公开(公告)号：US08340973B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US13099687

申请日：2011-05-03

申请人： Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Joe Mizuno

发明人： Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Joe Mizuno

IPC分类号： G10L21/00

CPC分类号： G10L19/018

摘要： A data embedding device for embedding data in a speech code obtained by encoding a speech in accordance with a speech encoding method based on a voice generation process of a human being, includes an embedding judgment unit, every speech code, judging whether or not data should be embedded in the speech code, and an embedding unit embedding data in two or more parameter codes of a plurality of parameter codes constituting the speech code for which it is judged by the embedding judgment unit that the data should be embedded.

摘要翻译： 一种数据嵌入装置，用于将数据嵌入到根据人的语音产生处理的语音编码方法对语音进行编码而获得的语音码中，包括嵌入判断单元，每个语音码，判断数据是否应该 嵌入在语音码中，以及嵌入单元，将构成嵌入判定单元所判断的语音码的多个参数码的两个以上的参数码嵌入数据，嵌入单元嵌入数据。

公开(公告)号：US20120190996A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-26

申请号：US13355860

申请日：2012-01-23

申请人： Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Yasuji Ota

发明人： Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Yasuji Ota

IPC分类号： A61B7/00

CPC分类号： A61B7/003 ,  A61B5/4818 ,  A61B5/7257

摘要： A sleep apnea syndrome testing apparatus includes: an analyzing unit that analyzes every unit time a sound signal resulting from a subject during sleep; a determining unit that determines whether a unit time of the sound signal includes a breath sound or a characteristic sound produced when a patient with sleep apnea syndrome recovers from an apneic state into a breathing state, and the determining unit that determines that the sleep state of the subject in the unit time is any one of “breathing restored state,” “state with breathing,” and “state without breathing;” a storage unit in which a sleep state of the subject in each unit time is stored; and a detecting unit that detects an apneic state of the subject if a history of the sleep states of the subject indicates at least a transition from the “state without breathing” to the “breathing restored state.”

摘要翻译： 睡眠呼吸暂停综合征检查装置包括：分析单元，其在睡眠期间分析由被摄体产生的声音信号的每单位时间; 确定单元，其确定所述声音信号的单位时间是否包括呼吸音或当具有睡眠呼吸暂停综合征的患者从呼吸暂停状态恢复到呼吸状态时产生的特征声音，并且所述确定单元确定所述睡眠状态 单位时间的主体是“呼吸恢复状态”，“呼吸状态”和“无呼吸状态”中的任一个，存储单位时间内的被检体的睡眠状态的存储单元; 以及检测单元，如果对象的睡眠状态的历史表示至少从“无呼吸状态”转换到“呼吸恢复状态”，则检测被检者的呼吸暂停状态。

公开(公告)号：US07310596B2

公开(公告)日：2007-12-18

申请号：US10357323

申请日：2003-02-03

申请人： Yasuji Ota ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Shigeru Sasaki

发明人： Yasuji Ota ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Shigeru Sasaki

IPC分类号： G10L19/00

CPC分类号： G10L19/018

摘要： When a voice encoding apparatus embeds any data in encoded voice code, the apparatus determines whether data embedding condition is satisfied using a first element code from among element codes constituting the encoded voice code, and a threshold value. If the data embedding condition is satisfied, the apparatus embeds optional data in the encoded voice code by replacing a second element code with the optional data. When a voice decoding apparatus extracts data that has been embedded in encoded voice code, the apparatus determines whether data embedding condition is satisfied using a first element code from among element codes constituting the encoded voice code, and a threshold value. If the data embedding condition is satisfied, the apparatus determines that optional data has been embedded in the second element code portion of the encoded voice code and extracts this embedded data.

摘要翻译： 当语音编码装置将编码语音代码中的任何数据嵌入时，该装置使用构成编码语音代码的元素代码中的第一元素代码和阈值来确定是否满足数据嵌入条件。 如果满足数据嵌入条件，则装置通过用可选数据替换第二元素代码将可选数据嵌入编码语音代码。 当语音解码装置提取嵌入在编码语音代码中的数据时，该装置使用构成编码语音代码的元素代码中的第一元素代码和阈值来确定是否满足数据嵌入条件。 如果满足数据嵌入条件，则该装置确定可选数据已被嵌入编码语音代码的第二元素代码部分并提取该嵌入数据。

公开(公告)号：US07152032B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-19

申请号：US11060188

申请日：2005-02-17

申请人： Masanao Suzuki ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga

发明人： Masanao Suzuki ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga

IPC分类号： G10L13/02

CPC分类号： G10L19/06 ,  G10L21/0364

摘要： A voice intensifier capable of reducing abrupt changes in the amplification factor between frames and realizing excellent sound quality with less noise feeling by dividing input voices into the sound source characteristic and the vocal tract characteristic, so as to individually intensify the sound source characteristic and the vocal tract characteristic and then synthesize them before being output. The voice intensifier comprises a signal separation unit for separating the input sound signal into the sound source characteristic and the vocal tract characteristic, a characteristic extraction unit for extracting characteristic information from the vocal tract characteristic, a corrective vocal tract characteristic calculation unit for obtaining vocal tract characteristic correction information from the vocal tract characteristic and the characteristic information, a vocal tract characteristic correction unit for correcting the vocal tract characteristic by using the vocal tract characteristic correction information, and a signal synthesizing means for synthesizing the corrective vocal tract characteristic from the vocal tract characteristic correction unit and the sound source characteristic, so that the sound synthesized by the signal synthesizing means is output.

