公开(公告)号：US20090154712A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-18

申请号：US11568219

申请日：2005-04-19

申请人： Keiko Morii ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Yumi Wakita

发明人： Keiko Morii ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Yumi Wakita

IPC分类号： H04R5/00

CPC分类号： G01C21/3629 ,  G08G1/005 ,  G08G1/0969

摘要： An azimuth and distance calculator calculates the relative direction and distance to the next intersection to be guided, based on information on the intersection supplied from storage for received information on an object to be guided and information on the moving histories of a user. Then, the calculator converts the relative direction into a horizontal angle and the distance to an elevation angle, and passes the angles to a stereophony generator. The stereophony generator creates output sound information having a sound image localized outside of a headphone and outputs the information to the headphone. In this manner, the user can accurately understand the distance to the object.

摘要翻译： 方位角和距离计算器基于从用于被引导对象的接收信息的存储提供的交叉点的信息和关于用户的移动历史的信息的信息，计算到要引导的下一交叉点的相对方向和距离。 然后，计算器将相对方向转换成水平角和与仰角的距离，并将角度传递给立体声发生器。 立体声发生器产生具有位于耳机之外的声像的输出声音信息，并将该信息输出到耳机。 以这种方式，用户可以准确地理解到物体的距离。

公开(公告)号：US08370145B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-05

申请号：US12302633

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Mitsuru Endo ,  Maki Yamada ,  Keiko Morii ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Kazuya Nomura

发明人： Mitsuru Endo ,  Maki Yamada ,  Keiko Morii ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Kazuya Nomura

IPC分类号： G10L15/28

CPC分类号： G10L15/04 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G10L2015/088

摘要： The present invention aims at extracting a keyword of conversation without preparations by advanced anticipation of keywords of conversation. A keyword extracting device of the present invention includes an audio input section 101 by way of which a speech sound made by a speaker is input; a speech segment determination section 102 that determines a speech segment for each speaker in connection with the input speech sound; a speech recognition section 103 that recognizes a speech sound of the determined speech segment for each speaker; an interrupt detection section 104 that detects a feature of a speech response suggesting presence of a keyword on the basis of a response of another speaker to speech sounds of respective speakers; namely, an interrupt where a preceding speech and a subsequent speech overlap; a keyword extraction section 105 that extracts the keyword from the speech in the speech segment specified on the basis of an interrupt; a keyword search section 106 that performs keyword search by means of the keyword; and a display section 107 that displays a result of keyword search.

摘要翻译： 本发明旨在通过高级预期的对话关键词来提取对话关键词。 本发明的关键词提取装置包括音频输入部分101，通过该输入部分输入由扬声器产生的语音; 语音段确定部分102，其结合输入的语音来确定每个说话者的语音段; 识别每个说话者所确定的语音片段的语音的语音识别部分103; 中断检测部分104，其基于另一说话者对各个扬声器的语音的响应来检测建议存在关键词的语音响应的特征; 即前一语音和后续语音重叠的中断; 关键词提取部分105，其基于中断指定的语音段中的语音中提取关键词; 通过该关键字执行关键词搜索的关键字搜索部分106; 以及显示关键词搜索结果的显示部分107。

公开(公告)号：US20110208790A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-25

申请号：US12957675

申请日：2010-12-01

申请人： Kotaro Sakata ,  Kazuya Nomura ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Maki Yamada ,  Shigenori Maeda

发明人： Kotaro Sakata ,  Kazuya Nomura ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Maki Yamada ,  Shigenori Maeda

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04H60/46

摘要： Provided is a lifestyle collecting apparatus that collects information for determining a lifestyle of a user, and includes: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; and a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added, as the information for determining the lifestyle of the user.

摘要翻译： 提供一种收集用于确定用户的生活方式的信息的生活习惯收集装置，包括：对象信息检测单元，被配置为检测表示用户周围的对象的对象信息; 相关度计算单元，被配置为使用对象信息来计算用户对对象的相关度; 外观信息提取单元，被配置为从所述对象信息中提取外观信息，并将与所提取的外观信息相关度相加，所述外观信息表示所述对象的外观; 以及生存数据库，其存储已经添加了相关度的外观信息作为用于确定用户生活方式的信息。

公开(公告)号：US07809573B2

公开(公告)日：2010-10-05

申请号：US10542947

申请日：2004-04-27

申请人： Makoto Nishizaki ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Mitsuru Endo

发明人： Makoto Nishizaki ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Mitsuru Endo

IPC分类号： G10L21/00 ,  G10L13/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/16

摘要： A voice output apparatus, enhancing a robustness of an interface between a user and the apparatus by transmitting, information to the user via text message and voice message. The voice output apparatus including a display unit (107) displaying a text message that is apparatus-transmitting information to be transmitted to the user, a delay unit (105), and a voice output unit (106) estimating a delay time necessary for an action taken by the user to visually identify the text message displayed by the display unit (107), and outputting, via voice message, the apparatus-transmitting information, when the delay time (T) passes after the text message is displayed.

