Patents by Inventor Hironori SATOU

Hironori SATOU 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: 11743671
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program that make it possible to readily achieve personalization of head-related transfer functions in all bands. A synthesis unit generates a third head-related transfer function by synthesizing a characteristic of a first band extracted from a first head-related transfer function of a user and a characteristic of a second band other than the first band extracted from a second head-related transfer function measured in a second measurement environment different from a first measurement environment in which the first head-related transfer function is measured. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Satou, Toru Nakagawa, Tetsu Magariyachi, Koyuru Okimoto
  • Publication number: 20210297802
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program that make it possible to readily achieve personalization of head-related transfer functions in all bands. A synthesis unit generates a third head-related transfer function by synthesizing a characteristic of a first band extracted from a first head-related transfer function of a user and a characteristic of a second band other than the first band extracted from a second head-related transfer function measured in a second measurement environment different from a first measurement environment in which the first head-related transfer function is measured. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: HIRONORI SATOU, TORU NAKAGAWA, TETSU MAGARIYACHI, KOYURU OKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120191393
    Abstract: A technique capable of determining a frequency of a data signal having a mixture of short and long pulse widths is provided. In a frequency determining circuit for determining a frequency from different data signals having a plurality of frequencies, the frequency determining circuit includes a circuit which acquires the different data signals having the plurality of frequencies and determines the frequency based on the number of counts of the signal having the pulse width shorter than the predetermined pulse width. For example, the signal having the pulse width shorter than the predetermined pulse width is detected, and the number of pulses of the detected signal is counted. By previously making correspondence of the frequency with the number of counts of the pulse, the frequency can be determined based on the number of counts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hironori SATOU, Takeshi ISEZAKI, Tomofumi HOKARI