Patents by Inventor Mariko CHIBA

Mariko CHIBA 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: 20240112446
    Abstract: An image processing device according to the present technology includes: a foreground-background classification unit configured to classify an input image into a foreground image portion which is a portion in which a subject in a foreground is captured and a background image portion which is a portion in which a subject in a background farther than the foreground image portion is captured; a foreground correction unit configured to correct the foreground image portion; and an inconsistency correction unit configured to correct an inconsistent portion caused by the correction of the foreground image portion by the foreground correction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro CHIBA, Shogo KUBOTA, Mariko NISHIYAMA, Ryo MIYAO, Tetsuo IKEDA, Maho HAYASHI, Yuya TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11862167
    Abstract: A spoken dialogue device includes a recognition unit that recognizes an acquired user speech, a barge-in speech control unit that determines whether to engage a barge-in speech, a dialogue control unit that outputs a system response to a user based on a recognition result of the user speech other than the barge-in speech determined not to be engaged by the barge-in speech control unit, a response generation unit that generates a system speech based on the system response, and an output unit that outputs a system speech. When each user speech element included in the user speech corresponds to a predetermined morpheme included in the immediately previous system speech and does not correspond to a response candidate to the immediately previous system speech by a user, the barge-in speech control unit does not engage at least the user speech element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mariko Chiba, Taichi Asami
  • Publication number: 20230410795
    Abstract: The related information presentation server 10 includes an acquisition unit 12 configured to acquire presentation information indicating lecture content by a lecturer, a detection unit 13 configured to detect a pre-registered keyword included in the presentation information acquired by the acquisition unit 12, and a presentation unit 14 configured to present related information related to the keyword detected by the detection unit 13 to a student. The presentation unit 14 is configured to determine a frequency of presenting the related information to the student based on at least one of a knowledge level of the student regarding the presentation content and a degree of difficulty of the keyword, and present the related information to the student in accordance with the determined frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mariko CHIBA, Junya TAKIUE, Sae IIJIMA, Taichi KATAYAMA, Kei KIKUIRI
  • Publication number: 20220165274
    Abstract: A spoken dialogue device includes a recognition unit that recognizes an acquired user speech, a barge-in speech control unit that determines whether to engage a barge-in speech, a dialogue control unit that outputs a system response to a user based on a recognition result of the user speech other than the barge-in speech determined not to be engaged by the barge-in speech control unit, a response generation unit that generates a system speech based on the system response, and an output unit that outputs a system speech. When each user speech element included in the user speech corresponds to a predetermined morpheme included in the immediately previous system speech and does not correspond to a response candidate to the immediately previous system speech by a user, the barge-in speech control unit does not engage at least the user speech element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mariko CHIBA, Taichi ASAMI