Patents by Inventor Kanji Kuroiwa

Kanji Kuroiwa 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: 10491732
    Abstract: A transmitter modulates an input voice signal to transmit an RF signal. A receiver demodulates a received RF signal to output an output voice signal. A voice level comparator compares a level of an input voice signal obtained by collecting a voice by a microphone with a VOX sensitivity level. A transmission determination unit instructs the transmitter to transmit the input voice signal, when the level of the input voice signal is equal to or greater than the VOX sensitivity level, based on a comparison result by the voice level comparator. A VOX sensitivity level calculator calculates the VOX sensitivity level in a predetermined period until just before the receiver completes outputting the output voice signal, based on an ambient sound collected by the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Furuta, Shinichiro Wakamatsu, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kanji Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20190199843
    Abstract: A transmitter modulates an input voice signal to transmit an RF signal. A receiver demodulates a received RF signal to output an output voice signal. A voice level comparator compares a level of an input voice signal obtained by collecting a voice by a microphone with a VOX sensitivity level. A transmission determination unit instructs the transmitter to transmit the input voice signal, when the level of the input voice signal is equal to or greater than the VOX sensitivity level, based on a comparison result by the voice level comparator. A VOX sensitivity level calculator calculates the VOX sensitivity level in a predetermined period until just before the receiver completes outputting the output voice signal, based on an ambient sound collected by the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi FURUTA, Shinichiro WAKAMATSU, Yoshihiro SUZUKI, Kanji KUROIWA
  • Patent number: 9804819
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus comprises an audio output unit, a volume operating unit outputting an operating value indicating a volume level of the audio according to a user operation, a lock controller switching between a non-locked state in which the volume level of the audio can be varied and a locked state in which the volume level is fixed, and a volume controller causing the audio output unit to output the audio having a volume level corresponding to the operating value in the non-locked state and the audio having a volume level corresponding to the lock value in the locked state, and switching the locked state to the non-locked state for a period of time on turning on a predetermined operating part and updating the lock value with the operating value, and switching the non-locked state to the locked state on turning off the predetermined operating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuomi Tachigi, Kanji Kuroiwa, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170161013
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus comprises an audio output unit, a volume operating unit outputting an operating value indicating a volume level of the audio according to a user operation, a lock controller switching between a non-locked state in which the volume level of the audio can be varied and a locked state in which the volume level is fixed, and a volume controller causing the audio output unit to output the audio having a volume level corresponding to the operating value in the non-locked state and the audio having a volume level corresponding to the lock value in the locked state, and switching the locked state to the non-locked state for a period of time on turning on a predetermined operating part and updating the lock value with the operating value, and switching the non-locked state to the locked state on turning off the predetermined operating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuomi Tachigi, Kanji Kuroiwa, Hiroshi Nakamura