摘要翻译： 一种语音增强器，其能够通过将输入声音分解成声源特性和声道特性来减少帧之间的放大系数的突然变化，并且通过较少的噪音感觉实现优良的音质，从而单独加强声源特性和声带 然后在输出之前进行合成。 语音增强器包括：信号分离单元，用于将输入声音信号分离成声源特征和声道特征;特征提取单元，用于从声道特征中提取特征信息;矫正声道特征计算单元，用于获得声道 来自声道特征和特征信息的特征校正信息，通过使用声道特征校正信息来校正声道特征的声道特征校正单元，以及用于从声道合成矫正声道特征的信号合成装置 特征校正单元和声源特性，从而输出由信号合成装置合成的声音。

公开(公告)号：US20060074644A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-06

申请号：US11284332

申请日：2005-11-21

申请人： Masanao Suzuki ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Yoshiteru Tsuchina

发明人： Masanao Suzuki ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Yoshiteru Tsuchina

IPC分类号： G10L19/12

CPC分类号： G10L19/16 ,  G10L19/12

摘要： Disclosed is a voice code conversation apparatus to which voice code obtained by a first voice encoding method is input for converting this voice code to voice code of a second voice encoding method. The apparatus includes a code separating unit for separating, from the voice code based upon the first voice encoding method, codes of a plurality of components necessary to reconstruct a voice signal, code converters for dequantizing the codes of each of the components and then quantizing the dequantized values by the second voice encoding method to thereby generate codes, and a code multiplexer for multiplexing the codes output from respective ones of the code converters and transmitting voice code based upon the second voice encoding method.

公开(公告)号：US20050166124A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-28

申请号：US11065416

申请日：2005-02-24

申请人： Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Miyuki Shirakawa

发明人： Yoshiteru Tsuchinaga ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Masanao Suzuki ,  Masakiyo Tanaka ,  Miyuki Shirakawa

IPC分类号： G01L19/00 ,  G10L19/00 ,  H04L12/56 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04J3/16 ,  H03M13/00 ,  H04J3/22

CPC分类号： G10L19/005 ,  H04L29/06027 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04M7/006

摘要： In a voice packet communication system, a voice packet loss concealment device compensates for the deterioration of voice quality due to voice packet loss. In the device, a detecting section detects a loss of a voice packet and outputting information; an estimating section estimates the voice characteristics of the lost segment using a pre-loss voice packet received before the lost segment or a post-loss voice packet received after the lost segment; a pitch signal generating section generates a pitch signal having the voice characteristics; and a lost packet generating section outputs the pitch signal generated by the pitch signal generating section, with the voice characteristics estimated by the estimating section, which allows abnormal noise and feeling of mute, subjective deterioration of naturalness and continuity to be improved, and the voice packet loss concealment to be further improved.

摘要翻译： 在语音分组通信系统中，语音分组丢失隐藏装置补偿语音分组丢失导致的语音质量的恶化。 在该装置中，检测部检测出语音分组的丢失并输出信息; 估计部分使用在丢失段之前接收到的丢失前话音分组或在丢失分段之后接收到的丢失后语音分组来估计丢失分段的语音特性; 音调信号产生部分产生具有语音特征的音调信号; 并且丢失分组产生部分输出由音调信号产生部分产生的音调信号与由估计部分估计的语音特征，其允许异常噪声和静音感觉，自然性和连续性的主观恶化被改善，并且语音 丢包隐藏进一步提高。

公开(公告)号：US20120158403A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-21

申请号：US13409544

申请日：2012-03-01

申请人： Taro TOGAWA ,  Takeshi Otani ,  Kaori Endo ,  Yasuji Ota

发明人： Taro TOGAWA ,  Takeshi Otani ,  Kaori Endo ,  Yasuji Ota

IPC分类号： G10L19/14

CPC分类号： G10L21/04

摘要： A voice reproduction apparatus includes an ambient sound analysis unit to analyze a characteristic of an ambient sound, a characteristic analysis unit to analyze an acoustic characteristic of a signal for reproduction, a reproduction timing adjusting unit to record the signal for reproduction and to read the signal for reproduction at a reproduction timing of follow-up reproduction, a reproduction speed changing unit to change a reproduction speed of the read signal for reproduction, and a control unit to control the reproduction timing adjusting unit so that the signal for reproduction is reproduced at the reproduction timing corresponding to an analysis result of the ambient sound analysis unit and to control the reproduction speed changing unit so that the signal for reproduction is reproduced at the reproduction speed corresponding to the analysis result of the ambient sound analysis unit and the acoustic characteristic obtained by the characteristic analysis unit.

