.

17. An information processing system comprising:

a strap section including a sound collection unit and an acoustic output unit; and

an information processing device including a holding section configured to hold a card that stores personal information and a main body being provided with the holding section and connectable to the strap section, wherein

the main body of the information processing device encloses a sound signal processing unit configured to process a sound acquired at least by the sound collection unit and a processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing on a basis of the personal information stored in the card held by the holding section.

18. The information processing system according to claim 17, wherein

the strap section includes one or more sensors configured to acquire information concerning a user who wears the strap section and a first processing unit configured to output detected information acquired by the sensors to the information processing device and process information input from the information processing device, wherein

the information processing device includes a second processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing on a basis of the detected information input from the first processing unit of the strap section.

19. An information processing system comprising:

a strap section that is capable of outputting authentication information that can specify a user and includes a sound collection unit and an acoustic output unit; and

an information processing device including a main body that is connectable to the strap section, wherein

the main body of the information processing device encloses a sound signal processing unit configured to process a sound acquired at least by the sound collection unit and a processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing on a basis of the authentication information output from the strap section.

20. The information processing system according to claim 19, wherein

the strap section includes a biometric information sensor configured to acquire biometric information of a user,

the biometirc information sensor outputs the acquired biometric information to the information processing device as the authentication information, and

the processing unit of the information processing device specifies a user on a basis of the biometric information, and displays information concerning the specified user on a display unit.