Patents by Inventor Kunio Honsawa
Kunio Honsawa 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).
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Patent number: 11404060Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device determines whether one or more devices should be controlled based on a second utterance input subsequent to a first utterance input from outside in accordance with the first utterance. The electronic device includes a management unit and a controller. The management unit prepares and manages a determination audio data item for determining whether the first utterance is a desired utterance by utterances input from outside at a plurality of times, and determines whether the first utterance is the desired utterance using the prepared and managed determination audio data item. The controller controls the one or more devices based on the second utterance.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Patent number: 11302328Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice interactive device configure to transmit a voice content to a plurality of voice interactive services through a network, wherein the plurality of voice interactive services are selected based at least in part on the voice content.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Takero Kobayashi, Kunio Honsawa, Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Publication number: 20200380986Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice interactive device configure to transmit a voice content to a plurality of voice interactive services through a network, wherein the plurality of voice interactive services are selected based at least in part on the voice content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicants: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Takero Kobayashi, Kunio Honsawa, Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Patent number: 10726837Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice interactive device configure to transmit a voice content to a plurality of voice interactive services through a network, wherein the plurality of voice interactive services are selected based at least in part on the voice content.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignees: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Takero Kobayashi, Kunio Honsawa, Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Publication number: 20200135202Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device determines whether one or more devices should be controlled based on a second utterance input subsequent to a first utterance input from outside in accordance with the first utterance. The electronic device includes a management unit and a controller. The management unit prepares and manages a determination audio data item for determining whether the first utterance is a desired utterance by utterances input from outside at a plurality of times, and determines whether the first utterance is the desired utterance using the prepared and managed determination audio data item. The controller controls the one or more devices based on the second utterance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Hidehito ZAWA, Reiko KAWACHI, Kunio HONSAWA, Hiroyuki NOMOTO
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Publication number: 20200029412Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes an instruction unit which records in a recording medium, event-related data of when an event is detected and monitoring data of when the event occurs, and a display data output unit which outputs from the recording medium and plays as display data, the event-related data and a part of the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data. If there is a specification input to the displayed event-related data, the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data is played.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Reiko Kawachi, Hidehito Izawa, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Patent number: 10522139Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device determines whether one or more devices should be controlled based on a second utterance input subsequent to a first utterance input from outside in accordance with the first utterance. The electronic device includes a management unit and a controller. The management unit prepares and manages a determination audio data item for determining whether the first utterance is a desired utterance by utterances input from outside at a plurality of times, and determines whether the first utterance is the desired utterance using the prepared and managed determination audio data item. The controller controls the one or more devices based on the second utterance.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Patent number: 10452047Abstract: According to one embodiment described herein aim to provide a mobile assist device capable of comprehensively determining (or judging) data output from various sensors, thereby determining (or judging) an item which should be controlled next. The mobile assist device includes a movable body, a sensors mounted on the movable body, and a control module which determines the brightness of the surroundings from an output of the sensor, and also outputs a control signal for controlling the operation of the other instrument based on a result of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignees: QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Toshiba Visual Solutions CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Nomoto, Shun Hirao, Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Kunio Honsawa
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Publication number: 20190130906Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voice interactive device configure to transmit a voice content to a plurality of voice interactive services through a network, wherein the plurality of voice interactive services are selected based at least in part on the voice content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Takero Kobayashi, Kunio Honsawa, Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Publication number: 20190045611Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes an instruction unit which records in a recording medium, event-related data of when an event is detected and monitoring data of when the event occurs, and a display data output unit which outputs from the recording medium and plays as display data, the event-related data and a part of the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data. If there is a specification input to the displayed event-related data, the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data is played.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Reiko Kawachi, Hidehito Izawa, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Patent number: 10121516Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes an instruction unit which records in a recording medium, event-related data of when an event is detected and monitoring data of when the event occurs, and a display data output unit which outputs from the recording medium and plays as display data, the event-related data and a part of the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data. If there is a specification input to the displayed event-related data, the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data is played.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Visual Solutions CorporationInventors: Reiko Kawachi, Hidehito Izawa, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Publication number: 20180102145Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device includes an instruction unit which records in a recording medium, event-related data of when an event is detected and monitoring data of when the event occurs, and a display data output unit which outputs from the recording medium and plays as display data, the event-related data and a part of the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data. If there is a specification input to the displayed event-related data, the monitoring data corresponding to the event-related data is played.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Reiko Kawachi, Hidehito Izawa, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Publication number: 20180102127Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device determines whether one or more devices should be controlled based on a second utterance input subsequent to a first utterance input from outside in accordance with the first utterance. The electronic device includes a management unit and a controller. The management unit prepares and manages a determination audio data item for determining whether the first utterance is a desired utterance by utterances input from outside at a plurality of times, and determines whether the first utterance is the desired utterance using the prepared and managed determination audio data item. The controller controls the one or more devices based on the second utterance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto
