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：US20120063620A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-15

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和音节音的特征的呼叫字标准模式，对抗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：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：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：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：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：US08510156B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-13

申请号：US12958442

申请日：2010-12-02

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： G06F3/14

CPC分类号： H04N21/235 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： Provided is a viewing terminal apparatus that can present an appropriate result of statistics on viewing of a content for diversified viewing modes. The viewing terminal apparatus includes: a category determining unit that determines, as a viewer category, a relationship between viewers who are viewing a content displayed on a display; a transmitting unit that transmits, to the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, first viewing status information indicating the content that is being viewed by the viewers and the viewer category determined by the category determining unit, the content being associated with the viewer category; and a viewing statistics presenting unit that obtains viewing statistics information from the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, and presents a result of statistics that is (i) indicated by the obtained viewing statistics information and (ii) a result of statistics on viewing of a content only by viewers who belong to a predetermined viewer category.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种观看终端装置，其可以呈现用于观看用于多种观看模式的内容的适当的统计结果。 观看终端装置包括：类别确定单元，其将观看显示在显示器上的内容的观看者之间的关系确定为观看者类别; 发送单元，向所述观看统计收集装置发送指示所述观众正在观看的内容的第一观看状态信息和由所述类别判定单元确定的观众类别，与所述观众类别相关联的内容; 以及观看统计提供单元，其从观看统计收集装置获取观看统计信息，并且呈现统计结果，其为（i）由所获得的观看统计信息指示，以及（ii）关于观看内容的统计结果 仅由属于预定观看者类别的观众。

公开(公告)号：US20110209066A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-25

申请号：US12958442

申请日：2010-12-02

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： G06F15/177

CPC分类号： H04N21/235 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： Provided is a viewing terminal apparatus that can present an appropriate result of statistics on viewing of a content for diversified viewing modes. The viewing terminal apparatus includes: a category determining unit that determines, as a viewer category, a relationship between viewers who are viewing a content displayed on a display; a transmitting unit that transmits, to the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, first viewing status information indicating the content that is being viewed by the viewers and the viewer category determined by the category determining unit, the content being associated with the viewer category; and a viewing statistics presenting unit that obtains viewing statistics information from the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, and presents a result of statistics that is (i) indicated by the obtained viewing statistics information and (ii) a result of statistics on viewing of a content only by viewers who belong to a predetermined viewer category.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种观看终端装置，其可以呈现用于观看用于多种观看模式的内容的适当的统计结果。 观看终端装置包括：类别确定单元，其将观看显示在显示器上的内容的观看者之间的关系确定为观看者类别; 发送单元，向所述观看统计收集装置发送指示所述观众正在观看的内容的第一观看状态信息和由所述类别判定单元确定的观众类别，与所述观众类别相关联的内容; 以及观看统计提供单元，其从观看统计收集装置获取观看统计信息，并且呈现统计结果，其为（i）由所获得的观看统计信息指示，以及（ii）关于观看内容的统计结果 仅由属于预定观看者类别的观众。

公开(公告)号：US09124984B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-01

申请号：US13388494

申请日：2011-06-16

申请人： Maki Yamada ,  Mitsuru Endo ,  Koichiro Mizushima

发明人： Maki Yamada ,  Mitsuru Endo ,  Koichiro Mizushima

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2460/13 ,  H04S2400/13

摘要： A hearing aid, signal processing method and program enables TV sound to be made easier for a hearing aid user to hear when wishing to watch TV, and a person's voice to be made easier to hear when wishing to converse with that person. The hearing aid includes another-person's speech detection section that detects speech of a speaker other than the wearer using detected sound source direction information, an own-speech detection result, and a TV sound detection result, and a per-sound-source frequency calculation section that calculates the frequency of each sound source using an own-speech detection result, TV sound detection result, other-speaker's speech detection result, and sound source direction information. A scene determination section determines a scene using sound source direction information and a per-sound-source frequency; and an output sound control section controls hearing of the hearing aid according to a determined scene.

摘要翻译： 助听器，信号处理方法和程序使得能够使听觉助听器用户在希望看电视时听到更多的电视声音，并且当希望与该人交谈时，使人的声音变得更容易听到。 助听器包括使用检测到的声源方向信息，自身语音检测结果和TV声音检测结果以及每声源频率计算来检测除佩戴者以外的扬声器的语音的另一人的语音检测部 使用自身语音检测结果，TV声音检测结果，其他扬声器的语音检测结果和声源方向信息来计算每个声源的频率的部分。 场景确定部分使用声源方向信息和每声源频率来确定场景; 并且输出声音控制部根据确定的场景来控制助听器的听觉。

公开(公告)号：US20120128187A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-24

申请号：US13388494

申请日：2011-06-16

申请人： Maki Yamada ,  Mitsuru Endo ,  Koichiro Mizushima

发明人： Maki Yamada ,  Mitsuru Endo ,  Koichiro Mizushima

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R2225/43 ,  H04R2460/13 ,  H04S2400/13

摘要： Provided are a hearing aid, signal processing method, and program that enable TV sound to be made easier for a hearing aid user to hear when wishing to watch TV, and a person's voice to be made easier to hear when wishing to converse with that person. A hearing aid (100) is provided with an other-person's speech detection section (150) that detects speech of a speaker other than the wearer using detected sound source direction information, an own-speech detection result, and a TV sound detection result, and a per-sound-source frequency calculation section (160) that calculates the frequency of each sound source using an own-speech detection result, TV sound detection result, other-speaker's speech detection result, and sound source direction information. A scene determination section (170) determines a scene to be a “conversation scene,” “TV viewing scene,” and “‘TV viewing while . . . ’ scene” using sound source direction information and the per-sound-source frequency, and an output sound control section (180) controls hearing of the hearing aid (100) according to a determined scene.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种助听器，信号处理方法和程序，使得电视机的声音能够更容易地使助听器用户听到何时希望看电视，并且当希望与该人交谈时，使人的声音变得更容易听到 。 助听器（100）具有使用检测到的声源方向信息，自身语音检测结果和TV声音检测结果来检测除佩戴者以外的扬声器的语音的另一人的语音检测部（150） 以及使用自身语音检测结果，TV声音检测结果，其他说话者的语音检测结果和声源方向信息来计算每个声源的频率的每声源频率计算部（160）。 场景判定部（170）判定为“对话场景”，“电视观看场景”，“电视观看”的场景。 。 。 使用声源方向信息和每声源频率的“场景”，并且输出声音控制部分（180）根据确定的场景来控制助听器（100）的听觉。