Patents by Inventor Kouta Hidaka

Kouta Hidaka 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).

  • EMOTION DETECTING METHOD, EMOTION DETECTING APPARATUS, EMOTION DETECTING PROGRAM THAT IMPLEMENTS THE SAME METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES THE SAME PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20090265170
    Abstract: An audio feature is extracted from audio signal data for each analysis frame and stored in a storage part. Then, the audio feature is read from the storage part, and an emotional state probability of the audio feature corresponding to an emotional state is calculated using one or more statistical models constructed based on previously input learning audio signal data. Then, based on the calculated emotional state probability, the emotional state of a section including the analysis frame is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go Irie, Kouta Hidaka, Takashi Satou, Yukinobu Taniguchi, Shinya Nakajima