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Publication number: 20180102914Abstract: According to one embodiment, a home network includes an information processor which specifies a device to be operated in association with input information, and outputs a control signal to control an operation of the device, and a storage which stores a condition for the information processing unit to control the operation of the device and information to specify the device based on the input information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Reiko Kawachi, Hidehito Izawa, Kunio Honsawa, Hiroyuki Nomoto, Yukinori Yakuwa
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Publication number: 20180101154Abstract: According to one embodiment described herein aim to provide a mobile assist device capable of comprehensively determining (or judging) data output from various sensors, thereby determining (or judging) an item which should be controlled next. The mobile assist device includes a movable body, a sensors mounted on the movable body, and a control module which determines the brightness of the surroundings from an output of the sensor, and also outputs a control signal for controlling the operation of the other instrument based on a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Hiroyuki Nomoto, Shun Hirao, Hidehito Izawa, Reiko Kawachi, Kunio Honsawa
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Patent number: 8892902Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a request determining part determining a request type for streaming contents from a communicating apparatus, a copy number managing part managing the number of copies permissible for the communicating apparatus, a stream number managing part managing the number of streams now in communication, a key-selection processing part selecting a first key corresponding to transfer of streaming contents permissible for one or more of copies or a second key corresponding to transfer of streaming contents for copies with generation management restriction or not permissible for copies, an encryption processing part generating encrypted streaming contents using the first or the second key, and a packet processing part generating a packet that includes the encrypted streaming contents and key information selected by the key-selection processing part and to include information on the number of copies to the packet when the first key is selected.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Isozaki, Kunio Honsawa, Yoshinobu Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8707033Abstract: An information processing apparatus has an authentication and key exchange processing unit, a packet selector, a content key generator, a content decryption unit to decrypt, based on the content key, the encrypted content which is included in the content packet and received following the CCI packet, a CCI set identifier management unit to manage a CCI identifier corresponding to recognizable copy control information, a CCI selector, a CCI analyzer to analyze copy control information corresponding to the CCI identifier selected by the CCI selector, a content processing unit to perform, based on an analysis result of the CCI analyzer, the receiving process on the content data corresponding to the content packet received following the CCI packet, a first communication connection unit to perform the authentication and key exchange process, and a second communication connection unit to transmit the content packet and the CCI packet.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Isozaki, Yoshinobu Fujiwara, Kunio Honsawa, Taku Kato
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Patent number: 8306226Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes a transaction transmitting unit configured to transmit to a receiving apparatus a content to be moved to the receiving apparatus, by using a first transaction established with the receiving apparatus, a counter unit configured to count a progress quantity representing a degree of progress of the transmission of the content from a given point of time with respect to the transmission of the content corresponding to the first transaction to obtain a count value, and a transaction switching unit configured to switch the first transaction used for the transmission of the content to a second transaction, if the count value of the counter unit reaches a predetermined value and the transmission of the content is not completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshinobu Fujiwara, Tatsuyuki Matsushita, Hiroshi Isozaki, Kunio Honsawa, Kazunobu Konda, Chikara Ushimaru, Yoshihisa Kizuka
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Publication number: 20120084558Abstract: An information processing apparatus has an authentication and key exchange processing unit, a packet selector, a content key generator, a content decryption unit to decrypt, based on the content key, the encrypted content which is included in the content packet and received following the CCI packet, a CCI set identifier management unit to manage a CCI identifier corresponding to recognizable copy control information, a CCI selector, a CCI analyzer to analyze copy control information corresponding to the CCI identifier selected by the CCI selector, a content processing unit to perform, based on an analysis result of the CCI analyzer, the receiving process on the content data corresponding to the content packet received following the CCI packet, a first communication connection unit to perform the authentication and key exchange process, and a second communication connection unit to transmit the content packet and the CCI packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroshi ISOZAKI, Yoshinobu Fujiwara, Kunio Honsawa, Taku Kato
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Patent number: 8145038Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information transmitting apparatus includes a receiver, a management module, a transmitter, and an update module. The receiver is configured to receive a first content item in which a first viewable time is set. The management module is configured to manage the first content item and a remaining viewable time. The transmitter is configured to transmit a second content item and information of second viewable time to a device to which a duplicate is to be made, the second content item being a duplicate of the first content item and the information of the second viewable time defining a period of time during which the second content item can be viewed in the device. The update module is configured to update the remaining viewable time managed by the management module to a period of time obtained by subtracting the second viewable time.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshinobu Fujiwara, Mitsuaki Moritani, Kunio Honsawa, Atsushi Nakajima