Patents by Inventor Tomoko Obama

Tomoko Obama 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: 8283549
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing terminal that specifies emotions from a voice and audio outputs music suitable for the specified emotions to enable the emotions of a loudspeaker who uttered the voice to be recognized readily. In an information processing terminal according to the present invention, an emotion inferring unit 23 detects, from sound information, at least two emotions of an utterer who uttered a voice included in the sound information, and a music data generating unit 24 synthesizes music data, stored in a music parts database 242 and corresponding to the emotions detected by the emotion inferring unit 23, and a controller 22 reproduces the music data generated by the music data generating unit 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsurou Sugimoto, Yusuke Satoh, Tomoko Obama, Hideaki Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20110100199
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing terminal that specifies emotions from a voice and audio outputs music suitable for the specified emotions to enable the emotions of a loudspeaker who uttered the voice to be recognized readily. In an information processing terminal according to the present invention, an emotion inferring unit 23 detects, from sound information, at least two emotions of an utterer who uttered a voice included in the sound information, and a music data generating unit 24 synthesizes music data, stored in a music parts database 242 and corresponding to the emotions detected by the emotion inferring unit 23, and a controller 22 reproduces the music data generated by the music data generating unit 24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsurou Sugimoto, Yusuke Satoh, Tomoko Obama, Hideaki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7893342
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing terminal that specifies emotions from a voice and audio outputs music suitable for the specified emotions to enable the emotions of a loudspeaker who uttered the voice to be recognized readily. In an information processing terminal according to the present invention, an emotion inferring unit 23 detects, from sound information, at least two emotions of an utterer who uttered a voice included in the sound information, and a music data generating unit 24 synthesizes music data, stored in a music parts database 242 and corresponding to the emotions detected by the emotion inferring unit 23, and a controller 22 reproduces the music data generated by the music data generating unit 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsurou Sugimoto, Yusuke Satoh, Tomoko Obama, Hideaki Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7788104
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an information processing terminal which can use another expression means to indicate undesirable emotions directly transmitted to a party by a method of directly expressing talking person's emotions in real time, so that the whole image of a calling status can be reviewed afterward and grasped. An information processing terminal 1 including: a voice signal output portion 102 for inputting a voice; an emotion estimation portion 201 for generating parameters of emotions from the inputted voice; and a notification portion 30, 40, 50 for giving notice of various kinds of information, wherein the information processing terminal 1 further includes an emotion specifying portion 203 for specifying an emotion expressed by a distinctive parameter of the generated parameters, and the notification portion 30, 40, 50 gives notice of the specified emotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuo, Takaaki Nishi, Tomoko Obama, Yasuki Yamakawa, Tetsurou Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20090316862
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing terminal that specifies emotions from a voice and audio outputs music suitable for the specified emotions to enable the emotions of a loudspeaker who uttered the voice to be recognized readily. In an information processing terminal according to the present invention, an emotion inferring unit 23 detects, from sound information, at least two emotions of an utterer who uttered a voice included in the sound information, and a music data generating unit 24 synthesizes music data, stored in a music parts database 242 and corresponding to the emotions detected by the emotion inferring unit 23, and a controller 22 reproduces the music data generated by the music data generating unit 24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsurou Sugimoto, Yusuke Satoh, Tomoko Obama, Hideaki Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20080059158
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an information processing terminal which can use another expression means to indicate undesirable emotions directly transmitted to a party by a method of directly expressing talking person's emotions in real time, so that the whole image of a calling status can be reviewed afterward and grasped. An information processing terminal 1 including: a voice signal output portion 102 for inputting a voice; an emotion estimation portion 201 for generating parameters of emotions from the inputted voice; and a notification portion 30, 40, 50 for giving notice of various kinds of information, wherein the information processing terminal 1 further includes an emotion specifying portion 203 for specifying an emotion expressed by a distinctive parameter of the generated parameters, and the notification portion 30, 40, 50 gives notice of the specified emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuo, Takaaki Nishi, Tomoko Obama, Yasuki Yamakawa, Tetsurou Sugimoto
  • Patent number: D652842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Obama, Takanori Ogawa, Tomoko Nakagawa