公开(公告)号：US20190251946A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16393110

申请日：2019-04-24

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Kohei ASADA

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H04R1/10

CPC classification number: G10K11/178 ,  G10K11/17823 ,  G10K11/17825 ,  G10K11/1783 ,  G10K11/17833 ,  G10K11/17873 ,  G10K11/17875 ,  G10K11/17879 ,  G10K11/17885 ,  G10K2210/1081 ,  G10K2210/3013 ,  G10K2210/3033 ,  G10K2210/30391 ,  G10K2210/3042 ,  G10K2210/3222 ,  G10K2210/509 ,  H04R1/1083 ,  H04R2460/01

Abstract: A noise reducing device includes: an acoustic-to-electric conversion section for collecting noise and outputting an analog noise signal; an analog-to-digital conversion section for converting the analog noise signal into a digital noise signal; and a digital processing section for generating a digital noise reducing signal on a basis of the digital noise signal and a desired parameter. The device further includes: a retaining section for retaining a plurality of parameters corresponding to a plurality of kinds of noise characteristics; a setting section for setting one of the plurality of parameters as the desired parameter of the digital processing section; a digital-to-analog conversion section for converting the digital noise reducing signal into an analog noise reducing signal; and an electric-to-acoustic conversion section for outputting noise reducing sound on a basis of the analog noise reducing signal.

公开(公告)号：US20180324511A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15773773

申请日：2016-09-27

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Kohei ASADA ,  Kyosuke MATSUMOTO ,  Yushi YAMABE ,  Go IGARASHI ,  Kazuma YOSHII

IPC: H04R1/04 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/08

CPC classification number: H04R1/04 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/083 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R1/105 ,  H04R1/1066 ,  H04R1/1083 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/406 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R2201/025 ,  H04R2201/403 ,  H04R2430/23 ,  H04R2499/11

Abstract: [Object] To enable capable acquisition of target sounds in a preferred manner while preventing a device from getting larger. [Solution] A sound collection device includes: a plurality of sound collection parts; a supporting member that has a long shape and that supports the plurality of sound collection parts at respective positions different from each other along a long-length direction; and a signal output part that directly or indirectly outputs sound collection results of respective sounds obtained by the plurality of sound collection parts to a signal processing part that acquires a target sound coming from one side of the long-length direction on a basis of the sound collection results.

公开(公告)号：US20170270905A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15617494

申请日：2017-06-08

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Kohei ASADA

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  H04R1/10

CPC classification number: G10K11/178 ,  G10K11/17823 ,  G10K11/17825 ,  G10K11/1783 ,  G10K11/17833 ,  G10K11/17873 ,  G10K11/17875 ,  G10K11/17879 ,  G10K11/17885 ,  G10K2210/1081 ,  G10K2210/3013 ,  G10K2210/3033 ,  G10K2210/30391 ,  G10K2210/3042 ,  G10K2210/3222 ,  G10K2210/509 ,  H04R1/1083 ,  H04R2460/01

Abstract: A noise reducing device includes: an acoustic-to-electric conversion section for collecting noise and outputting an analog noise signal; an analog-to-digital conversion section for converting the analog noise signal into a digital noise signal; and a digital processing section for generating a digital noise reducing signal on a basis of the digital noise signal and a desired parameter. The device further includes: a retaining section for retaining a plurality of parameters corresponding to a plurality of kinds of noise characteristics; a setting section for setting one of the plurality of parameters as the desired parameter of the digital processing section; a digital-to-analog conversion section for converting the digital noise reducing signal into an analog noise reducing signal; and an electric-to-acoustic conversion section for outputting noise reducing sound on a basis of the analog noise reducing signal.

公开(公告)号：US20150356980A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-10

申请号：US14759872

申请日：2013-11-22

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yoichiro SAKO ,  Kohei ASADA ,  Katsuhisa ARATANI ,  Mitsuru TAKEHARA ,  Takatoshi NAKAMURA ,  Kazunori HAYASHI ,  Takayasu KON ,  Yuki KOGA ,  Tomoya ONUMA ,  Akira TANGE ,  Kazuyuki SAKODA ,  Yasunori KAMADA ,  Hiroyuki HANAYA ,  Kazuhiro WATANABE

IPC: G10L21/0208

CPC classification number: G10L21/0208 ,  G10L21/003 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  H04R3/04

