CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (20240259528). PROVISION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME

PROVISION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

HIROYUKI Okamoto of Kanagawa JP

PROVISION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240259528 titled 'PROVISION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME

Original Abstract Submitted

a virtual space provision system providing a virtual space and a shared service avatar capable of receiving contact from a user avatar in the virtual space has a sharing state management unit that controls audio sharing between a plurality of users respectively operating a plurality of user avatars if a plurality of user avatars operated by users are present in a virtual space. in response to detection of contact with the shared service avatar by a user avatar of the plurality of user avatars, the sharing state management unit performs control such that audio sharing with the plurality of users via a user avatar which has come into contact with the shared service avatar is temporarily canceled.