Designing a Conversation Support Tool for Quiet Environments by Focusing on the Characteristics of Ultrasonic Waves

N. Hayashi*, Y. Matsumoto, S. Wesugi

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Abstract

In a quiet environment, even a small noise attracts the attention of the people around. In order to reduce the stress of speakers, listeners, and other people around them, we devised a tool to support conversation by converting voice into ultrasonic waves and outputting them from parametric speakers to deliver the sound to the conversation partner. Since light materials can be used for soundproofing ultrasonic waves, we used cardboard and newspaper as soundproofing materials. We confirmed that the sound converted by the tool can be used for conversation and soundproofed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2453-2462
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the Design Society
Volume2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 May
Event17th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2022 - Virtual, Online, Croatia
Duration: 2022 May 232022 May 26

Keywords

  • communication
  • conversation support
  • problem solving
  • product design
  • ultrasonic wave

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software
  • Modelling and Simulation

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