Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Kirigaya

Hideyuki Kirigaya 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).

  • Hands-free telephone conversation apparatus
    Patent number: 9264527
    Abstract: A hands-free telephone conversation apparatus can reduce negative influence of an echo on a sound to be transmitted to a far-end user without deteriorating the sound. When a MPU determines that a mobile phone receives an incoming call, and a user starts to talk on the mobile phone, in accordance with an operation of an input device connected to an in-vehicle bus line, a MPU controls the mobile phone to have the mobile phone output, to the DSP, a sound signal indicative of a sound to be transmitted to the far-end user, and to have a switch select a loudspeaker, installed in an vehicle without being directed to the microphone, as a loudspeaker for outputting a sound received from the far-end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Kirigaya
  • HANDS-FREE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120252540
    Abstract: A hands-free telephone conversation apparatus can reduce negative influence of an echo on a sound to be transmitted to a far-end user without deteriorating the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki KIRIGAYA
  • Hands-free telephone conversation apparatus
    Patent number: 8224398
    Abstract: A hands-free telephone conversation apparatus can reduce negative influence of an echo on a sound to be transmitted to a far-end user without deteriorating the sound. When a MPU determines that a mobile phone receives an incoming call, and a user starts to talk on the mobile phone, in accordance with an operation of an input device connected to an in-vehicle bus line, a MPU controls the mobile phone to have the mobile phone output, to the DSP, a sound signal indicative of a sound to be transmitted to the far-end user, and to have a switch select a loudspeaker, installed in an vehicle without being directed to the microphone, as a loudspeaker for outputting a sound received from the far-end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki Kirigaya
  • HANDS-FREE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100113104
    Abstract: A hands-free telephone conversation apparatus can reduce negative influence of an echo on a sound to be transmitted to a far-end user without deteriorating the sound. When a MPU determines that a mobile phone receives an incoming call, and a user starts to talk on the mobile phone, in accordance with an operation of an input device connected to an in-vehicle bus line, a MPU controls the mobile phone to have the mobile phone output, to the DSP, a sound signal indicative of a sound to be transmitted to the far-end user, and to have a switch select a loudspeaker, installed in an vehicle without being directed to the microphone, as a loudspeaker for outputting a sound received from the far-end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Hideyuki Kirigaya