Patents by Inventor Hisahiro Tanaka
Hisahiro Tanaka 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).
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Publication number: 20210158828Abstract: An audio privacy processing device includes a microphone array device that acquires audio from a person in a designated audio pick-up area, and a signal processor that receives the acquired audio over a network and determines when an audio position of the person is within a privacy protection area in the designated audio pick-up area. The audio privacy processing device also includes an audio analyzer that analyzes speech audio of the person in the privacy protection area and determines an emotion of the person based on the analyzed speech audio by accessing a privacy protection sound database that includes emotion value tables, and an output controller that outputs a designated substitute sound and designated frequency from a speaker in place of the speech audio of the person while the person is in the privacy protection area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi TSUJI, Ryota FUJII, Hisahiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 10943596Abstract: An audio processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires audio that is picked up by a sound pick-up unit, a detector that detects an audio position of the audio, a determiner that determines whether or not the audio is a speech audio when the audio position is within a privacy protection area, an analyzer that analyzes the speech audio to acquire an emotion value, a converter that converts the speech audio into a substitute sound corresponding to the emotion value, and an output controller that causes an audio output that outputs the audio to output the substitute sound.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi Tsuji, Ryota Fujii, Hisahiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 10706448Abstract: A service monitoring system includes a voice collector that collects a voice of an employee in a predetermined voice collection region, a storage unit that stores service event data including determination conditions for each predetermined service event, terminal operation history data indicating an operation history of an employee on a predetermined business terminal and voice data of the employee in correlation with each other, a detector that detects the service event of the employee based on the service event data and the terminal operation history data, a calculator that calculates a service speech evaluation value corresponding to a predetermined speech keyword on the basis of the voice data of the employee during the service event, and an output that stores the service speech evaluation value in correlation with identification information of the employee, and voice data of the employee specified by a service position and time point of the employee.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisahiro Tanaka, Akitoshi Izumi, Masanari Miyamoto, Shinichi Shigenaga, Ryota Fujii, Koshi Tanaka, Hisashi Tsuji
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Publication number: 20200152215Abstract: An audio processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires audio that is picked up by a sound pick-up unit, a detector that detects an audio position of the audio, a determiner that determines whether or not the audio is a speech audio when the audio position is within a privacy protection area, an analyzer that analyzes the speech audio to acquire an emotion value, a converter that converts the speech audio into a substitute sound corresponding to the emotion value, and an output controller that causes an audio output that outputs the audio to output the substitute sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi TSUJI, Ryota FUJII, Hisahiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 10598591Abstract: A true leaf and a plurality of artificial leaves are attached on a white reference substrate. A first light source radiates a reference beam of 905 nm while sequentially scanning toward the white reference substrate. A second light source radiates a measuring beam of 1550 nm while sequentially scanning toward the white reference substrate. A threshold level setter/water content index detector calculates a relative water content of a true leaf based on the intensity of each reflection light of the reference beam and the measuring beam which are respectively reflected by the true leaf and a plurality of artificial leaves.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Fujiyama, Yuuji Terashima, Hisahiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190265162Abstract: A true leaf and a plurality of artificial leaves are attached on a white reference substrate. A first light source radiates a reference beam of 905 nm while sequentially scanning toward the white reference substrate. A second light source radiates a measuring beam of 1550 nm while sequentially scanning toward the white reference substrate. A threshold level setter/water content index detector calculates a relative water content of a true leaf based on the intensity of each reflection light of the reference beam and the measuring beam which are respectively reflected by the true leaf and a plurality of artificial leaves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi FUJIYAMA, Yuuji TERASHIMA, Hisahiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 10028049Abstract: Provided are headphones with left and right sliders in linkage with each other. The headphones includes: a head band; a first slider that is provided on one end side of the head band and slides with respect to the head band; a second slider that is provided on the other end side of the head band and slides with respect to the head band; a connecting portion that connects the first slider and the second slider and slides the second slider in linkage with a slide operation of the first slider; and a pair of housings that are provided on the first slide portion and the second slide portion, respectively, and each house a sound output unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Inoue, Tomohiro Ito, Hideto Yamamoto, Hisahiro Tanaka, Hirokazu Nishihara, Kenji Yamada, Eiji Kuwahara, Kenichi Harada
