Patents by Inventor Hironori KOTERA

Hironori KOTERA 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: 10320964
    Abstract: Characteristics of noise contained in input signals of a plurality of microphones are adjusted to be equal to each other at each frequency, and an input signal of a microphone identified to be a microphone through which a speaker has input uttered speech from among the microphones subjected to adjustment of the noise characteristics is switched to a signal to be transmitted to a person on another end of call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironori Kotera
  • Publication number: 20180288205
    Abstract: Characteristics of noise contained in input signals of a plurality of microphones are adjusted to be equal to each other at each frequency, and an input signal of a microphone identified to be a microphone through which a speaker has input uttered speech from among the microphones subjected to adjustment of the noise characteristics is switched to a signal to be transmitted to a person on another end of call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori KOTERA
  • Patent number: 9818426
    Abstract: Disclosed is an echo canceller 10 including: mixers 11A and 11B each to mix output signals outputted by speakers 7FL and 7FR with an instructed mixing ratio, and to generate reference signals for microphones 8A and 8B; an adaptive filter 12 to generate two pseudo echo signals from the two reference signals generated by the mixers 11A and 11B; subtractors 13A and 13B to subtract the two pseudo echo signals from input signals from the microphones 8A and 8B, and to generate two echo eliminated signals; residual echo detectors 14A and 14B to detect residual amounts of echo remaining in the echo eliminated signals obtained from the microphones 8A and 8B; and a mixing ratio changer 15 to instruct a change of the mixing ratios of the mixers 11A and 11B in accordance with the residual amounts of echo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Kotera
  • Publication number: 20170229138
    Abstract: Disclosed is an echo canceller 10 including: mixers 11A and 11B each to mix output signals outputted by speakers 7FL and 7FR with an instructed mixing ratio, and to generate reference signals for microphones 8A and 8B; an adaptive filter 12 to generate two pseudo echo signals from the two reference signals generated by the mixers 11A and 11B; subtractors 13A and 13B to subtract the two pseudo echo signals from input signals from the microphones 8A and 8B, and to generate two echo eliminated signals; residual echo detectors 14A and 14B to detect residual amounts of echo remaining in the echo eliminated signals obtained from the microphones 8A and 8B; and a mixing ratio changer 15 to instruct a change of the mixing ratios of the mixers 11A and 11B in accordance with the residual amounts of echo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironori KOTERA