Patents by Inventor Kiyoto MATSUO

Kiyoto MATSUO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240054986
    Abstract: This earphone is worn by a user and comprises: a sound pickup unit; a detection unit for detecting movement by the user or the impact of the surrounding environment; and a control unit that performs processing of output sound on the basis of a sound pickup signal picked up by the sound pickup unit and the detection result from the detection unit. For example, not only ambient sound but also noise signals such as breathing sounds, vocal sound, and pulse sounds from the user are adaptively reduced, or ambient sound is introduced into an audio signal. Alternatively, wind noise included in a voice signal or a music signal is adaptively reduced. Alternatively, the characteristics of user voice audio for transmission to be transmitted to a conversation partner terminal are adaptively adjusted, and wind noise included in the user voice audio is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyoto MATSUO, Yu TANAKA