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Publication number: 20170300990Abstract: A service monitoring system includes a voice collector that collects a voice of an employee in a predetermined voice collection region, a storage unit that stores service event data including determination conditions for each predetermined service event, terminal operation history data indicating an operation history of an employee on a predeteHnined business terminal and voice data of the employee in correlation with each other, a detector that detects the service event of the employee based on the service event data and the terminal operation history data, a calculator that calculates a service speech evaluation value corresponding to a predetermined speech keyword on the basis of the voice data of the employee during the service event, and an output that stores the service speech evaluation value in correlation with identification information of the employee, and voice data of the employee specified by a service position and time point of the employee.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO. LTD.Inventors: Hisahiro TANAKA, Akitoshi IZUMI, Masanari MIYAMOTO, Shinichi SHIGENAGA, Ryota FUJII, Koshi TANAKA, Hisashi TSUJI
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Publication number: 20170201820Abstract: Provided are headphones with left and right sliders in linkage with each other. The headphones includes: a head band; a first slider that is provided on one end side of the head band and slides with respect to the head band; a second slider that is provided on the other end side of the head band and slides with respect to the head band; a connecting portion that connects the first slider and the second slider and slides the second slider in linkage with a slide operation of the first slider; and a pair of housings that are provided on the first slide portion and the second slide portion, respectively, and each house a sound output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Takeshi INOUE, Tomohiro ITO, Hideto YAMAMOTO, Hisahiro TANAKA, Hirokazu NISHIHARA, Kenji YAMADA, Eiji KUWAHARA, Kenichi HARADA
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Patent number: 9665904Abstract: There is provided an order entry system including: a first microphone that picks up speech regarding order details of a first speaker; a second microphone that picks up speech regarding the order details of a second speaker for checking the order details of the first speaker; a speech recognizer that recognizes the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker which is picked up by the first microphone and the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker which is picked up by the second microphone; and an order data output that displays on a display, a display screen of order data regarding the order details of the first speaker, including a first speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker and a second speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Shigenaga, Ryota Fujii, Hisahiro Tanaka, Koshi Tanaka, Akitoshi Izumi, Masanari Miyamoto, Shinichi Takayama
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Patent number: 9363907Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle electronic apparatus including a main body that includes a panel attaching/detaching part, and a panel that is attached to and detached from the panel attaching/detaching part. The panel attaching/detaching part is provided with a lock mechanism and a holding lever, the lock mechanism being arranged to lock the panel to the main body, the holding lever being rotatable and being arranged to hold the panel when the holding lever is rotated to a holding position. The panel is moved in a predetermined direction with respect to the main body such that locking of the panel to the main body by the lock mechanism is released. When the panel is moved in the predetermined direction such that the locking is released, the holding lever is rotated to the holding position due to inertia such that the panel is held by the holding lever.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Asaya Hondo, Hideki Itoh, Hisahiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20160019888Abstract: There is provided an order entry system including: a first microphone that picks up speech regarding order details of a first speaker; a second microphone that picks up speech regarding the order details of a second speaker for checking the order details of the first speaker; a speech recognizer that recognizes the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker which is picked up by the first microphone and the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker which is picked up by the second microphone; and an order data output that displays on a display, a display screen of order data regarding the order details of the first speaker, including a first speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the first speaker and a second speech recognition result of the speech regarding the order details of the second speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi SHIGENAGA, Ryota FUJII, Hisahiro TANAKA, Koshi TANAKA, Akitoshi IZUMI, Masanari MIYAMOTO, Shinichi TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20140022716Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle electronic apparatus including a main body that includes a panel attaching/detaching part, and a panel that is attached to and detached from the panel attaching/detaching part. The panel attaching/detaching part is