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Sound producing method and sound producing apparatus

  • US 5,831,518 A
  • Filed: 02/07/1997
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sound producing apparatus adapted for setting a virtual sound space corresponding to a virtual space displayed on a display unit to produce a sound, the apparatus comprising:

  • underlying sound signal generating means for generating, on the basis of an underlying sound parameter, an underlying sound signal indicating situations of a place at a position of a virtual user within said virtual space;

    ornamental sound signal generating means for generating, on the basis of an ornamental sound parameter, an ornamental sound signal set at an object disposed within the virtual space; and

    sound producing means for producing a sound on the basis of at least the underlying sound signal and the ornamental sound signal that the underlying sound signal generating means and the ornamental sound signal generating means respectively generate.

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