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Abstract

A stereophonic sound image reproducing system includes a sound reproducing apparatus including a sound image generator, and a vehicle sensor that detects a traveling direction of a vehicle or a direction of a driver who drives the vehicle. The sound reproducing apparatus sets a localization allowable angle range extending from a reference direction in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The reference direction is the traveling direction of the vehicle or the direction of the driver detected during or before generation of a sound image at an original localization position of a sound source. When the direction of the driver is maintained within the localization allowable angle range, the sound reproducing apparatus continues the generation of the sound image. When the direction of the driver is not maintained within the localization allowable angle range, the sound generating apparatus suspends the generation of the sound image.

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