Patents by Inventor Masaya Konishi

Masaya Konishi 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: 20240118090
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle position estimation device, including: a first boundary-line calculation determination unit that calculates a first distance between the vehicle and a boundary line, and determines whether or not the vehicle has crossed the boundary line; a second boundary-line calculation determination unit that calculates a second distance between the vehicle and the boundary line, and determines whether or not the vehicle has crossed the boundary line; a traveling lane matching unit that adjusts at least one of the first and second distances for matching, based on whether or not the vehicle has crossed the boundary line, determined by the first boundary-line calculation determination unit and the second boundary-line calculation determination unit; and a position estimation unit that estimates a position of the vehicle, based on the first or second distance adjusted by the traveling lane matching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kyosuke KONISHI, Masaya ENDO, Toshihiko HASHIBA
  • Patent number: 11705253
    Abstract: A superconducting wire according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a superconducting layer having a third surface and a fourth surface; and respective coating layers. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The fourth surface is opposite to the third surface. The superconducting layer is disposed on the substrate such that the third surface faces the second surface. The respective coating layers are disposed on the first surface and the fourth surface. Adhesion strength between the substrate and the coating layer disposed on the first surface is lower than adhesion strength between the superconducting layer and the coating layer disposed on the fourth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Masaya Konishi
  • Patent number: 11665982
    Abstract: A superconducting wire includes a substrate and a superconducting material layer. The substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The superconducting material layer is disposed on the first main surface. Along at least a part of the superconducting wire in a direction in which the superconducting wire extends, the superconducting material layer is disposed to cover a side surface of the substrate in a width direction of the substrate and cover at least a part of the second main surface. A thickness of the superconducting material layer located on the first main surface varies along the width direction. A maximum thickness of the superconducting material layer located on the second main surface is smaller than a maximum thickness of the superconducting material layer located on the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Masaya Konishi, Takeshi Yamana, Kenji Motoi
  • Publication number: 20230114777
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a filter generation device and a filter generation method, capable of generating a filter suitable for out-of-head localization processing. A processing device according to an embodiment includes: a frequency characteristics acquisition unit configured to acquire frequency characteristics based on sound pickup signals; a level calculation unit configured to calculate a reference level in the frequency characteristics; a correction unit configured to correct the frequency characteristics so that the frequency characteristics fall within a predetermined level range including the reference level, and thereby calculate corrected characteristics; and a filter generation unit configured to generate a corrected filter based on the corrected characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Hisako MURATA, Takahiro Gejo, Yumi Fujii, Masaya Konishi
  • Patent number: 11438721
    Abstract: To provide an out-of-head localization system, a filter generation device, a method, and a program capable of appropriate processing, an out-of-head localization system according to this embodiment includes a measurement device that measures transfer characteristics by using a microphone worn on a user's ear before the user U sits on a seat, an out-of-head localization device that is installed in the seat and performs out-of-head localization by using a filter appropriate to the transfer characteristics, and a server terminal that transmits the filter appropriate to the transfer characteristics to the out-of-head localization device on the basis of identification information of the user U.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisako Murata, Masaya Konishi, Yumi Fujii, Takahiro Gejo, Kuniaki Takachi, Toshiaki Nagai
  • Patent number: 11380463
    Abstract: A superconducting coil according to the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a superconducting layer having a third surface and a fourth surface; respective stabilization layers; and respective protective layers. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The fourth surface is opposite to the third surface. The superconducting layer is disposed on the substrate such that the third surface faces the second surface. The respective stabilization layers are disposed on the first surface and the fourth surface. The respective protective layers are disposed on the stabilization layers. Adhesion strength between each of the stabilization layers and each of the protective layers is lower than strength of the superconducting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Masaya Konishi
  • Patent number: 11297427
