Patents by Inventor Luna M. Inouye

Luna M. Inouye 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: 5286205
    Abstract: This speech training system enables students to rapidly acquire and perfect their pronunciation of English phrases by speaking along with videos presenting English phrases accompanied by conventionally-spelled English text and characters representing the correct mouth positions. Students learn the mouth positions, then listen to a phrase, speak it simultaneously following the mouth position characters, and read the text. Students of this method can compare their mouth movements to a model of standard pronunciation visually and auditorily. Students of English thus have a more reliable audiovisual means of learning and practicing correct English pronunciation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Inventors: Ken K. Inouye, Sidney C. Sheres, Luna M. Inouye