Patents by Inventor Hiroki Ida

Hiroki Ida 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: 8031862
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice mail apparatus is connectable to a telephone exchange, records a voice message sent from a caller telephone terminal in a mail box corresponding to each telephone terminals, and reproduces the voice message in response to a reproduction instruction. The voice mail apparatus stores in a memory an audio file having approximately the same signal level as the voice message. The voice mail apparatus inputs the audio file in a voice processing device when a request for processing the voice message is given from a request source telephone terminal. The voice mail apparatus controls the processing gain such that the signal level output from the voice processing device becomes a prescribed level, while performing muting for the request source telephone terminal. The voice mail apparatus inputs the voice message to the voice processing device after completing controlling of the processing gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroki Ida
  • Patent number: 7817787
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice mail apparatus includes a voice processor which processes voice messages by a arbitrary processing gain, a gain controller which monitors a signal level of an output signal of the voice processor, and controls the processing gain of the voice processor to change the signal level into a specified level, and a processing controller which makes the gain controller to perform gain control of a learning voice by inputting a portion of the voice message into the voice processor as the learning voice when processing of the voice message is requested or based on predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazuharu Horiuchi, Hiroki Ida, Nobuhiro Masaki, Norimassa Niiya, Noriaki Ikeda, Norikuni Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20090154661
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice mail apparatus includes a first determining module which determines whether a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) signal for identifying a processing request of the voice message is contained in a received signal by detecting and comparing a first parameter of a transmission signal from the mail box and the first parameter of the received signal to the mail box, a second determining module which determines whether the DTMF signal is contained in the received signal by detecting and comparing a second parameter of the transmission signal from the mail box and the second parameter of the received signal to the mail box, and a controller which controls execution/stop of processing of the voice message based on a determination result by the second determining module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Noriaki Ikeda, Nobuhiro Masaki, Akira Takahashi, Norikuni Noguchi, Kazuharu Horiuchi, Hiroki Ida, Norimasa Niiya
  • Publication number: 20090154660
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice mail apparatus includes a voice processor which processes voice messages by a arbitrary processing gain, a gain controller which monitors a signal level of an output signal of the voice processor, and controls the processing gain of the voice processor to change the signal level into a specified level, and a processing controller which makes the gain controller to perform gain control of a learning voice by inputting a portion of the voice message into the voice processor as the learning voice when processing of the voice message is requested or based on predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazuharu Horiuchi, Hiroki Ida, Nobuhiro Masaki, Norimasa Niiya, Noriaki Ikeda, Norikuni Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20070153988
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice mail apparatus is connectable to a telephone exchange, records a voice message sent from a caller telephone terminal in a mail box corresponding to each telephone terminals, and reproduces the voice message in response to a reproduction instruction. The voice mail apparatus stores in a memory an audio file having approximately the same signal level as the voice message. The voice mail apparatus inputs the audio file in a voice processing device when a request for processing the voice message is given from a request source telephone terminal. The voice mail apparatus controls the processing gain such that the signal level output from the voice processing device becomes a prescribed level, while performing muting for the request source telephone terminal. The voice mail apparatus inputs the voice message to the voice processing device after completing controlling of the processing gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Hiroki Ida