Patents by Inventor Kenji Kurakata

Kenji Kurakata 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).

  • Method and apparatus for measuring sound that takes hearing characteristics into consideration
    Patent number: 6829939
    Abstract: Sounds input via a sound input device are corrected in accordance with age-based hearing characteristic data read from a memory or correction values for reference hearing characteristics for individual hearing characteristics-measured by an individual hearing characteristics measurement device, and the sounds corresponding to the hearing characteristics are measured and displayed by the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kenji Kurakata
    Inventors: Kenji Kurakata, Yasuo Kuchinomachi
  • Sound measuring method and device allowing for auditory senses characteristics
    Publication number: 20020152815
    Abstract: Sounds input via a sound input means (11) are corrected in accordance with age-based hearing characteristic data read from a memory (13) or correction values for reference hearing characteristics for individual hearing characteristics measured by an individual hearing characteristics means (15), and the sounds corresponding to the hearing characteristics are measured and displayed by a display means (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Kenji Kurakata, Yasuo Kuchinomachi