CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED

• Main Author: NISHIO TATSUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.08.2017
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; GAMES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; SPORTS; TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a feeling of discomfort that a user experiences when a conversation is not continued because radio connection between a control device and a sound output device is disconnected.SOLUTION: A control device (1) includes a sound output device (2), a communication unit (12) for performing radio communication with the sound output device, and a control unit (10) that causes the sound output device (2) to automatically output by a sound a message suggesting an end of a conversation when the strength of a radio wave received from the sound output device (2) is a predetermined strength deterioration threshold or less, or executes control to prompt a user to give an instruction to transmit the message suggesting an end of the conversation, or to enable the transmission instruction from the user, and causes the sound output device (2) to output by a sound the message suggesting an end of the conversation according to the instruction from the user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】制御装置および音声出力装置間の無線接続が途切れたために会話が継続されなくなった場合にユーザ抱く違和感を低減する。【解決手段】制御装置（１）は、音声出力装置（２）と無線通信を行う通信部（１２）と、受信した音声出力装置（２）からの電波の強度が所定の強度低下閾値以下になった場合に、会話の終了を示唆するメッセージを自動的に音声出力装置（２）に音声出力させる、または、ユーザに対して上記会話の終了を示唆するメッセージの送信指示を促すまたはユーザからの上記送信指示を可能とする制御を行うと共に、上記会話の終了を示唆するメッセージをユーザからの指示に基づいて音声出力装置（２）に音声出力させる制御部（１０）とを備えている。【選択図】図１