Patents by Inventor Kotaro Nakabayashi

Kotaro Nakabayashi 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: 11102571
    Abstract: A speaker position determination system includes a server, wherein the server includes: a processor configured to: acquire a first reproduction sound output from a first speaker and a second reproduction sound output from a second speaker at the same timing as the first reproduction sound, which are picked up by a sound pickup device arranged at a position of a speaker to be determined; calculate a first time lag indicating a time lag from an output timing of the first reproduction sound until a pickup timing of the first reproduction sound and a second time lag indicating a time lag from an output timing of the second reproduction sound until a pickup timing of the second reproduction sound; and determine the position of the speaker based on the first time lag and the second time lag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Usui, Kotaro Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10848888
    Abstract: An audio data processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a sound field effect data generator configured to add sound field effect data to audio data by arithmetic operation processing using a parameter, at least one processor, and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate to: analyze a scene for the audio data, recognize switching of the scene based on an analysis result of the scene, gradually decrease both an input gain and an output gain of the sound field effect data generator, and gradually increase both the input gain and the output gain after changing the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morishige Fujisawa, Kotaro Nakabayashi, Yuta Yuyama
  • Patent number: 10555083
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes: at least one processor, and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate to: acquire data on a mixed sound of a reproduction sound of a first sound data output from a first speaker and a reproduction sound of a second sound data output from a second speaker, the mixed sound being picked up by a sound pickup device directed toward the first speaker, calculate a first similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the first sound data and a second similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the second sound data, and determine connection states of the first speaker and the second speaker based on the first similarity degree and the second similarity degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Usui, Kenji Kawano, Kotaro Nakabayashi, Ryota Sato, Kohei Sekiguchi, Masaya Kano
  • Publication number: 20200015002
    Abstract: A speaker position determination system includes a server, wherein the server includes: a processor configured to: acquire a first reproduction sound output from a first speaker and a second reproduction sound output from a second speaker at the same timing as the first reproduction sound, which are picked up by a sound pickup device arranged at a position of a speaker to be determined; calculate a first time lag indicating a time lag from an output timing of the first reproduction sound until a pickup timing of the first reproduction sound and a second time lag indicating a time lag from an output timing of the second reproduction sound until a pickup timing of the second reproduction sound; and determine the position of the speaker based on the first time lag and the second time lag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi USUI, Kotaro NAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190281388
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes: at least one processor, and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate to: acquire data on a mixed sound of a reproduction sound of a first sound data output from a first speaker and a reproduction sound of a second sound data output from a second speaker, the mixed sound being picked up by a sound pickup device directed toward the first speaker, calculate a first similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the first sound data and a second similarity degree indicating similarity between the data on the mixed sound and the second sound data, and determine connection states of the first speaker and the second speaker based on the first similarity degree and the second similarity degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi USUI, Kenji KAWANO, Kotaro NAKABAYASHI, Ryota SATO, Kohei SEKIGUCHI, Masaya KANO
  • Publication number: 20190200151
    Abstract: An audio data processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a sound field effect data generator configured to add sound field effect data to audio data by arithmetic operation processing using a parameter, at least one processor, and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate to: analyze a scene for the audio data, recognize switching of the scene based on an analysis result of the scene, gradually decrease both an input gain and an output gain of the sound field effect data generator, and gradually increase both the input gain and the output gain after changing the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Morishige FUJISAWA, Kotaro NAKABAYASHI, Yuta YUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10165382
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a selector configured to select one of a plurality of methods, in accordance with which a signal generation process is performed for generating a transfer signal in which additional information is added to an audio signal; a signal processor configured to execute the signal generation process of adding the additional information to the audio signal in accordance with the method selected by the selector; and a transferrer configured to transfer to a reproduction device the transfer signal generated by the signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryotaro Aoki, Atsushi Usui, Masaya Kano, Kotaro Nakabayashi, Yuta Yuyama
  • Publication number: 20180220249
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a selector configured to select one of a plurality of methods, in accordance with which a signal generation process is performed for generating a transfer signal in which additional information is added to an audio signal; a signal processor configured to execute the signal generation process of adding the additional information to the audio signal in accordance with the method selected by the selector; and a transferrer configured to transfer to a reproduction device the transfer signal generated by the signal processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Ryotaro AOKI, Atsushi USUI, Masaya KANO, Kotaro NAKABAYASHI, Yuta YUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150264502