摘要翻译： 一种语音输出装置，通过经由文本消息和语音消息向用户发送信息来增强用户与装置之间的接口的鲁棒性。 语音输出装置包括：显示单元（107），显示作为向用户发送的设备发送信息的文本消息;延迟单元（105）;以及语音输出单元（106），其估计为 用户在视觉上识别由显示单元（107）显示的文本消息所采取的动作，并且当延迟时间（T）在显示文本消息之后经过时，经由语音消息输出设备发送信息。

公开(公告)号：US20090150155A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-11

申请号：US12302633

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Mitsuru Endo ,  Maki Yamada ,  Keiko Morii ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Kazuya Nomura

发明人： Mitsuru Endo ,  Maki Yamada ,  Keiko Morii ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Kazuya Nomura

IPC分类号： G10L15/08

CPC分类号： G10L15/04 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G10L2015/088

摘要： The present invention aims at extracting a keyword of conversation without preparations by advanced anticipation of keywords of conversation. A keyword extracting device of the present invention includes an audio input section 101 by way of which a speech sound made by a speaker is input; a speech segment determination section 102 that determines a speech segment for each speaker in connection with the input speech sound; a speech recognition section 103 that recognizes a speech sound of the determined speech segment for each speaker; an interrupt detection section 104 that detects a feature of a speech response suggesting presence of a keyword on the basis of a response of another speaker to speech sounds of respective speakers; namely, an interrupt where a preceding speech and a subsequent speech overlap; a keyword extraction section 105 that extracts the keyword from the speech in the speech segment specified on the basis of an interrupt; a keyword search section 106 that performs keyword search by means of the keyword; and a display section 107 that displays a result of keyword search.

摘要翻译： 本发明旨在通过高级预期的对话关键词来提取对话关键词。 本发明的关键词提取装置包括音频输入部分101，通过该输入部分输入由扬声器产生的语音; 语音段确定部分102，其结合输入的语音来确定每个说话者的语音段; 识别每个说话者所确定的语音段的语音的语音识别部分103; 中断检测部分104，其基于另一说话者对各个扬声器的语音的响应来检测建议存在关键词的语音响应的特征; 即前一语音和后续语音重叠的中断; 关键词提取部分105，其基于中断指定的语音段中的语音中提取关键字; 通过该关键字执行关键词搜索的关键字搜索部分106; 以及显示关键词搜索结果的显示部分107。

公开(公告)号：US20060085195A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-20

申请号：US10542947

申请日：2004-04-27

申请人： Makoto Nishizaki ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Mitsuru Endo

发明人： Makoto Nishizaki ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Mitsuru Endo

IPC分类号： G10L13/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/16

摘要： The voice output apparatus, which enhances a robustness of an interface between a user and the apparatus by transmitting, information to the user via text message and voice message, is comprised of: a display unit (107) for displaying a text message that is apparatus-transmitting information to be transmitted to the user; and a delay unit (105) as well as a voice output unit (106) for estimating a delay time necessary for an action taken by the user to visually identify the text message displayed by the display unit (107), and outputting, via voice message, the apparatus-transmitting information, when the delay time (T) passes after the text message is displayed.

摘要翻译： 通过经由文本消息和语音消息向用户发送信息来增强用户与设备之间的接口的鲁棒性的语音输出设备包括：显示单元（107），用于显示作为设备的文本消息 - 发送要发送给用户的信息; 以及延迟单元（105）以及语音输出单元（106），用于估计由用户在视觉上识别由显示单元（107）显示的文本消息所采取的动作所需的延迟时间，并经由语音 消息，当延迟时间（T）在显示文本消息之后经过时，装置发送信息。

公开(公告)号：US08942540B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-27

申请号：US13582206

申请日：2011-10-28

申请人： Tomohiro Konuma ,  Ryouichi Kawanishi ,  Tsutomu Uenoyama

发明人： Tomohiro Konuma ,  Ryouichi Kawanishi ,  Tsutomu Uenoyama

IPC分类号： H04N5/92 ,  H04N5/14 ,  G10L99/00 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/845 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G10L25/81

CPC分类号： H04N5/147 ,  G06F17/30787 ,  G10L25/81 ,  G10L99/00 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/28 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： An interesting section extracting device extracts an interesting section of interest to a user from a video file with reference to an audio signal included in the video file such that a specified time is included in the interesting section. The interesting section extracting device includes an interface device that obtains the specified time; and a likelihood vector generating unit that calculates, in one-to-one correspondence with first unit sections of the audio signal, likelihoods for anchor models that respectively represent features of a plurality of types of sound pieces and generates likelihood vectors having the calculated likelihoods as components thereof. An interesting section extracting unit calculates a first feature section as candidate section, which is candidate for the interesting section to be extracted, by using likelihood vectors and extract, as the interesting section, part of the first feature section including the specified time.