Abstract: There is provided a storage control device including: a filter detecting unit configured to detect a voice signal estimation filter for estimating a first voice signal heard by a specific user himself/herself; an estimation unit configured to estimate the first voice signal heard by the specific user himself/herself, on the basis of a voice signal including a second voice signal of the specific user collected by an air conduction sound collecting unit in accordance with the voice signal estimation filter detected by the filter detecting unit; and a storage control unit configured to cause a storage unit to store the first voice signal estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种存储控制装置，包括：滤波器检测单元，被配置为检测用于估计由特定用户自己听到的第一语音信号的语音信号估计滤波器; 估计单元，被配置为基于包括由空气传导声音收集单元收集的特定用户的第二语音信号的语音信号，根据语音信号估计来估计由特定用户自己听到的第一语音信号 滤波器检测单元检测到的滤波器; 以及存储控制单元，被配置为使存储单元存储由所述估计单元估计的所述第一语音信号。

公开(公告)号：US20170205240A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15302093

申请日：2015-01-20

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Takatoshi NAKAMURA ,  Akira TANGE ,  Masakazu YAJIMA ,  Mitsuru TAKEHARA ,  Yasunori KAMADA ,  Katsuhisa ARATANI ,  Kazunori HAYASHI ,  Takayasu KON ,  Kohei ASADA ,  Kazuhiro WATANABE ,  Tsuyoshi ABIKO ,  Yuki KOGA ,  Tomoya ONUMA

IPC: G01C21/34 ,  A61B5/16 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G01C21/26 ,  G01C21/36

Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication system, a control method, and a storage medium, which can guide a user to an action for having the predetermined feeling in accordance with a feeling map.[Solution] Provided is a communication system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire present position information of a user; a guiding information generation unit configured to generate guiding information in accordance with the present position information and map information in which feeling data is mapped; and a supply unit configured to supply the guiding information to the user.

公开(公告)号：US20160183349A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-23

申请号：US15055460

申请日：2016-02-26

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yoichiro SAKO ,  Kazuhiro WATANABE ,  Kazuyuki SAKODA ,  Hiroshi OKADA ,  Hirofumi YUCHI ,  Kohei ASADA ,  Takashi SATO ,  Yutaka FUKUYAMA ,  Kiyoshi YONEDA ,  Kouji MIYATA

IPC: H05B37/02

CPC classification number: H05B37/029 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  H05B37/0236 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  H05B37/0272

Abstract: There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern.

Abstract translation: 提供一种照明装置，包括照明单元，接收单元和控制单元，该控制单元被配置为根据默认照明图案来控制照明单元的照明。 当接收单元接收到照明图案时，控制单元执行与根据默认照明图案的照明不同的照明控制。

公开(公告)号：US20140123015A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-01

申请号：US14062191

申请日：2013-10-24

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yoichiro SAKO ,  Takatoshi NAKAMURA ,  Mitsuru TAKEHARA ,  Yuki KOGA ,  Kohei ASADA ,  Kazuyuki SAKODA ,  Kazuhiro WATANABE ,  Yasunori KAMADA ,  Takayasu KON ,  Kazunori HAYASHI ,  Akira TANGE ,  Hiroyuki HANAYA ,  Tomoya ONUMA

IPC: G06F3/048

CPC classification number: G06F16/9537 ,  G06F3/013

Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including a database in which at least one of a name, position information, and an image identifying a predetermined location is associated with specific content, a position identification part configured to identify a current position, a determination part configured to determine whether content corresponding to the current position is present in the database, a notification part configured to, when the determination part determines that the content corresponding to the current position is present, send to a user a notification that the content corresponding to the current position is present, and a controller configured to start playback of the content in accordance with an action of the user with respect to the notification by the notification part.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种信息处理系统，包括数据库，其中名称，位置信息和识别预定位置的图像中的至少一个与特定内容相关联，位置识别部分被配置为识别当前位置，确定部分配置 确定与当前位置相对应的内容是否存在于数据库中，通知部件被配置为当确定部件确定存在与当前位置相对应的内容时，向用户发送与当前对应的内容的通知 并且控制器被配置为根据用户对通知部分的通知的动作来开始播放内容。