    Abstract: An audio signal processing device includes a calculator for generating a plurality of audio signals to be given respectively to a plurality of loudspeakers based on an audio signal corresponding to a virtual sound source having position information. The calculator calculates, with respect to each loudspeaker, a distance between each of the plurality of loudspeakers and the virtual sound source on the basis of position information indicating a position of the virtual sound source and loudspeaker position information indicating positions of the plurality of loudspeakers, and calculates an audio signal corresponding to the virtual sound source to be supplied to each of the plurality of loudspeakers on the basis of the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ryotaro Aoki, Akihiko Suyama, Kotaro Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9099963
    Abstract: An amplifier device includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving input signals (e.g. audio signals), a main switch, which switches over the input terminals so as to select one input terminal, an analyzer, which analyzes the input signals at respective timings so as to determine whether or not each of the input signals corresponds to a playback signal, a storage for storing a plurality of determination results in connection with the input terminals, a controller for controlling the main switch to select the input terminal whose input signal is newly determined as the playback signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the input signal of the selected input terminal. The analyzer performs frequency analysis on the input signals so as to determine the input signal including a specific frequency component having a high intensity as noise not forming the playback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8515263
    Abstract: A contents reproduction apparatus (e.g. an AV receiver) is connectable to various sources (e.g. audio/video devices) having audio/video contents which are related to predetermined activities (e.g. Listen, Watch, Play) and predetermined sound field options (e.g. Music, Movie, Entertainment) via a sound field table describing a plurality of sound field modes. The contents reproduction apparatus allows the user to arbitrarily select the source, the activity, and the sound field option, thus determining a desired sound field mode via the sound field table. The desired sound field mode is adopted in the signal processing performed on the output signals (e.g. audio signals) of the selected source. Thus, the user is able to select the optimum sound field mode from among various sound field modes with a simple operation without needing to carry out troublesome and complicated operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20120275759
    Abstract: An amplifier device includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving input signals (e.g. audio signals), a main switch, which switches over the input terminals so as to select one input terminal, an analyzer, which analyzes the input signals at respective timings so as to determine whether or not each of the input signals corresponds to a playback signal, a storage for storing a plurality of determination results in connection with the input terminals, a controller for controlling the main switch to select the input terminal whose input signal is newly determined as the playback signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the input signal of the selected input terminal. The analyzer performs frequency analysis on the input signals so as to determine the input signal including a specific frequency component having a high intensity as noise not forming the playback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8243948
    Abstract: An amplifier device includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving input signals (e.g. audio signals), a main switch, which switches over the input terminals so as to select one input terminal, an analyzer, which analyzes the input signals at respective timings so as to determine whether or not each of the input signals corresponds to a playback signal, a storage for storing a plurality of determination results in connection with the input terminals, a controller for controlling the main switch to select the input terminal whose input signal is newly determined as the playback signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the input signal of the selected input terminal. The analyzer performs frequency analysis on the input signals so as to determine the input signal including a specific frequency component having a high intensity as noise not forming the playback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20100303451
    Abstract: A contents reproduction apparatus (e.g. an AV receiver) is connectable to various sources (e.g. audio/video devices) having audio/video contents which are related to predetermined activities (e.g. Listen, Watch, Play) and predetermined sound field options (e.g. Music, Movie, Entertainment) via a sound field table describing a plurality of sound field modes. The contents reproduction apparatus allows the user to arbitrarily select the source, the activity, and the sound field option, thus determining a desired sound field mode via the sound field table. The desired sound field mode is adopted in the signal processing performed on the output signals (e.g. audio signals) of the selected source. Thus, the user is able to select the optimum sound field mode from among various sound field modes with a simple operation without needing to carry out troublesome and complicated operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro NAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20080273710
    Abstract: An amplifier device includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving input signals (e.g. audio signals), a main switch, which switches over the input terminals so as to select one input terminal, an analyzer, which analyzes the input signals at respective timings so as to determine whether or not each of the input signals corresponds to a playback signal, a storage for storing a plurality of determination results in connection with the input terminals, a controller for controlling the main switch to select the input terminal whose input signal is newly determined as the playback signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the input signal of the selected input terminal. The analyzer performs frequency analysis on the input signals so as to determine the input signal including a specific frequency component having a high intensity as noise not forming the playback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro NAKABAYASHI