Patents by Inventor Sanae Hirai

Sanae Hirai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6334104
    Abstract: A sound effects affixing device which enables sound effects and background music to be affixed in relation to inputted sentences automatically. A keyword extraction device is provided with a onomatopoeias extraction measure, a sound source extraction measure, and a subjective words extraction measure, which measures extract keyword of the onomatopoeias, the sound source names, or the subjective words within inputted sentences. A sound retrieval device selects sound effects and music by these keywords, thus selected sound effects and music are outputted by an output sound control device synchronized with synthesized speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Sanae Hirai
  • Publication number: 20010042057
    Abstract: The emotion expressing device comprises an emotion creating device for deciding an emotion, a sound creating device for creating a sound for representing the emotion, an emotional interactive statement creating device for creating words for representing the emotion, a movement creating device for creating a movement for representing the emotion, an expression creating device for creating an expression for representing the emotion, and an expression information integrating device for performing the layout processing and the output synchronization processing in output of the created sound, words, movement, and expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohji Ikebe, Sanae Hirai
  • Patent number: D680551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishii, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara, Sanae Hirai
  • Patent number: D786930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Tomohiro Ishii, Shingo Kurokawa, Yuki Shoji, Osamu Sakurai, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara, Sanae Hirai
  • Patent number: D921695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Tomohiro Ishii, Shingo Kurokawa, Yuki Shoji, Osamu Sakurai, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara, Sanae Hirai