Patents by Inventor Hideya Minamiji

Hideya Minamiji 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).

  • Publication number: 20210183359
    Abstract: The present application provides a robot that a user feels more strongly to be a living being. A robot includes a speech generating unit that generates speech and a speech output unit that outputs the generated speech. The robot outputs speech generated by the robot rather than outputting speech prepared in advance. Because of this, speech that is in accordance with sensor information can be generated and output, or speech unique to the robot can be generated and output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kaname HAYASHI, John BELMONTE, Atsuya KOSE, Masaya MATSUURA, Hideya MINAMIJI, Taiji FUKAYA, Takuma MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10592198
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a hardware processor configured to display, on a screen, a first bar corresponding to utterance of a first user of a first zone, a second bar corresponding to utterance of a second user of a second zone, and a seek bar corresponding to a zone of a sound included in audio data when the audio data is played back. The hardware processor plays back, when a first position on the seek bar is specified, audio data from a first time point corresponding to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Kikugawa, Masataka Osada, Ryuichi Yamaguchi, Hiroto Yoshihara, Hideya Minamiji
  • Patent number: 10296170
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, contents which are created by first and second application programs are arranged two-dimensionally according to a first direction and a second direction. The first direction represents a chronological order, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The first application is one of an application to input handwriting, an application to capture an image, an application to record voice, and an application to clip a part of a document. The second application is another one of the application to input handwriting, the application to capture an image, the application to record voice and the application to clip a part of a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kurita, Hiroto Yoshihara, Hideya Minamiji
  • Publication number: 20170161014
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a hardware processor configured to display, on a screen, a first bar corresponding to utterance of a first user of a first zone, a second bar corresponding to utterance of a second user of a second zone, and a seek bar corresponding to a zone of a sound included in audio data when the audio data is played back. The hardware processor plays back, when a first position on the seek bar is specified, audio data from a first time point corresponding to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Yusaku Kikugawa, Masataka Osada, Ryuichi Yamaguchi, Hiroto Yoshihara, Hideya Minamiji
  • Publication number: 20170090692
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, contents which are created by first and second application programs are arranged two-dimensionally according to a first direction and a second direction. The first direction represents a chronological order, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The first application is one of an application to input handwriting, an application to capture an image, an application to record voice, and an application to clip a part of a document. The second application is another one of the application to input handwriting, the application to capture an image, the application to record voice and the application to clip a part of a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kurita, Hiroto Yoshihara, Hideya Minamiji