Patents by Inventor Kaori HANDA

Kaori HANDA 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: 11935510
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a sound signal outputted from a mic, an acoustic feature detection unit that detects an acoustic feature based on the sound signal, an identification unit that identifies first discomfort condition information corresponding to a first work type of work performed by a user, among one or more pieces of discomfort condition information specifying discomfort conditions using the acoustic feature and corresponding to one or more work types, based on work type information indicating the first work type, and an output judgment unit that judges whether first masking sound should be outputted or not based on the acoustic feature detected by the acoustic feature detection unit and the first discomfort condition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori Handa, Masaru Kimura
  • Patent number: 11594208
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires biological information on a user, a first judgment execution unit that executes a first judgment on whether a first discomfort condition is satisfied or not based on first discomfort condition information specifying the first discomfort condition and the biological information, a second acquisition unit that acquires a sound signal, an acoustic feature detection unit that detects an acoustic feature based on the sound signal, a second judgment execution unit that executes a second judgment on whether a second discomfort condition is satisfied or not based on second discomfort condition information specifying the second discomfort condition and the acoustic feature, and an output judgment unit that judges whether first masking sound should be outputted or not based on a result of the first judgment and a result of the second judgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Handa, Masaru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220059068
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a sound signal outputted from a mic, an acoustic feature detection unit that detects an acoustic feature based on the sound signal, an identification unit that identifies first discomfort condition information corresponding to a first work type of work performed by a user, among one or more pieces of discomfort condition information specifying discomfort conditions using the acoustic feature and corresponding to one or more work types, based on work type information indicating the first work type, and an output judgment unit that judges whether first masking sound should be outputted or not based on the acoustic feature detected by the acoustic feature detection unit and the first discomfort condition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori HANDA, Masaru KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220059067
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires biological inform information on a user, a first judgment execution unit that executes a first judgment on whether a first discomfort condition is satisfied or not based on first discomfort condition information specifying the first discomfort condition and the biological information, a second acquisition unit that acquires a sound signal, an acoustic feature detection unit that detects an acoustic feature based on the sound signal, a second judgment execution unit that executes a second judgment on whether a second discomfort condition is satisfied or not based on second discomfort condition information specifying the second discomfort condition and the acoustic feature, and an output judgment unit that judges whether first masking sound should be outputted or not based on a result of the first judgment and a result of the second judgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori HANDA, Masaru KIMURA