Patents by Inventor Hideyoshi MASUI

Hideyoshi MASUI 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: 20260229213
    Abstract: A wearable acoustic device includes: a first microphone configured to collect external sound to acquire input sound; a second microphone configured to collect sound perceived by the ear in a state of the wearable acoustic device being worn on the ear of a user; a first processor configured to acoustically adjust the input sound using active noise control, based on the sound perceived by the ear collected by the second microphone, to acquire a first sound signal; a second processor configured to perform predetermined filter processing on the input sound, to acquire a second sound signal; a gain adjuster configured to adjust an attenuation amount characteristic of the sound perceived by the ear for a frequency to a predetermined characteristic and sound volume by combining the first sound signal and the second sound signal according to a level of the input sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Toki MORITAKA, Yusuke Konagai, Hideyoshi Masui
  • Patent number: 12614537
    Abstract: A wearable acoustic device includes: a first microphone configured to collect external sound to acquire input sound; a second microphone configured to collect sound perceived by the ear in a state of the wearable acoustic device being worn on the ear of a user; a first processor configured to acoustically adjust the input sound using active noise control, based on the sound perceived by the ear collected by the second microphone, to acquire a first sound signal; a second processor configured to perform predetermined filter processing on the input sound, to acquire a second sound signal; a gain adjuster configured to adjust an attenuation amount characteristic of the sound perceived by the ear for a frequency to a predetermined characteristic and sound volume by combining the first sound signal and the second sound signal according to a level of the input sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Toki Moritaka, Yusuke Konagai, Hideyoshi Masui
  • Publication number: 20240404498
    Abstract: A wearable acoustic device includes: a first microphone configured to collect external sound to acquire input sound; a second microphone configured to collect sound perceived by the ear in a state of the wearable acoustic device being worn on the ear of a user; a first processor configured to acoustically adjust the input sound using active noise control, based on the sound perceived by the ear collected by the second microphone, to acquire a first sound signal; a second processor configured to perform predetermined filter processing on the input sound, to acquire a second sound signal; a gain adjuster configured to adjust an attenuation amount characteristic of the sound perceived by the ear for a frequency to a predetermined characteristic and sound volume by combining the first sound signal and the second sound signal according to a level of the input sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Toki MORITAKA, Yusuke KONAGAI, Hideyoshi MASUI
  • Patent number: 10999671
    Abstract: Headphones include: a speaker configured to output sound based on an input signal; a microphone configured to receive touch sound produced when a touch is performed on a user; and a command output device configured to, on the basis of a sound signal derived from the touch sound received by the microphone, determine a touch operation corresponding to the touch performed on the user, to output a command corresponding to the touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyoshi Masui
  • Patent number: 10932030
    Abstract: Headphones include a first microphone configured to receive ambient sound at an outside of an external auditory canal of a user; a second microphone configured to receive sound inside the external auditory canal; a speaker configured to output sound toward the external auditory canal; a determiner configured to determine whether or not wind noise has occurred by comparing a first signal based on the sound received the first microphone with a second signal based on the sound received by the second microphone; and a processor configured to output, to the speaker, a signal obtained by adding an input signal to the first signal when the determiner determines that wind noise has not occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Konagai, Hideyoshi Masui
  • Publication number: 20200304904
    Abstract: Headphones include a first microphone configured to receive ambient sound at an outside of an external auditory canal of a user; a second microphone configured to receive sound inside the external auditory canal; a speaker configured to output sound toward the external auditory canal; a determiner configured to determine whether or not wind noise has occurred by comparing a first signal based on the sound received the first microphone with a second signal based on the sound received by the second microphone; and a processor configured to output, to the speaker, a signal obtained by adding an input signal to the first signal when the determiner determines that wind noise has not occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke KONAGAI, Hideyoshi MASUI
  • Patent number: 10735849
    Abstract: Headphones include a first microphone configured to receive ambient sound at an outside of an external auditory canal of a user; a second microphone configured to receive sound inside the external auditory canal; a speaker configured to output sound toward the external auditory canal; a determiner configured to determine whether or not wind noise has occurred by comparing a first signal based on the sound received the first microphone with a second signal based on the sound received by the second microphone; and a processor configured to output, to the speaker, a signal obtained by adding an input signal to the first signal when the determiner determines that wind noise has not occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Konagai, Hideyoshi Masui
  • Patent number: 10652648
    Abstract: A sound output device includes: a first microphone configured to receive ambient sounds from around a user; a loudspeaker configured to output sounds toward an eardrum of the user; signal processing circuitry configured, in a case in which it is detected that an external terminal is in a playback state in which the external terminal provides a playback sound signal indicative of a playback sound, to generate a first reverse-phase signal based on a first signal derived from a sound received by the first microphone, and configured to impart predetermined frequency characteristics to the first signal in a case in which it is detected that the external terminal is in a stopped state that is not the playback state; and an adder configured to add together the playback sound signal and a signal output from the signal processing circuitry, to output a resultant signal for output by the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyoshi Masui
  • Publication number: 20200007976
    Abstract: Headphones include: a speaker configured to output sound based on an input signal; a microphone configured to receive touch sound produced when a touch is performed on a user; and a command output device configured to, on the basis of a sound signal derived from the touch sound received by the microphone, determine a touch operation corresponding to the touch performed on the user, to output a command corresponding to the touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Hideyoshi MASUI
  • Publication number: 20190394557
    Abstract: Headphones include a first microphone configured to receive ambient sound at an outside of an external auditory canal of a user; a second microphone configured to receive sound inside the external auditory canal; a speaker configured to output sound toward the external auditory canal; a determiner configured to determine whether or not wind noise has occurred by comparing a first signal based on the sound received the first microphone with a second signal based on the sound received by the second microphone; and a processor configured to output, to the speaker, a signal obtained by adding an input signal to the first signal when the determiner determines that wind noise has not occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke KONAGAI, Hideyoshi MASUI
  • Publication number: 20190297410
    Abstract: A sound output device includes: a first microphone configured to receive ambient sounds from around a user; a loudspeaker configured to output sounds toward an eardrum of the user; signal processing circuitry configured, in a case in which it is detected that an external terminal is in a playback state in which the external terminal provides a playback sound signal indicative of a playback sound, to generate a first reverse-phase signal based on a first signal derived from a sound received by the first microphone, and configured to impart predetermined frequency characteristics to the first signal in a case in which it is detected that the external terminal is in a stopped state that is not the playback state; and an adder configured to add together the playback sound signal and a signal output from the signal processing circuitry, to output a resultant signal for output by the loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Hideyoshi MASUI