Patents by Inventor Kaneaki Fujishita
Kaneaki Fujishita 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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Patent number: 11410325Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method for configuration of an audio reproduction system is provided. The electronic apparatus captures a set of stereo images of the listening environment and identifies a plurality of objects, including a display device and a plurality of audio devices, in the set of stereo images. The electronic apparatus estimates first location information of the plurality of audio devices and second location information of the display device. Based on first location information and the second location information, the electronic apparatus identifies a layout of the plurality of audio devices. The electronic apparatus receives an audio signal from each audio device and determines a distance between each audio device of the plurality of audio devices and a user location based on the received audio signal. The electronic apparatus determines an anomaly in connection of at least one audio device and generates connection information based on the determined anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Sharanappagouda Patil, Kaneaki Fujishita
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Publication number: 20210174535Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method for configuration of an audio reproduction system is provided. The electronic apparatus captures a set of stereo images of the listening environment and identifies a plurality of objects, including a display device and a plurality of audio devices, in the set of stereo images. The electronic apparatus estimates first location information of the plurality of audio devices and second location information of the display device. Based on first location information and the second location information, the electronic apparatus identifies a layout of the plurality of audio devices. The electronic apparatus receives an audio signal from each audio device and determines a distance between each audio device of the plurality of audio devices and a user location based on the received audio signal. The electronic apparatus determines an anomaly in connection of at least one audio device and generates connection information based on the determined anomaly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: SHARANAPPAGOUDA PATIL, KANEAKI FUJISHITA
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Patent number: 10403141Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to process traffic sound data to provide in-vehicle driver assistance are disclosed herein. The system includes one or more circuits in an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The one or more circuits in the ECU are configured to receive sound data captured by two or more audio-input devices associated with the first vehicle. The sound data corresponds to sound emanated from one or more other vehicles. Thereafter, a relative position (distance and/or angle) of the first vehicle from a second vehicle of the one or more other vehicles is determined based on the received sound data. Further, an in-vehicle alert is generated for the first vehicle based on the determined relative position. The in-vehicle alert comprises a virtual sound representative of sound emanated from the second vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Sharanappagouda Linganagouda Patil, Kaneaki Fujishita, Yukio Takeyari
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Patent number: 10244338Abstract: The information processing device includes: a feature amount extraction unit configured to extract a feature amount from sounds in a predetermined space; an identification unit configured to identify a type of a sound included in the sounds from the feature amount; an information combining unit configured to generate sound statistic information in which the feature amount, the type of the sound, and spatiotemporal information of the predetermined space at a time of acquisition of the sound are associated with each other; and a database establishing unit configured to establish a sound statistic database by using the sound statistic information.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Namba, Masayuki Nishiguchi, Kaneaki Fujishita, Shiro Suzuki, Toru Chinen, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Yuki Yamamoto, Hiroharu Kato
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Patent number: 10154336Abstract: To reduce the driving loss in the diaphragm, and to ensure a good sound output in the wide bandwidth. It includes a circular coil bobbin at least partly disposed between a yoke and a magnet, a coil wound around the coil bobbin, the coil being configured to be moved with the coil bobbin where a driving current is supplied to the coil, a piezoelectric element having one end coupled to one end of the coil bobbin in a movement direction, the piezoelectric element being configured to be expanded and contracted and moved in a direction same as the movement direction where an electric current is supplied to the piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm having an inner circumference part coupled to another end of the piezoelectric element, and a coupled part of the diaphragm to the piezoelectric element and a coupled part of the piezoelectric element to the coil bobbin are positioned on a straight line in the movement direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Tagami, Nobukazu Suzuki, Kaneaki Fujishita
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Patent number: 9972335Abstract: Provided is a signal processing apparatus including a feature detection unit configured to detect, from an input signal, a detection signal including at least one of audience-generated-sound likelihood and music likelihood, a reverberation adding unit configured to add long or short reverberations to the input signal based on a detected tone being moderate or ordinary tone respectively, and a vicinity-sound generation unit configured to generate vicinity sound based on the detection signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Takahashi, Masayoshi Noguchi, Masashi Fujihara, Kazuki Sakai, Kaneaki Fujishita
