Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Fujimura

Hiroshi Fujimura 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: 10600410
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an edit assisting system includes a server device and a client device. The client device displays a first object, which indicates first speech of a user and a first portion of the first speech, and a second object, which indicates second speech generated by the server device and a second portion of the second speech, on a screen based on a scenario indicated in scenario data. The first and second portions are editable. The client device transmits edit data indicating the first portion which is edited and/or the second portion which is edited to the server device. The server device rewrites the scenario data by changing the first portion of the first speech and/or the second portion of the second speech is the scenario by using the edit data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata
  • Publication number: 20200066260
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a signal generation device includes one or more processors. The processors convert an acoustic signal and output amplitude and phase at a plurality of frequencies. The processors, for each of a plurality of nodes of a hidden layer included in a neural network that treats the amplitude and the phase as input, obtain frequency based on a plurality of weights used in arithmetic operation of the node. The processors generate an acoustic signal based on the plurality of obtained frequencies and based on amplitude and phase corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daichi HAYAKAWA, Takehiko KAGOSHIMA, Hiroshi FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200040423
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.0015% to 0.0040%; Si: 3.5% to 4.5%; Al: 0.65% or less; Mn: 0.2% to 2.0%; Sn: 0% to 0.20%; Sb: 0% to 0.20%; P: 0.005% to 0.150%; S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%; Ti: 0.0030% or less; Nb: 0.0050% or less; Zr: 0.0030% or less; Mo: 0.030% or less; V: 0.0030% or less; N: 0.0010% to 0.0030%; O: 0.0010% to 0.0500%; Cu: less than 0.10%; Ni: less than 0.50%; and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which a product sheet thickness is 0.10 mm to 0.30 mm, an average grain size is 10 ?m to 40 ?m, an iron loss W10/800 is 50 W/Kg or less, a tensile strength is 580 MPa to 700 MPa, and a yield ratio is 0.82 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NATORI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Miho TOMITA, Hiroshi FUJIMURA, Takeaki WAKISAKA, Tesshu MURAKAWA, Takuya MATSUMOTO, Hiroki HORI, Yuuya GOHMOTO, O UYAMA
  • Patent number: 10553206
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice keyword detection apparatus includes a memory and a circuit coupled with the memory. The circuit calculates a first score for a first sub-keyword and a second score for a second sub-keyword. The circuit detects the first and second sub-keywords based on the first and second scores. The circuit determines, when the first sub-keyword is detected from one or more first frames, to accept the first sub-keyword. The circuit determines, when the second sub-keyword is detected from one or more second frames, whether to accept the second sub-keyword based on a start time and/or an end time of the one or more first frames and a start time and/or an end time of the one or more second frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 10546579
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a verification system includes a storage controller, first and second receivers, a comparator, a response constructor, a response generator, and an output controller. The storage controller stores, in a storage, first response data and first situation data associated with the first response data. The first receiver receives second response data. The comparator determines a similarity between second situation data indicating a second context for using the second response data and the first situation data. The response constructor constructs response content information comprising the second response data and the first response data associated with the first situation data having the similarity equal to or greater than a threshold. The second receiver receives speech data. The response generator generates a response sentence corresponding to the speech data using the response content information. The output controller outputs for display one or more response sentences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20200027453
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes one or more processors configured to detect a trigger from a voice signal, the trigger indicating start of voice recognition; and to perform voice recognition of a recognition sound section subsequent to a trigger sound section including the detected trigger, referring to a trigger and voice recognition dictionary corresponding to the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Nayuko WATANABE, Takehiko KAGOSHIMA, Hiroshi FUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 10535339
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a speech recognition result output device includes a storage and processing circuitry. The storage is configured to store a language model for speech recognition. The processing circuitry is coupled to the storage and configured to acquire a phonetic sequence, convert the phonetic sequence into a phonetic sequence feature vector, convert the phonetic sequence feature vector into graphemes using the language model, and output the graphemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20190392839
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for creating a speaker model includes one or more processors. The processors change a part of network parameters from an input layer to a predetermined intermediate layer based on a plurality of patterns and inputs a piece of speech into each of neural networks so as to obtain a plurality of outputs from the intermediate layer. The part of network parameters of the each of the neural networks is changed based on one of the plurality of patterns. The processors create a speaker model with respect to one or more words detected from the speech based on the outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroshi FUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 10504980
    Abstract: Herein disclosed a display apparatus including: a pixel array having a matrix of pixel circuits each including respective electrooptical elements for determining a display brightness level and respective drive circuits for driving the electrooptical elements; wherein adjacent two of the pixel circuits are paired with each other, and each of the drive circuits of the adjacent two pixel circuits includes at least one transistor having a low-concentration source/drain region or an offset region of an offset gate structure, the electrooptical elements and the drive circuits of the adjacent two pixel circuits being laid out such that a line interconnecting a drain region and a source region of the at least one transistor extends parallel to a direction of pixel columns of the pixel circuits of the pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Asano, Seiichiro Jinta, Masatsugu Tomida, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20190305064
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base, a first wiring line, a semiconductor film, a second wiring line, an insulating film, and a semiconductor auxiliary layer. The first wiring line is provided in the first, second, and third regions of the base. The semiconductor film has one or more low-resistance regions, is provided between the first wiring line and the base in the first region, and is in contact with the first wiring line in the second region. The second wiring line is in contact with the first wiring line in the third region. The insulating film is provided between the first wiring line and the semiconductor film in the first region. The semiconductor auxiliary layer is in contact with the semiconductor film at least in the first region, and assists electrical coupling via the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tokuaki KUNIYOSHI, Naoki ASANO, Ryo KOSHIISHI, Hiroshi FUJIMURA
