Patents by Inventor Asako Omote
Asako Omote 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).
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Patent number: 9681240Abstract: A sound quality adjustment apparatus of an approaching vehicle audible system that generates a signal of a notification sound, which is emitted from a sounding device provided in an electric vehicle that generates at least part of driving force by use of a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle, is provided with a sound element storage unit that stores sound element data forming an element of the notification sound; a sound-source sound quality extraction unit that analyzes the sound element data so as to extract a characteristic value related to the sound quality of a sound element; a parameter setting unit that obtains a parameter for converting the sound element data in accordance with vehicle information, by use of the characteristic value extracted by the sound-source sound quality extraction unit; and a parameter storage unit that stores the parameter obtained by the parameter setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahisa Aoyagi, Asako Omote, Yoichi Kato
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Patent number: 9434306Abstract: A notification sound control unit (10) of an approaching vehicle audible system (100), generating a signal for a notification sound to be emitted from a sounding device (40) provided in an electric vehicle (200) in which at least part of driving force is produced by a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle (200), is provided with a behavior conversion processing section (21) that changes through time change processing an accelerator opening degree signal (11) among vehicle information signals (1) of the electric vehicle (200) so as to output a processed accelerator opening degree signal and with a notification sound signal generation processing section (3) that changes a pitch and a volume of a sound element signal outputted from a sound element (31, 310), based on the processed accelerator opening degree signal, so as to generate a notification sound signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Omote, Takahisa Aoyagi, Ryotaro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9299362Abstract: An audio signal processing device 100 includes a period detecting unit 102 for detecting the fundamental period of an input audio signal 101; a square wave generating unit 106 for generating, according to the fundamental period the period detecting unit 102 detects, a square wave 107 whose period is an integer multiple of the fundamental period; an amplitude correction coefficient generating unit 103 for calculating an amplitude correction coefficient 109 approximately equal and proportional to the intensity of the input audio signal 101; a first multiplier 108 for generating an amplitude-corrected square wave 110 by multiplying the square wave 107 by the amplitude correction coefficient 109; and an adder 104 for adding the amplitude-corrected square wave 110 to the input audio signal 101.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masaru Kimura, Bunkei Matsuoka, Takashi Yamazaki, Asako Omote
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Patent number: 9162619Abstract: A notification sound control unit of an approaching vehicle audible system includes a first rotation speed calculation section that calculates a first rotation speed, based on an accelerator opening degree signal of an electric vehicle, a second rotation speed calculation section that calculates a second rotation speed, based on a vehicle speed signal of the electric vehicle, a rotation speed synthesis section that synthesizes the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed, a virtual engine rotation speed calculation section that applies filtering processing to a synthesis rotation speed synthesized by the rotation speed synthesis section so as to calculate a virtual engine rotation speed, and a notification sound signal generation processing section that changes a pitch and a volume of a phoneme signal outputted from a phoneme, based on the virtual engine rotation speed, so as to generate a notification sound signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Aoyagi, Asako Omote, Youichi Kato, Noritaka Kokido, Satoru Inoue
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Publication number: 20150264500Abstract: A sound quality adjustment apparatus of an approaching vehicle audible system that generates a signal of a notification sound, which is emitted from a sounding device provided in an electric vehicle that generates at least part of driving force by use of a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle, is provided with a sound element storage unit that stores sound element data forming an element of the notification sound; a sound-source sound quality extraction unit that analyses the sound element data so as to extract a characteristic value related to the sound quality of a sound element; a parameter setting unit that obtains a parameter for converting the sound element data in accordance with vehicle information, by use of the characteristic value extracted by the sound-source sound quality extraction unit; and a parameter storage unit that stores the parameter obtained by the parameter setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takahisa Aoyagi, Asako Omote, Yoichi Kato
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Publication number: 20150061850Abstract: A notification sound control unit (10) of an approaching vehicle audible system (100), generating a signal for a notification sound to be emitted from a sounding device (40) provided in an electric vehicle (200) in which at least part of driving force is produced by a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle (200), is provided with a behavior conversion processing section (21) that changes through time change processing an accelerator opening degree signal (11) among vehicle information signals (1) of the electric vehicle (200) so as to output a processed accelerator opening degree signal and with a notification sound signal generation processing section (3) that changes a pitch and a volume of a sound element signal outputted from a sound element (31, 310), based on the processed accelerator opening degree signal, so as to generate a notification sound signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Asako Omote, Takahisa Aoyagi, Ryotaro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140375443Abstract: A notification sound control unit of an approaching vehicle audible system includes a first rotation speed calculation section that calculates a first rotation speed, based on an accelerator opening degree signal of an electric vehicle, a second rotation speed calculation section that calculates a second rotation speed, based on a vehicle speed signal of the electric vehicle, a rotation speed synthesis section that synthesizes the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed, a virtual engine rotation speed calculation section that applies filtering processing to a synthesis rotation speed synthesized by the rotation speed synthesis section so as to calculate a virtual engine rotation speed, and a notification sound signal generation processing section that changes a pitch and a volume of a phoneme signal outputted from a phoneme, based on the virtual engine rotation speed, so as to generate a notification sound signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Aoyagi, Asako Omote, Youichi Kato, Noritaka Kokido, Satoru Inoue