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Publication number: 20180077508Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device capable of establishing a sound statistic database with high usability. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a feature amount extraction unit configured to extract a feature amount from sounds in a predetermined space; an identification unit configured to identify a type of a sound included in the sounds from the feature amount; an information combining unit configured to generate sound statistic information in which the feature amount, the type of the sound, and spatiotemporal information of the predetermined space at a time of acquisition of the sound are associated with each other; and a database establishing unit configured to establish a sound statistic database by using the sound statistic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: RYUICHI NAMBA, MASAYUKI NISHIGUCHI, KANEAKI FUJISHITA, SHIRO SUZUKI, TORU CHINEN, MITSUYUKI HATANAKA, YUKI YAMAMOTO, HIROHARU KATO
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Publication number: 20180053413Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to process traffic sound data to provide in-vehicle driver assistance are disclosed herein. The system includes one or more circuits in an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The one or more circuits in the ECU are configured to receive sound data captured by two or more audio-input devices associated with the first vehicle. The sound data corresponds to sound emanated from one or more other vehicles. Thereafter, a relative position (distance and/or angle) of the first vehicle from a second vehicle of the one or more other vehicles is determined based on the received sound data. Further, an in-vehicle alert is generated for the first vehicle based on the determined relative position. The in-vehicle alert comprises a virtual sound representative of sound emanated from the second vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: SHARANAPPAGOUDA LINGANAGOUDA PATIL, KANEAKI FUJISHITA, YUKIO TAKEYARI
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Publication number: 20170295423Abstract: To reduce the driving loss in the diaphragm, and to ensure a good sound output in the wide bandwidth. It includes a circular coil bobbin at least partly disposed between a yoke and a magnet, a coil wound around the coil bobbin, the coil being configured to be moved with the coil bobbin where a driving current is supplied to the coil, a piezoelectric element having one end coupled to one end of the coil bobbin in a movement direction, the piezoelectric element being configured to be expanded and contracted and moved in a direction same as the movement direction where an electric current is supplied to the piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm having an inner circumference part coupled to another end of the piezoelectric element, and a coupled part of the diaphragm to the piezoelectric element and a coupled part of the piezoelectric element to the coil bobbin are positioned on a straight line in the movement direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: TAKAHISA TAGAMI, NOBUKAZU SUZUKI, KANEAKI FUJISHITA
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Patent number: 9653065Abstract: Provided is an audio processing device including a narration canceling section configured to generate a narration canceling signal by removing a narration component from an input signal, and a reverberation adding section configured to add a reverberation effect to the narration canceling signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayoshi Noguchi, Naoya Takahashi, Masashi Fujihara, Goro Shiraishi, Kaneaki Fujishita
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Publication number: 20150325230Abstract: Provided is an audio processing device including a narration canceling section configured to generate a narration canceling signal by removing a narration component from an input signal, and a reverberation adding section configured to add a reverberation effect to the narration canceling signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masayoshi Noguchi, Naoya Takahashi, Masashi Fujihara, Goro Shiraishi, Kaneaki Fujishita
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Publication number: 20150142445Abstract: Provided is a signal processing apparatus including a feature detection unit configured to detect, from an input signal, a detection signal including at least one of audience-generated-sound likelihood and music likelihood, and a vicinity-sound generation unit configured to generate vicinity sound based on the detection signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: NAOYA TAKAHASHI, MASAYOSHI NOGUCHI, MASASHI FUJIHARA, KAZUKI SAKAI, KANEAKI FUJISHITA
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Patent number: 7685592Abstract: In an electronic device for implementing various functions using a DSP, the functionality can be updated as required. The electronic device is provided with a DSP and a flash memory for storing a program executed by the DSP. A program for implementing a new function implements both an old function and the new function, and for implementing a function corresponding to a version flag that has been set in version flags. When the program in the flash memory is updated to a program for implementing the new function, the program for implementing a new function is loaded into the flash memory, and a version flag corresponding to the new function is set in the version flags.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kaneaki Fujishita