  • Patent number: 10431159
    Abstract: A register circuit includes an output circuit and an input circuit. The output circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is provided in a first electrically-conductive path between a first control terminal and an output terminal. The second transistor is provided in a second electrically-conductive path between a first power terminal and the output terminal. The input circuit includes a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The third transistor is provided in a third electrically-conductive path between an input terminal and a gate terminal of the first transistor. The fourth transistor is provided in a fourth electrically-conductive path between a second control terminal and a gate terminal of the third transistor and has a gate terminal that is coupled to the input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20190266997
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a word detection system acquires speech data including a plurality of frames, generates the speech characteristic amount, calculates a frame score by matching a reference model based on the speech characteristic amount associated with a target word with the frames in the speech data, calculates a first score of the word from the frame score, detects the word from the speech data based on the first score, calculates a second score of the word based on time information on the start and the end of the detected word and the frame score, compares the value of the second score with the second scores of a plurality of words, and determines a word to be output based on the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroshi FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190180743
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dialog system includes an acquirer and a processor. The acquirer acquires a first sentence. The processor refers to a first weighting amount based on a first feature and a first weight. The first feature is of a first dialog state and relates to a first slot. The first weight pertains to the first sentence. The processor refers to a second weighting amount based on a first intention amount and a second weight. The first intention amount is of a first intention and relates to the first slot. The first intention is included in the first sentence. The second weight pertains to the first sentence and is different from the first weight. The processor outputs a second feature using the first and second weighting amounts. The second feature is of a second dialog state after the first dialog state and relates to the first slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 10304460
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a conference support system includes a recognizer, a classifier, a first caption controller, a second caption controller, and a display controller. The recognizer is configured to recognize text data corresponding speech from a speech section and configured to distinguish between the speech section and a non-speech section in speech data. The classifier is configured to classify the text data into first utterance data representing a principal utterance and second utterance data representing another utterance. The first caption controller is configured to generate first caption data for displaying the first utterance data without waiting for identification of the first utterance data to finish. The second caption controller is configured to generate second caption data for displaying the second utterance data after identification of the second utterance data finishes. The display controller is configured to control a display of the first caption data and the second caption data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Taira Ashikawa, Kosei Fume, Masayuki Ashikawa, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20190149021
    Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a core plate having an annular core back and teeth extending from the core back toward the center. The core plate is obtained by performing a punching step, a winding step, a straining step and an annealing step. At the straining step, compressive strain is applied to the core back or the band-shaped core back that is to be the core back after winding. At the annealing step, the core back or the band-shaped core back is annealed to be recrystallized after the applying of strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya AOKI, Takeshi SENOO, Keiichi OKAZAKI, Satoshi DOI, Hiroshi FUJIMURA, Hiroaki SATO
  • Patent number: 10276150
    Abstract: A correction system of the embodiment includes an interface system, a calculator, a generator, and a display controller. The interface system receives correction information for correcting a voice recognition result. The calculator estimates a part of the voice recognition result to be corrected and calculates a degree of association between the part to be corrected and the correction information. The generator generates corrected display information comprising at least one of the correction information and the part to be corrected using a display format corresponding to the degree of association. The display controller outputs the corrected display information on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kosei Fume, Taira Ashikawa, Masayuki Ashikawa, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20190087768
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection work support system includes a memory device, a detector, and a change processor. The memory device stores a work manual including a predetermined work content and a predetermined wok procedure, and worker information on a worker engaged in the work. The detector detects input from the worker. The change processor changes a method of presenting a content and a procedure of the work manual based on the input from the worker, based on a skill level of the worker for the work obtained referring to the worker information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimura, Nayuko Watanabe, Uihyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10176751
    Abstract: A drive circuit having an output terminal includes a buffer circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor that are connected in parallel between a power supply and the output terminal. The first transistor and the second transistor are controlled such that after the first transistor and the second transistor are simultaneously turned on, the second transistor is turned off earlier than the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20180305784
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a chemical composition represented by, in mass %, Si: 1.8% to 7.0%, Cu: 0.03% to 0.60%, and the balance: Fe and impurities; and a primary coating film containing forsterite on a surface of the steel sheet, in which a Cu/Fe light-emitting intensity ratio at an interface region between the primary coating film and the surface of the steel sheet is 0.30 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMURA, Fumiaki TAKAHASHI, Takashi KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180307765
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an interactive system uses at least one of the number of the retrieval result and the number of conditions told by a user to the system if a recommendable candidate is included in retrieval targets in a database which is searched with a condition obtained in the interaction with the user, and determines whether or not a behavior to present the recommendable candidate is performed is determined. Thus, the recommendable candidate can be actively recommended to the user such that the user does not feel dissatisfaction to the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji Iwata, Hiroshi Fujimura