公开(公告)号：US11081136B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16832388

申请日：2020-03-27

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kyosuke Matsumoto ,  Yushi Yamabe ,  Tetsunori Itabashi ,  Kohei Asada

IPC: G11B27/00 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  G11B20/10 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G10L19/00 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G10K11/178

Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus by which sound can be smoothly re-listened to.
[Solution] There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a reproduction processing unit that performs reproduction of a recorded sound on a basis of a reproduction start instruction for starting re-listening of the recorded sound from a position tracking back a predetermined time from a reproduction start time, at which the reproduction start instruction is input, to a position of a present time.

公开(公告)号：US11030988B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16335712

申请日：2017-06-30

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yushi Yamabe ,  Kyosuke Matsumoto ,  Kohei Asada

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H03G3/30 ,  G10L21/0208 ,  G10L21/0224 ,  G10L21/0232

Abstract: [Object] To shorten a time until an effect is obtained after start of an adaptive process mode on an ambient sound.
[Solution] Provided is a signal processing device including: a noise cancellation processing unit configured to generate a noise cancellation signal on the basis of a collected ambient sound; a signal processing unit configured to generate an ambient sound adapted signal by performing dynamic analysis related to a feature of the ambient sound and filtering the ambient sound; and a control unit configured to control a plurality of modes related to signal processing. The plurality of modes includes a first mode in which acoustic reproduction based on the noise cancellation signal is performed and a second mode in which acoustic reproduction based on the noise cancellation signal and the ambient sound adapted signal is performed, and the signal processing unit continues the dynamic analysis even in the first mode.

公开(公告)号：US10896668B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US16480381

申请日：2017-12-11

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yoshinori Tamori ,  Kohei Asada ,  Tetsunori Itabashi ,  Shinpei Tsuchiya

IPC: G10K11/178

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is provided which can suppress external noise without degrading an audio characteristic.
Provided is a signal processing apparatus including: an A/D converter configured to output a digital signal having a predetermined sampling frequency and quantization bit number a, the A/D converter including a first delta sigma modulator that performs a first delta sigma modulation process on an input analog signal; a filter unit configured to pass an output of the A/D converter through a digital filter provided with a predetermined filter characteristic and output a digital signal having the sampling frequency and a quantization bit number b; a second delta sigma modulator configured to perform a second delta sigma modulation process on an output of the filter unit and output a digital signal having the sampling frequency and the quantization bit number a; and an addition unit configured to add an output of the second delta sigma modulator and an input digital signal having the sampling frequency and the quantization bit number.

公开(公告)号：US20210006927A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US17028752

申请日：2020-09-22

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kohei Asada ,  Go Igarashi ,  Koji Nageno ,  Haruo Oba ,  Homare Kon

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04S3/00 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  H04R5/04

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a sound output device includes: a sound acquisition part configured to acquire sound to be output to the other end of a sound guide part, one end of which is arranged near an entrance of an ear canal of a listener, the sound guide part having a hollow structure; and a head-related transfer function adjustment part configured to adjust a head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part. Since the head-related transfer function adjustment part adjusts the head-related transfer function of sound captured by the sound guide part, it is possible to listen to both ambient sound and sound provided from a sound output device such that the listener does not feel strangeness even in the state in which the listener is wearing the sound output device.

公开(公告)号：US20200301656A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16896177

申请日：2020-06-08

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kohei Asada ,  Yoichiro Sako ,  Kazuyuki Sakoda ,  Akira Tange ,  Yuki Koga

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  H04S7/00

Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device including a display control unit for causing a display to display an image corresponding to a specified place, a sound-collection-signal input unit for inputting a sound collection signal of a sound collection unit that collects a user sound produced with microphones surrounding the user, an acoustic-signal processing unit for performing a first acoustic-signal process for reproducing a sound field where the user sound is sensed as if the sound were echoing in the place on the signal input by the sound-collection-signal input unit, based on a first transfer function measured in the place to indicate how a sound emitted on a closed surface inside the place echoes in the place and then is transferred to the closed-surface side, and a sound-emission control unit for causing a sound based on the processed signal to be emitted from speakers surrounding the user.

公开(公告)号：US10771845B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US16172245

申请日：2018-10-26

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yoichiro Sako ,  Mitsuru Takehara ,  Kazuyuki Sakoda ,  Kazuhiro Watanabe ,  Takatoshi Nakamura ,  Kohei Asada ,  Kazunori Hayashi ,  Yasunori Kamada ,  Takayasu Kon ,  Akira Tange ,  Hiroyuki Hanaya ,  Tomoya Onuma ,  Yuki Koga

IPC: H04N21/45 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G10L25/51 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that obtains information of a voice input of at least one user and estimates an attribute of the user based on the information of the voice input. The information processing apparatus further controls a display apparatus to display a layout image for the information of the voice input based on the estimated attribute of the user.

公开(公告)号：US10667047B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-26

申请号：US14354988

申请日：2012-11-02

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kohei Asada ,  Shinpei Tsuchiya ,  Yuji Kitazawa

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G10K11/178 ,  H04M1/60 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R5/033

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a headphone device, a terminal device, an information transmitting method, a program, and a headphone system capable of reducing a process burden of parameter control in a noise canceling process of the headphone device.In the terminal device capable of communicating with the headphone device, a parameter appropriate for the noise canceling process is determined based on analysis of noise from outside and position information and indication information to indicate a processing parameter related to the noise canceling process in the headphone device is generated. This is transmitted to the headphone device side. In the headphone device, a processing parameter of the noise canceling process is set according to the indication information. According to this, a process to determine an optimal parameter of the noise canceling process on the headphone device side is not required.

公开(公告)号：US20200043459A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16340764

申请日：2017-07-26

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Tetsunori Itabashi ,  Kohei Asada ,  Shigetoshi Hayashi ,  Kenichi Makino ,  Kazuma Yoshii

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G10L21/0208

Abstract: [Object] To provide a structure that can effectively reduce a noise containing a component varying in characteristic.[Solution] A signal processing apparatus including: a signal processing section configured to generate a first noise reduction signal using an adaptive filter on the basis of a signal output from a first input apparatus, and cause the generated first noise reduction signal to be output by a first output apparatus, and generate a second noise reduction signal using a fixed filter on the basis of a signal output from a second input apparatus, and cause the generated second noise reduction signal to be output by a second output apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20200005099A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-02

申请号：US16538267

申请日：2019-08-12

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kazuhiro Watanabe ,  Yoichiro Sako ,  Akira Tange ,  Kazuyuki Sakoda ,  Kohei Asada ,  Takatoshi Nakamura ,  Mitsuru Takehara ,  Yasunori Kamada ,  Takayasu Kon ,  Kazunori Hayashi ,  Hiroyuki Hanaya ,  Yuki Koga ,  Tomoya Onuma

IPC: G06K9/66 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T7/60 ,  H04N9/31

Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.

公开(公告)号：US10438577B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US15763977

申请日：2016-08-25

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yushi Yamabe ,  Kyosuke Matsumoto ,  Kohei Asada ,  Jo Wada ,  Satoshi Suzuki ,  Keiko Yabuki

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G10L15/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G06K7/10

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a holding section configured to hold a card that stores personal information; and a main body that is provided with the holding section and connectable to a strap section including a sound collection unit and an acoustic output unit, in which the main body encloses a sound signal processing unit configured to process a sound acquired at least by the sound collection unit and a processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing on a basis of the personal information stored in the card held by the holding section.