    Abstract: A processing device according to an embodiment includes a sound pickup signal acquisition unit that acquires sound pickup signals picked up by left and right microphones through a monophonic input terminal, a switch unit that switches a connection state so that a first sound pickup signal picked up only by the left microphone and a second sound pickup signal picked up only by the right microphone are input, an interaural distance acquisition unit that acquires an interaural distance of the listener, a front time difference acquisition unit that acquires a front time difference, an incident time difference calculation unit that calculates an incident time difference based on an angle ?, the front time difference, and the interaural distance, and a transfer characteristics generation unit that calculates transfer characteristics by applying a delay corresponding to the incident time difference to the first and second sound pickup signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumi Fujii, Hisako Murata, Masaya Konishi, Takahiro Gejo, Kuniaki Takachi
  • Patent number: 11264151
    Abstract: A superconducting wire includes a multilayer stack and a covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer). The multilayer stack includes a substrate having a main surface and a superconducting material layer formed on the main surface. The covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) is disposed on at least the superconducting material layer. A front surface portion of the covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) located on the superconducting material layer (front surface portion of the stabilizing layer or upper surface of the protective layer) has a concave shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Masaya Konishi, Kotaro Ohki, Genki Honda, Tatsuhiko Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 11228837
    Abstract: Provided are an out-of-head localization system, a filter generation device, a method, and a program capable of appropriate processing. A processing device according to an embodiment includes a frequency information acquisition unit that acquires frequency information on the basis of a frequency response of a filter used in filter processing on a reproduction signal, a time information acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the frequency information, time information of a reproduction signal, a time signal extraction unit that extracts, on the basis of the time information, a time signal corresponding to at least some time of the reproduction signal, a filter processing unit that performs filter processing on the time signal, and a gain acquisition unit that acquires a gain on the basis of the time signal not having undergone filter processing and a processed time signal having undergone filter processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniaki Takachi, Hisako Murata, Masaya Konishi, Takahiro Gejo, Yumi Fujii, Toshiaki Nagai
  • Publication number: 20210377684
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a processing device, a processing method, a reproducing method, and a program capable of performing appropriate processing. A processing device according to the present embodiment includes: an envelope computation unit computing an envelope for a frequency response of a sound pickup signal; a scale conversion unit generating scale converted data by performing scale conversion and data interpolation on frequency data of the envelope; a normalization factor computation unit dividing the scale converted data into a plurality of frequency bands, obtaining a characteristic value for each frequency band, and computing a normalization factor, based on the characteristic values; and a normalization unit, using the normalization factor, normalizing the sound pickup signal in the time domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro GEJO, Hisako MURATA, Masaya KONISHI, Yumi FUJII, Kuniaki TAKACHI, Toshiaki NAGAI
  • Patent number: 11115743
    Abstract: A signal processing device according to an embodiment includes a measurement signal generation unit that generates a first measurement signal and outputs the signal to headphones, a sound pickup signal acquisition unit that acquires a first sound pickup signal obtained by picking up the first measurement signal by a microphone, a signal analysis unit that calculates a frequency response of the first sound pickup signal, a fit determination unit that determine a fit of the headphones by comparing a response value of the frequency response in a specified frequency band with a reference value, and a display unit that outputs gradual results of the determination in accordance with a percentage of the response value with respect to the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Yumi Fujii, Takahiro Gejo, Hisako Murata, Masaya Konishi, Kuniaki Takachi
  • Publication number: 20210204084
    Abstract: To provide an out-of-head localization system, a filter generation device, a method, and a program capable of appropriate processing, an out-of-head localization system according to this embodiment includes a measurement device that measures transfer characteristics by using a microphone worn on a user's ear before the user U sits on a seat, an out-of-head localization device that is installed in the seat and performs out-of-head localization by using a filter appropriate to the transfer characteristics, and a server terminal that transmits the filter appropriate to the transfer characteristics to the out-of-head localization device on the basis of identification information of the user U.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Hisako MURATA, Masaya KONISHI, Yumi FUJII, Takahiro GEJO, Kuniaki TAKACHI, Toshiaki NAGAI
