JP-7856290-B2 - Information processing systems, information processing methods, and programs

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Inventors

竹林暁
吉川綱希
藤原尚聡

Assignees

株式会社TENTO

Dates

Publication Date: 20260511
Application Date: 20220309

Claims (12)

An information processing system, Equipped with a control unit, The control unit is configured to perform the following steps: In the first registration step, a login request is received from the first user to log in to a space where online conversations are possible. In the display control step, when the login request is received, the first area where the first user resides and the second area, which is separate from the first area, are displayed as at least a portion of the space so that the first user can see them. Here, the conversation taking place within the second area is displayed in a way that is visible to the first user. In the voice control step, a first voice generated in the conversation within the first area and a second voice generated in the conversation within the second area are generated in a manner that the first user can recognize. In the aforementioned voice control step, when the information processing system is equipped with a voice output device having a plurality of voice output units, each of the plurality of voice output units is controlled based on the relative positional relationship between the first region and the second region within the space.
An information processing system, Equipped with a control unit, The control unit is configured to perform the following steps: In the first registration step, a login request is received from the first user to log in to a space where online conversations are possible. In the display control step, when the login request is received, the first area where the first user resides and the second area, which is separate from the first area, are displayed as at least a portion of the space so that the first user can see them. Here, the conversation taking place within the second area is displayed in a way that is visible to the first user. In the voice control step, a first voice generated in the conversation within the first region and a second voice generated in the conversation within the second region are generated in a manner that the first user can recognize. In the aforementioned voice control step, the output of the second voice is controlled to be attenuated relatively more than the output of the first voice. The voice control step involves controlling the output of the second voice to attenuate the voice output in a specific frequency range and/or the voice output of a specific user.
An information processing system, Equipped with a control unit, The control unit is configured to perform the following steps: In the first registration step, a login request is received from the first user to log in to a space where online conversations are possible. In the display control step, when the login request is received, the first area where the first user resides and the second area, which is separate from the first area, are displayed as at least a portion of the space so that the first user can see them. Here, the conversation taking place within the second area is displayed in a way that is visible to the first user. In the voice control step, a first voice generated in the conversation within the first area and a second voice generated in the conversation within the second area are generated in a manner that the first user can recognize. In the second reception step, the first user submits a mute request that makes the first audio unrecognizable in areas other than the first area. In the aforementioned voice control step, when the mute request is received, the first voice is made unrecognizable from the other areas.
An information processing system, Equipped with a control unit, The control unit is configured to perform the following steps: In the first registration step, a login request is received from the first user to log in to a space where online conversations are possible. In the display control step, when the login request is received, the first area where the first user resides and the second area, which is separate from the first area, are displayed as at least a portion of the space so that the first user can see them. Here, the conversation taking place within the second area is displayed in a way that is visible to the first user. In the fourth reception step, a confidentiality request is received to prevent the presence of the first user from being recognized by other users in the space. In the display control step, when the confidentiality request is received, the presence of the first user is made invisible to other users even if the first user is logged into the space.
An information processing system, Equipped with a control unit, The control unit is configured to perform the following steps: In the first registration step, a login request is received from the first user to log in to a space where online conversations are possible. In the display control step, when the login request is received, the first area where the first user resides and the second area, which is separate from the first area, are displayed as at least a portion of the space so that the first user can see them. Here, the conversation taking place within the second area is displayed in a way that is visible to the first user. In the display control step, the login name of the second user present in the space is displayed as the first name in a way that is visible to the first user. A system that, on the condition that the first user has predetermined authority and/or that the first user has performed predetermined operations, displays the name of the second user as a second name different from the first name, in a manner visible to the first user.
In the information processing system described in claim 5 , The second name is the real name of the second user.
In the information processing system according to any one of claims 4 to 6 , The voice control step involves generating a first voice generated during a conversation in the first area and a second voice generated during a conversation in the second area, in a manner that the first user can recognize.
In the information processing system described in claim 7 , The voice control step involves controlling the output of the second voice to be attenuated relatively more than the output of the first voice.
In the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , In the third reception step, the first user receives an integration request to integrate the second area and a third area that is distinct from the second area. In the display control step, when the integration request is received, the area formed by integrating the second area and the third area is displayed in a way that is visible to the first user.
In the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , The display control step involves displaying the first region and the second region in a way that allows them to be identified from each other.
Information processing method, A method comprising each step of the information processing system described in any one of claims 1 to 10 .
It is a program, A device that causes a computer to perform each step of the information processing system described in any one of claims 1 to 10 .

Description

Applicable to Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law. Announced on October 1, 2021, on our company website https://ebitendons.tento-net.com/. This invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program. In recent years, opportunities for communication over the internet have increased, leading to the development of various technologies. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a web conferencing system that allows for easy selection of the communication method according to noise levels during web conferencing. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2019-117998 This is a diagram showing the configuration of the information processing system 1 according to this embodiment.A block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the first user terminal 2.Hardware configuration block for Server 3.This is a block diagram showing the functions implemented by the control unit 33, etc., in server 3.This is an example of a login screen displayed on the first user terminal 2.This is an example of a display screen shown on the first user terminal 2.This is a diagram illustrating the functionality for managing a second user.This is a diagram illustrating variations in the concept of space. The embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The various features shown in the embodiments below are interchangeable. Incidentally, the program for implementing the software described in this embodiment may be provided as a computer-readable non-transitor-readable medium, or it may be provided as a downloadable file from an external server, or it may be provided so that the program is launched on an external computer and its functions are realized on a client terminal (so-called cloud computing). Furthermore, in this embodiment, "part" may include, for example, hardware resources implemented by a broad-sense circuit and the information processing of software that can be specifically realized by these hardware resources. Also, in this embodiment, various types of information are handled, and this information can be represented, for example, by the physical values of signal values representing voltage and current, the high or low values of signal values as a set of binary bits composed of 0s or 1s, or by quantum superposition (so-called qubits), and communication and calculations can be performed on a broad-sense circuit. Furthermore, a circuit in a broad sense refers to a circuit realized by combining at least an appropriate combination of circuits, circuits, processors, and memory. That is, it includes application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), programmable logic devices (e.g., simple programmable logic devices (SPLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)), etc.). 1. Hardware Configuration This section describes the hardware configuration of this embodiment. 1.1 Information Processing System 1 Figure 1 is a configuration diagram showing an information processing system 1 according to this embodiment. In one embodiment, the information processing system 1 comprises a first user terminal 2, a server 3, and a second user terminal 4, which are connected via a network 11. These components will be described further. Note that the system exemplified in the information processing system 1 consists of one or more devices or components. Therefore, even a server 3 alone can be an example of a system. Furthermore, the information processing system 1 according to this embodiment receives login requests for a first user to log in to a space and controls the display of predetermined visual information so that the first user can see it. However, this login request and the display of visual information do not necessarily have to be performed by a single first user terminal 2. For example, it is possible to configure the system to receive only login requests from the first user terminal 2 and to display predetermined visual information on another image display device (not shown). 1.2 First User Terminal 2 The first user terminal 2 is typically a terminal owned by the first user who is attempting to log in to a space where online conversations are possible. Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the first user terminal 2. The first user terminal 2 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, a control unit 23, a display unit 24, an input unit 25, and an audio output unit 26, and these components are electrically connected within the first user terminal 2 via a communication bus 20. The description of the communication unit 21, storage unit 22, and control unit 23 is omitted as they are substantially the same as the description of the communication unit 31, storage unit 32, and control unit 33 in the server 3, which will be described later. The display unit 24 may be, for example, included in the casing of the first user terminal 2, or it may be an external unit. The disp