公开(公告)号：US20140112534A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-24

申请号：US14055009

申请日：2013-10-16

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yoichiro SAKO ,  Akira TANGE ,  Takatoshi NAKAMURA ,  Kazuhiro WATANABE ,  Kohei ASADA ,  Kazuyuki SAKODA ,  Takayasu KON ,  Yuki KOGA ,  Tomoya ONUMA ,  Hiroyuki HANAYA ,  Mitsuru TAKEHARA ,  Kazunori HAYASHI ,  Yasunori KAMADA

IPC: G06K9/00

CPC classification number: G06K9/00221 ,  G06F21/6245 ,  G06T11/60

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit that detects a face image region in an image, a determination unit that determines a human attribute of at least one face image in the face image region detected by the detection unit, and a face image replacement unit that replaces the at least one face image with a natural face image of another person according to the human attribute determined by the determination unit.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种信息处理装置，包括检测图像中的面部图像区域的检测单元，确定单元，其确定由检测单元检测到的面部图像区域中的至少一个面部图像的人类属性，以及面部图像 替换单元，其根据由所述确定单元确定的人属性，用另一人的自然面部图像代替所述至少一个面部图像。

公开(公告)号：US20140078242A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-20

申请号：US14021089

申请日：2013-09-09

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Tomoya ONUMA ,  Yoichiro SAKO ,  Kohei ASADA ,  Kazuyuki SAKODA ,  Katsuhisa ARATANI ,  Kazuhiro WATANABE ,  Takatoshi NAKAMURA ,  Mitsuru TAKEHARA ,  Akira TANGE ,  Hiroyuki HANAYA ,  Yuki KOGA

IPC: H04N7/15

CPC classification number: H04N7/15 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/56 ,  H04M3/568 ,  H04M2203/509 ,  H04N7/147

Abstract: There is provided an information processing system including an identifying unit that identifies a user and a target with whom the user requests to converse based on a signal detected by a first sensor arranged around the user, a signal processing unit that performs predetermined signal processing on signals detected by the first sensor and a second sensor arranged around the target, an output control unit that causes the signal detected by at least the second sensor and processed by the signal processing unit to be output to a first output unit arranged around the user, and a recognizing unit that recognizes, when a plurality of the targets are identified by the identifying unit, a selection request for selecting a specific target from among the plurality of targets based on the signal detected by the first sensor.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种信息处理系统，其包括：识别单元，其基于由布置在用户周围的第一传感器检测到的信号，识别用户和用户请求进行交互的目标;信号处理单元，对信号执行预定的信号处理 由第一传感器检测出的第二传感器和设置在目标周围的第二传感器;输出控制单元，其使由至少第二传感器检测并由信号处理单元处理的信号输出到布置在用户周围的第一输出单元;以及 识别单元，其基于由所述第一传感器检测到的信号，识别由所述识别单元识别出所述多个目标的选择请求，所述选择请求从所述多个目标中选择特定目标。

公开(公告)号：US20160086595A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-24

申请号：US14961217

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Kohei ASADA ,  Tetsunori ITABASHI

IPC: G10K11/178

CPC classification number: G10K11/17855 ,  G10K2210/1053 ,  G10K2210/1081 ,  G10K2210/3013 ,  G10K2210/3028 ,  G10K2210/3033

Abstract: Provided is a filter circuit for producing a noise reduction signal for reducing a noise signal collected by a microphone, including: a digital section including an analog/digital conversion section configured to convert the noise signal into a digital noise signal, a digital filter section configured to produce a digital noise reduction signal based on the digital noise signal, and a digital/analog conversion section configured to convert the digital noise reduction signal into an analog noise reduction signal; an analog path connected in parallel to said digital section and configured to output the noise signal as it is or after processed by an analog filter; and a synthesis section configured to synthesize the analog noise reduction signal outputted from said digital/analog conversion section of said digital section and the analog signal outputted from said analog path to produce a noise reduction signal to be used for noise reduction.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于产生用于减少由麦克风收集的噪声信号的降噪信号的滤波器电路，包括：数字部分，包括被配置为将噪声信号转换为数字噪声信号的模拟/数字转换部分，被配置为 基于数字噪声信号产生数字降噪信号，以及数字/模拟转换部分，被配置为将数字降噪信号转换为模拟噪声降低信号; 模拟通路并联连接到所述数字部分，并被配置为原样输出噪声信号，或者由模拟滤波器处理之后; 以及合成部，其被配置为合成从所述数字部分的所述数/模转换部分输出的模拟噪声降低信号和从所述模拟路径输出的模拟信号，以产生要用于降噪的噪声降低信号。