摘要翻译： 语音再现装置包括：环境声音分析单元，用于分析环境声音的特性;特征分析单元，分析用于再现的信号的声学特性;再现定时调整单元，用于记录用于再现的信号，并读取信号 用于在后续再现的再现定时中再现的再现速度改变单元，用于改变用于再现的读取信号的再现速度的再现速度改变单元，以及控制单元，用于控制再现定时调整单元，使得再现信号在 再现定时对应于环境声音分析单元的分析结果，并且控制再现速度改变单元，使得用于再现的信号以与环境声音分析单元的分析结果对应的再现速度再现，并且由 特征分析单元。

公开(公告)号：US20110190651A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-04

申请号：US13085737

申请日：2011-04-13

申请人： Yasuji Ota ,  Kaori Endo ,  Takeshi Otani ,  Taro Togawa

发明人： Yasuji Ota ,  Kaori Endo ,  Takeshi Otani ,  Taro Togawa

IPC分类号： A61B5/11

CPC分类号： A61B7/003 ,  A61B5/0816 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/4818

摘要： In an apnea detecting apparatus, a respiratory pace analyzer determines a respiratory pace of a user based on an ambient noise (including a breathing sound, a snore, and the like of the user) generated in a surrounding area and on information of a posture of the user in determining whether or not the user suffers from the apnea syndrome. Then, an apnea time extracting unit in the apnea detecting apparatus determines whether or not a silent time is included in a time period during which the user is estimated to be breathing based on the respiratory pace and the silent time in the ambient noise.

摘要翻译： 在呼吸暂停检测装置中，呼吸步速分析仪基于周围区域产生的环境噪声（包括用户的呼吸声，打鼾等）和姿势信息来确定用户的呼吸速度 用户确定用户是否患有呼吸暂停综合征。 然后，呼吸暂停检测装置中的呼吸暂停时间提取部，根据环境噪声中的呼吸速度和无声时间，判断在用户估计呼吸的时间段内是否包含静音时间。

公开(公告)号：US08526578B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-03

申请号：US13435077

申请日：2012-03-30

申请人： Takeshi Otani ,  Taro Togawa ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Kaori Endo

发明人： Takeshi Otani ,  Taro Togawa ,  Yasuji Ota ,  Kaori Endo

IPC分类号： H04M1/64

CPC分类号： H04M1/6016

摘要： A voice communication apparatus includes an analysis unit to analyze an outgoing conversation signal transmitted from a user of the voice communication apparatus to another party in communication or an incoming conversation signal from the another party in communication received by the voice communication apparatus, a storage unit to store a voice message to be played back, a mixing unit to perform mixing of the voice message with the incoming conversation signal, and a control unit to control a start timing of the mixing so that the mixing of the voice message with the incoming conversation signal is started between utterances of the user on the basis of an analysis result of the analysis unit.

摘要翻译： 语音通信装置包括：分析单元，用于分析从语音通信装置的用户发送到通信中的另一方的传出对话信号或来自语音通信装置接收的通信中的另一方的来话对话信号;存储单元， 存储要播放的语音消息，混合单元，用于执行语音消息与传入对话信号的混合;以及控制单元，用于控制混合的开始定时，使得语音消息与传入对话信号的混合 基于分析单元的分析结果在用户的话语之间开始。

公开(公告)号：US08155333B2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-10

申请号：US12360213

申请日：2009-01-27

申请人： Taro Togawa ,  Takeshi Otani ,  Kaori Endo ,  Yasuji Ota

发明人： Taro Togawa ,  Takeshi Otani ,  Kaori Endo ,  Yasuji Ota

IPC分类号： A61F11/06

CPC分类号： G10K11/178 ,  G10K2210/1282 ,  G10K2210/3032

摘要： An active noise control apparatus that controls by a control sound a noise which is output from a noise source, includes: a control sound generating section which inputs a control signal, and produce the control sound; a residual noise detecting section which detects, as a residual noise signal, a noise remaining after the noise control by the control sound; a control signal generating section which inputs, as a reference signal, a signal concerning the noise or the generation state of the noise, and generates the control signal; and a controlling section which inputs the control signal and the residual noise signal, detects the components that cannot be identified in the control signal generating section, and controls the generation of the control signal in the control signal generating section.

摘要翻译： 一种主动噪声控制装置，其通过控制声音控制从噪声源输出的噪声，包括：控制声音产生部，其输入控制信号，并产生控制声; 剩余噪声检测部分，通过控制声音检测噪声控制之后剩余的噪声作为残留噪声信号; 控制信号生成部，其输入与噪声或噪声的生成状态有关的信号作为参考信号，生成控制信号; 以及输入控制信号和残留噪声信号的控制部，检测在控制信号生成部中不能识别的成分，并控制控制信号生成部中的控制信号的生成。