公开(公告)号：US20250150777A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19016726

申请日：2025-01-10

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Hikaru USAMI ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA ,  Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Kota NAKAHASHI ,  Hiroyuki EHARA ,  Mariko YAMADA ,  Shuji MIYASAKA

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: An information generation method includes: obtaining first sound data and first position information, the first sound data indicating a first sound, the first position information indicating a position of an object in the virtual space; and generating, from the obtained first sound data and first position information, first object audio information including (i) information related to the object that reproduces the first sound generated at a position of a listener due to the object, and (ii) the first position information.

公开(公告)号：US20250031006A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18906872

申请日：2024-10-04

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Kota NAKAHASHI ,  Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Hikaru USAMI ,  Mariko YAMADA ,  Hiroyuki EHARA ,  Ko MIZUNO ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: In an acoustic processing method, (i) sound information related to a sound including a predetermined sound and (ii) metadata including information related to a space in which the predetermined sound is reproduced are obtained; based on the sound information and the metadata, sound image localization enhancement processing of generating a first sound signal expressing a sound including a sound image localization enhancement reflected sound for localization as a sound arriving from a predetermined direction is performed; based on the sound information and the metadata, acoustic processing of generating a second sound signal expressing a sound including a sound other than a direct sound that reaches a user directly from a sound source object is performed; and an output sound signal obtained by compositing the first sound signal and the second sound signal is output.

公开(公告)号：US20250039629A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18909246

申请日：2024-10-08

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Mariko YAMADA ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA ,  Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Hikaru USAMI ,  Kota NAKAHASHI ,  Hiroyuki EHARA ,  Ko MIZUNO

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: A three-dimensional audio processing method for use in reproducing three-dimensional audio using an augmented reality (AR) device includes: obtaining change information indicating change occurring in a space in which the AR device is located when content that includes a sound is being output in the AR device; selecting, based on the change information, one or more audio processes among a plurality of audio processes for rendering sound information indicating the sound; executing only the one or more audio processes selected among the plurality of audio processes; and rendering the sound information based on a first processing result of each of the one or more audio processes executed.

公开(公告)号：US20250031001A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18906434

申请日：2024-10-04

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Hikaru USAMI ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA ,  Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Mariko YAMADA ,  Kota NAKAHASHI

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: An acoustic reproduction method includes: obtaining a sound signal indicating a sound that reaches a listener in a sound reproduction space and processing information indicating whether to perform, on the sound signal, reduction processing for reducing noise included in the sound; determining processing content of the reduction processing when the processing information obtained indicates that the reduction processing is to be performed; performing the reduction processing, based on the processing content determined; and outputting the sound signal on which the reduction processing has been performed.

公开(公告)号：US20180090149A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15830712

申请日：2017-12-04

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Inventor： Mariko YAMADA

IPC: G10L17/22 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G10L17/00

CPC classification number: G10L17/22 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L17/00 ,  G10L2015/223

Abstract: A purchase settlement method is provided. Voice information is acquired. A spoken command indicating a control instruction as to a device is obtained based on the acquired voice information. When the spoken command relates to purchase settlement, speaker information relating to a speaker who has spoken the acquired voice information is identified based on the acquired voice information. It is determined whether or not the identified speaker information is of a speaker permitted to perform purchase settlement by referencing a table in which speaker information of speakers permitted to perform purchase settlement and information necessary for purchase settlement are associated with each other. When it is determined that the identified speaker information is of the speaker permitted to perform purchase settlement, purchase settlement processing is performed using the spoken command and the information necessary for purchase settlement.

公开(公告)号：US20250031008A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18905345

申请日：2024-10-03

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Hikaru USAMI ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA ,  Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Mariko YAMADA ,  Kota NAKAHASHI

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: An acoustic signal processing device includes: an obtainer that obtains location information indicating a location of an object in a virtual space, and first shape information indicating a shape of the object and used for generating a video of the object in the virtual space; a detector that detects a moving speed of the object in the virtual space, based on the location information obtained; a generator that generates a first acoustic signal indicating an aerodynamic sound generated by the object, based on the moving speed detected and the first shape information obtained; and an outputter that outputs the first acoustic signal generated.

公开(公告)号：US20250031007A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18908060

申请日：2024-10-07

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Kota NAKAHASHI ,  Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Hikaru USAMI ,  Mariko YAMADA ,  Hiroyuki EHARA ,  Ko MIZUNO ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: An acoustic processing method includes: obtaining (i) sound information related to a sound including a predetermined sound and (ii) metadata including information related to a space in which the predetermined sound is reproduced; performing, based on the sound information and the metadata, acoustic processing of generating a sound signal expressing a sound including an early reflection that reaches a user after a direct sound that reaches the user directly from a sound source object; and outputting an output sound signal including the sound signal. The acoustic processing includes: determining parameters for generating the early reflection, the parameters including a position, in the space, of a virtual sound source object that generates the early reflection; and generating the early reflection based on the parameters determined. The parameters include at least a parameter that varies over time according to a predetermined condition.

公开(公告)号：US20240031756A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18376559

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Mariko YAMADA ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA

IPC: H04S7/00

CPC classification number: H04S7/00

Abstract: An acoustic feature estimation method is an acoustic feature estimation method for estimating an acoustic feature of a space and includes acquiring data on the space, estimating situations in the space in accordance with the acquired data, correcting a provisional value of the acoustic feature in accordance with the estimated circumstances, and outputting the corrected provisional value.

公开(公告)号：US20250150771A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19016711

申请日：2025-01-10

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Hikaru USAMI ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA ,  Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Kota NAKAHASHI ,  Hiroyuki EHARA ,  Mariko YAMADA ,  Shuji MIYASAKA

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: An information generation method including: obtaining a generation position of a first wind blowing in a virtual space, a first wind direction of the first wind, and a first assumed wind speed which is a speed of the first wind; generating fourth object audio information in which the obtained generation position, first wind direction, and first assumed wind speed are associated; storing aerodynamic sound core information including a representative wind speed and aerodynamic sound data indicating aerodynamic sound generated by wind blowing at the representative wind speed reaching an ear of a listener in the virtual space; and outputting the generated fourth object audio information and the stored aerodynamic sound core information.

公开(公告)号：US20250031005A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18904376

申请日：2024-10-02

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Seigo ENOMOTO ,  Hikaru USAMI ,  Kota NAKAHASHI ,  Hiroyuki EHARA ,  Mariko YAMADA ,  Ko MIZUNO ,  Tomokazu ISHIKAWA

IPC: H04S7/00

Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining a position of a user within the three-dimensional sound field; determining a virtual boundary that includes two or more lattice points surrounding the user, based on the position of the user which has been obtained, the two or more lattice points being among a plurality of lattice points set at predetermined intervals within the three-dimensional sound reading field; the propagation characteristics of the sound from the sound source to the two or more lattice points included in the virtual boundary determined; calculating transfer functions of the sound from the two or more lattice points included in the virtual boundary determined to the position of the user; and generating the output sound signal by processing the sound information using the propagation characteristics read and the transfer functions calculated.