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Patent number: 8712615Abstract: An artificial engine sound control unit which controls an artificial engine sound which is emitted from a sounding body which is provided at an electric vehicle whose at least a part of drive power is generated by an electric motor, to outside; comprising a speed region determination part which determines a speed region of the electric vehicle and an artificial engine sound generating part, when the speed region determination part determines such that the electric motor of the electric vehicle can be energized and the electric vehicle is stopped, the artificial engine sound generating part controls so as for the sounding body to emit an artificial engine sound, and the artificial engine sound generating part detects such that the electric vehicle comes close to a start running mode, then the artificial engine sound generating part controls the artificial engine sound which is emitted from the sounding body.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Omote, Mutsuo Sekiya, Tatsuya Mitsugi
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Patent number: 8618958Abstract: A navigation device includes a communication module 11 for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from external communication equipment, a tone signal identifying unit 42 for identifying a push tone signal sent thereto via the communication module 11 from the external communication equipment, and a voice recognition unit 41 for performing voice recognition on a voice signal sent thereto via the communication module 11 from the external communication equipment by using information identified by the tone signal identifying unit 42.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuya Taniguchi, Takahisa Aoyagi, Yoshihiko Mori, Asako Omote
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Publication number: 20120166042Abstract: Disclosed is a sound output device for electric vehicle including a sound producing unit 11 for producing a sound, an information acquiring unit 12 for acquiring state information about the state of a vehicle or surroundings information about surroundings of the vehicle, and a control unit 13 for controlling a sound volume and an output direction of the sound produced by the sound producing unit 11 according to the vehicle state information or the surroundings information acquired by the information acquiring unit 12 to output the sound to outside the vehicle. Therefore, the sound output device for electric vehicle makes it easy for pedestrians and passengers each riding on a vehicle, such as a light vehicle or a motorbike, to hear the sound produced thereby, or can prevent neighboring residents from being put into an unpreferable situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Noritaka Kokido, Takahisa Aoyagi, Takuya Taniguchi, Asako Omote
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Publication number: 20120130580Abstract: An artificial engine sound control unit which controls an artificial engine sound which is emitted from a sounding body which is provided at an electric vehicle whose at least a part of drive power is generated by an electric motor, to outside; comprising a speed region determination part which determines a speed region of the electric vehicle and an artificial engine sound generating part, when the speed region determination part determines such that the electric motor of the electric vehicle can be energized and the electric vehicle is stopped, the artificial engine sound generating part controls so as for the sounding body to emit an artificial engine sound, and the artificial engine sound generating part detects such that the electric vehicle comes close to a start running mode, then the artificial engine sound generating part controls the artificial engine sound which is emitted from the sounding body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Asako Omote, Mutsuo Sekiya, Tatsuya Mitsugi
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Patent number: 8121755Abstract: A sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device includes a storage unit 2-A for storing criteria by each of which to determine whether or not a running zone is a high-risk zone, each of the criteria describing a status of the vehicle, and a navigation device 1-A for acquiring information showing a status of the vehicle. The sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device compares the information acquired by the navigation device 1-A with the criteria stored in the storage unit 2-A to determine whether the above-mentioned vehicle is running through a high-risk zone, and does not stop the output of a warning sound when determining that the vehicle is running through a high-risk zone even if a switch 4 for commanding a stop of the output of the warning sound is operated.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Omote, Takahisa Aoyagi, Takuya Taniguchi, Noritaka Kokido
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Publication number: 20120010738Abstract: An audio signal processing device 100 includes a period detecting unit 102 for detecting the fundamental period of an input audio signal 101; a square wave generating unit 106 for generating, according to the fundamental period the period detecting unit 102 detects, a square wave 107 whose period is an integer multiple of the fundamental period; an amplitude correction coefficient generating unit 103 for calculating an amplitude correction coefficient 109 approximately equal and proportional to the intensity of the input audio signal 101; a first multiplier 108 for generating an amplitude-corrected square wave 110 by multiplying the square wave 107 by the amplitude correction coefficient 109; and an adder 104 for adding the amplitude-corrected square wave 110 to the input audio signal 101.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru Kimura, Bunkei Matsuoka, Takashi Yamazaki, Asako Omote
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Publication number: 20110313617Abstract: A sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device includes a storage unit 2-A for storing criteria by each of which to determine whether or not a running zone is a high-risk zone, each of the criteria describing a status of the vehicle, and a navigation device 1-A for acquiring information showing a status of the vehicle. The sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device compares the information acquired by the navigation device 1-A with the criteria stored in the storage unit 2-A to determine whether the above-mentioned vehicle is running through a high-risk zone, and does not stop the output of a warning sound when determining that the vehicle is running through a high-risk zone even if a switch 4 for commanding a stop of the output of the warning sound is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Asako Omote, Takahisa Aoyagi, Takuya Taniguchi, Noritaka Kokido
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Publication number: 20110213553Abstract: A navigation device includes a communication module 11 for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from external communication equipment, a tone signal identifying unit 42 for identifying a push tone signal sent thereto via the communication module 11 from the external communication equipment, and a voice recognition unit 41 for performing voice recognition on a voice signal sent thereto via the communication module 11 from the external communication equipment by using information identified by the tone signal identifying unit 42.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Takuya Taniguchi, Takahisa Aoyagi, Yoshihiko Mori, Asako Omote