provided with a lock mechanism and a holding lever, the lock mechanism being arranged to lock the panel to the main body, the holding lever being rotatable and being arranged to hold the panel when the holding lever is rotated to a holding position. The panel is moved in a predetermined direction with respect to the main body such that locking of the panel to the main body by the lock mechanism is released. When the panel is moved in the predetermined direction such that the locking is released, the holding lever is rotated to the holding position due to inertia such that the panel is held by the holding lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Asaya Hondo, Hideki Itoh, Hisahiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 7689255Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus including: an apparatus body; a front surface of the apparatus body; and a lid configured to open and close the front surface. A microphone directed to the front side of the front surface in the condition where the lid is opened is provided at the front surface of the apparatus body. A gap for communication between the location, where the microphone is provided, of the front surface and the outside is secured between the front surface and the lid in the condition where the front surface of the apparatus body is closed with the lid.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Seiji Kurauchi, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Yuichiro Nishioka, Hiroyuki Arai, Hisahiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 7494100Abstract: A torsion coil spring spring-biases a rotary plate in such direction that a display unit may be rotated around rotary shafts, so as to rise from a horizontal position. An extension spring spring-biases the display unit, so that the display unit may be changed from an anti-rising direction to a rising direction while the display unit is being rotated, whereby a driving torque may become substantially constant against the weight of the display unit. One end of the extension spring is engaged with the rotary plate and the other end thereof is engaged with an engagement pin disposed at a position displaced from the center of the rotary shaft of the display unit. The length of the extension spring becomes longest while the rotary plate is being tilted and rotated. Thus, the electronic equipment tilting and rotating apparatus can tilt and rotate the display unit with application of a necessary and minimum driving torque.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takehiko Tanaka, Hisahiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 7488408Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a tin-plated film and a method for producing the same, capable of preventing whiskers from being generated and simultaneously preventing the surface of a substrate to be plated, which is not covered with a tin-plated film, from discoloring due to oxidation, by which prevention of whisker generation, suppression of whisker growth, and prevention of discoloring of a substrate to be plated are compatible with simplified operations ensuring excellent productivity. The method is provided with the steps of removing a part of a tin-plated film formed on copper or copper alloy; processing to prevent discoloring of the copper or copper alloy from which the tin-plated film is removed; and applying heat energy to the tin-plated film of the copper or copper alloy which is processed to prevent discoloring.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hisahiro Tanaka, Shigeki Ogata
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Publication number: 20090011143Abstract: A pattern forming apparatus includes a liquid material application mechanism that includes an opening for applying a liquid material on a substrate, and a laser processing mechanism that includes an irradiation section for irradiating the liquid material applied on the substrate with laser light to immobilize the liquid material so that a pattern is formed. The laser processing mechanism is integrated with the liquid material application mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuuichi YATSUNAMI, Satoru MIYANISHI, Yasuhiro NOTOHARA, Hisahiro TANAKA
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Publication number: 20080311414Abstract: An under-layer 2 comprising a coupling agent having a metal element to be transformed to an oxide is disposed on the surface of an inorganic oxide substrate 1, and a liquid containing micro-fine metal particles dispersed therein is coated on the under-layer 2 to form a micro-fine metal particle layer 3. Then, temperature is elevated to a metallizing temperature of the micro-fine metal particles, to form a thin metal film layer 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisahiro TANAKA, Yasuhiro NOTOHARA, Ryuichi YATSUNAMI, Satoru MIYANISHI
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Publication number: 20080024563Abstract: A piezoelectric body (piezoelectric layer 14) is configured to include a first piezoelectric layer 14a, a second piezoelectric layer 14b, and a third piezoelectric layer 14c. A piezoelectric constant of each of the first and third piezoelectric layer 14a and 14c is set to be smaller than that of the second piezoelectric layer 14b. Thus, it is possible to reduce an internal stress generated at an interface between first and second electrode layers 13 and 15 corresponding to the first and third piezoelectric layer 14a and 14c, and generation of a crack caused by high voltage application or driving performed for a long time is expected to be greatly reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyoaki MATSUI, Eiji FUJII, Shintaro HARA, Osamu WATANABE, Hisahiro TANAKA
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Patent number: D853985Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Ito, Takeshi Inoue, Daisuke Matsuo, Hisahiro Tanaka