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Patent number: 7388573Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an audio equipment capable of processing video signals and a method of displaying operation of the acoustic equipment. An input selector switch 1 is supplied with reproduced audio signals from devices connected to a tuner unit 2 and input terminals 3, and supplies a signal to a sound field processing DSP unit 4. A signal processed by the DSP unit 4 is applied through a muting switch 5 to an output terminal 6. An input selector switch 7 is supplied with reproduced video signals from devices connected to input terminals 8, and supplies a signal to a graphic controller (GDC) 9 which generates a video signal to display an image. One of a signal generated by the GDC 9 and an original video signal are selected by a switch 10, and applied to an output terminal 11. The GDC 9 also generates an image simulating a control panel. When a key switch 13 is operated, the display corresponding to the operated key in the simulating image is varied.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1995Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kaneaki Fujishita, Osamu Sakurai, Junichi Nagahara
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Patent number: 7206648Abstract: A multi-channel audio reproducing apparatus includes several audio power amplifiers, the number of which is less than the number of channels required for the multi-channel format of the input audio signals. The multichannel audio reproducing apparatus also includes a decoder for decoding input audio signals and a signal processor, arranged between the decoder and the audio power amplifiers, for receiving decoder output signals of a plurality of channels of the multi-channel format at the input channels thereof and for outputting, at the output channels thereof, audio signals of channels of a number less than the number of audio power amplifiers. A controller controls the signal processor in response to setting information of the connection and installation of a plurality of speakers to which the outputs of the audio power amplifiers are respectively supplied.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kaneaki Fujishita
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Patent number: 6988013Abstract: An audio signal processing method wherein it is detected whether the data supplied from an optical disk reproduction apparatus or the like has continuous zero data for a predetermined period of time, and in the case where zero data continue for the predetermined period of time, it is determined that compressed audio data is involved, and the supplied data is decoded.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1999Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kaneaki Fujishita
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Publication number: 20040015604Abstract: The invention relates to a method of transmitting data and the like which are preferably applied to cases where different types or schemes of data are transmitted using a bus line, for example, an IEEE1394 bus line. Data of one sample is transmitted using multiple slots each having a data length of 32 bits. For example, when the data of one sample has 128 bits, data of one sample is transmitted using 8 slots. Each slot includes segmented 16 bits. The leading 8 bits of the 32-bit data constitute label data, with its lowest 3 bits indicating a slot number. Information regarding the number of data bits to be included in one slot is contained in the ancillary data. Data can be easily transmitted if the number of bits in the data of one sample exceeds the maximum bits by which the data can be transmitted using one slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Yoshio Osakabe, Yoshiyuki Takaku, Kaneaki Fujishita, Gen Ichimura, Takehiko Nakano
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Publication number: 20030177148Abstract: In an electronic device for implementing various functions using a DSP, the functionality can be updated as required. The electronic device is provided with a DSP (23), and a flash memory (34) for storing a program executed by the DSP (23). A program for implementing a new function is a program for implementing both an old function and the new function, and for implementing a function corresponding to a version flag which has been set in version flags. When the program in the flash memory is updated to a program for implementing a new function, the program for implementing a new function is loaded into the flash memory (34), and a version flag corresponding to the new function is set in the version flags.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventor: Kaneaki Fujishita
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Publication number: 20020006081Abstract: A multi-channel audio reproducing apparatus includes audio power amplifiers, the number of which is smaller than the number of channels required for a multi-channel format of input audio signals. The multi-channel audio reproducing apparatus includes a decoder for decoding input audio signals, a plurality of audio power amplifiers, and a signal processor, arranged between the decoder and the plurality of audio power amplifiers, for receiving decoder output signals of a plurality of channels of a multi-channel format at the input channels thereof and for outputting, at the output channels thereof, audio signals of channels of the number smaller than the number of the plurality of audio power amplifiers. A controller controls the signal processor in response to setting information of the connection and installation of a plurality of speakers to which the outputs of the plurality of audio power amplifiers are respectively supplied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Inventor: Kaneaki Fujishita
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Patent number: 6222930Abstract: A sound reproducing system in which virtual image orientation processing of audio signals for at least two rear speakers disposed in directions from a listener close to the right-back direction from the listener is performed by a virtual sound orientation processor so that the listener can have a sound image at a position different from each of real speaker positions at which the rear speakers are placed, and/or so that the listener is unconscious that sounds are radiated from the rear speakers placed at real speaker positions. This virtual image orientation processing is performed according to acoustic transfer coefficients of transfer of sounds from the rear speakers to the listener's ears when the rear speakers are placed at virtual speaker positions different from the real speaker positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenji Nakano, Takashi Kanai, Kaneaki Fujishita