摘要翻译： 有趣的部分提取装置参考包括在视频文件中的音频信号从视频文件向用户提取感兴趣的部分，使得指定的时间被包括在感兴趣的部分中。 有趣的部分提取装置包括获取指定时间的接口设备; 以及似然矢量生成单元，其与音频信号的第一单位部分一一对应地计算分别表示多种类型的声音片段的特征的锚模型的可能性，并且生成具有所计算的似然度的似然矢量作为 其组件。 一个有趣的部分提取单元通过使用似然向量来计算作为要提取的感兴趣部分的候选的候选部分的第一特征部分，并且提取包括指定时间的第一特征部分的一部分作为感兴趣部分。

公开(公告)号：US08654998B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-18

申请号：US13320613

申请日：2010-06-16

申请人： Kazuya Nomura ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Maki Yamada ,  Mitsuru Endo

发明人： Kazuya Nomura ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Maki Yamada ,  Mitsuru Endo

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/407 ,  G01S3/803 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04S2420/01

摘要： A call other than a conversion partner call and various sounds are detected by input audio signals from plural microphones without deteriorating a voice recognition precision. A hearing aid apparatus according to the present invention corrects a frequency characteristic of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice based on an arrival direction of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice, which is estimated based on the audio signal converted by the plural microphones, checks a call word standard pattern representing features of a phoneme and a syllabic sound based on other voice data picked up by using the microphones having one characteristic against a call voice other than the conversation partner voice in which the frequency characteristic is corrected by the frequency characteristic correction processing unit to determine whether the call voice is a call word, and forms a directivity in the direction other than the arrival direction of the voice of the conversation partner. Then, the hearing aid apparatus according to the present invention corrects the frequency characteristic of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice so as to provide the same characteristic as that of the microphones at the time of creating the audio standard pattern.

摘要翻译： 通过来自多个麦克风的输入音频信号来检测除转换伴侣呼叫之外的呼叫和各种声音，而不会降低语音识别精度。 根据本发明的助听器装置根据对话伙伴声音以外的呼叫语音的到达方向，校正对话伙伴语音以外的呼叫语音的频率特性，该对话伙伴语音是基于由 多个麦克风，基于通过使用具有一个特性的麦克风拾取的表示音素的特征的音调标准模式和音节声音来检查声音标准模式，所述麦克风具有针对除了频率特性被校正的对话伙伴语音之外的呼叫语音 所述频率特性校正处理单元确定所述呼叫语音是否是呼叫字，并且在所述对话伙伴的语音的到达方向以外的方向上形成方向性。 然后，根据本发明的助听器装置校正除了对话伙伴语音之外的呼叫语音的频率特性，以便在创建音频标准模式时提供与麦克风相同的特性。

公开(公告)号：US08447761B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-21

申请号：US12957675

申请日：2010-12-01

申请人： Kotaro Sakata ,  Kazuya Nomura ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Maki Yamada ,  Shigenori Maeda

发明人： Kotaro Sakata ,  Kazuya Nomura ,  Tomohiro Konuma ,  Maki Yamada ,  Shigenori Maeda

IPC分类号： G06F7/10 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04H60/46

摘要： Provided is a lifestyle collecting apparatus that collects information for determining a lifestyle of a user, and includes: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; and a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added, as the information for determining the lifestyle of the user.

摘要翻译： 提供一种收集用于确定用户的生活方式的信息的生活习惯收集装置，包括：对象信息检测单元，被配置为检测表示用户周围的对象的对象信息; 相关度计算单元，被配置为使用对象信息来计算用户对对象的相关度; 外观信息提取单元，被配置为从所述对象信息中提取外观信息，并将与所提取的外观信息相关度相加，所述外观信息表示所述对象的外观; 以及生存数据库，其存储已经添加了相关度的外观信息作为用于确定用户生活方式的信息。

公开(公告)号：US20130058579A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-07

申请号：US13696662

申请日：2011-04-15

申请人： Ryouichi Kawanishi ,  Tsutomu Uenoyama ,  Tomohiro Konuma

发明人： Ryouichi Kawanishi ,  Tsutomu Uenoyama ,  Tomohiro Konuma

IPC分类号： G06K9/62

CPC分类号： G06K9/00228 ,  G06F17/30247 ,  G06F17/30256 ,  G06K9/32

摘要： An image information processing apparatus comprising: an extraction unit that extracts an object from a photographed image; a calculation unit that calculates an orientation of the object as exhibited in the image; and a provision unit that provides a tag to the image according to the orientation of the object.

摘要翻译： 一种图像信息处理装置，包括：提取单元，从拍摄图像中提取对象; 计算单元，其计算图像中呈现的对象的取向; 以及提供单元，其根据对象的方向向图像提供标签。