  • Patent number: 11051118
    Abstract: A sound pickup device according to this embodiment includes a microphone part placed at a sound pickup position in close proximity to an ear hole without blocking an ear canal, and positioned so as to face outside of the ear canal, and a wire having flexibility and extending to the sound pickup position. Further, in this embodiment, at least part of the wire is formed along an auricle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uchida, Hisako Murata, Takahiro Gejo, Yumi Fujii, Kuniaki Takachi, Masaya Konishi, Takayuki Uchida, Satoshi Yoshimura, Shuji Tanifuji
  • Publication number: 20210195327
    Abstract: Provided are an out-of-head localization system, a filter generation device, a method, and a program capable of appropriate processing. A processing device according to an embodiment includes a frequency information acquisition unit that acquires frequency information on the basis of a frequency response of a filter used in filter processing on a reproduction signal, a time information acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the frequency information, time information of a reproduction signal, a time signal extraction unit that extracts, on the basis of the time information, a time signal corresponding to at least some time of the reproduction signal, a filter processing unit that performs filter processing on the time signal, and a gain acquisition unit sthat acquires a gain on the basis of the time signal not having undergone filter processing and a processed time signal having undergone filter processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kuniaki TAKACHI, Hisako MURATA, Masaya KONISHI, Takahiro GEJO, Yumi FUJII, Toshiaki NAGAI
  • Patent number: 11044571
    Abstract: A filter determination system, a filter determination device, a filter determination method and a program with which a filter can be appropriately determined are provided. A processing device according to this embodiment includes a frequency response acquisition unit that acquires a frequency response of a filter for an audio signal, a smoothing unit that smoothes the frequency response and obtains a smoothed response, a candidate point determination unit that determines candidate split points based on a bottom position of the smoothed response, and a split point determination unit that determines one or more band split points from the candidate split points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniaki Takachi, Hisako Murata, Yumi Fujii, Takahiro Gejo, Masaya Konishi
  • Patent number: 11039251
    Abstract: A signal processing device of an embodiment includes a measurement signal generation unit that generates a measurement signal to be output from the sound source, a sound pickup signal acquisition unit that acquires sound pickup signals picked up by a plurality of microphones, a sound source information acquisition unit that acquires sound source information about a horizontal angle of a sound source, filters that have a passband set based on the sound source information and output a filter passing signal in response to input of the sound pickup signals, a phase difference detection unit that detects a phase difference between two sound pickup signals based on the filter passing signal, and a determination unit that determines a result of measurement of the sound pickup signals by comparing the phase difference with an effective range set based on the sound source information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Gejo, Hisako Murata, Yumi Fujii, Masaya Konishi, Kuniaki Takachi
  • Publication number: 20210134488
    Abstract: A superconducting coil according to the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a superconducting layer having a third surface and a fourth surface; respective stabilization layers; and respective protective layers. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The fourth surface is opposite to the third surface. The superconducting layer is disposed on the substrate such that the third surface faces the second surface. The respective stabilization layers are disposed on the first surface and the fourth surface. The respective protective layers are disposed on the stabilization layers. Adhesion strength between each of the stabilization layers and each of the protective layers is lower than strength of the superconducting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuoki NAGAISHI, Masaya KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20200413190
    Abstract: A processing device according to an embodiment includes a sound pickup signal acquisition unit that acquires sound pickup signals picked up by left and right microphones through a monophonic input terminal, a switch unit that switches a connection state so that a first sound pickup signal picked up only by the left microphone and a second sound pickup signal picked up only by the right microphone are input, an interaural distance acquisition unit that acquires an interaural distance of the listener, a front time difference acquisition unit that acquires a front time difference, an incident time difference calculation unit that calculates an incident time difference based on an angle ?, the front time difference, and the interaural distance, and a transfer characteristics generation unit that calculates transfer characteristics by applying a delay corresponding to the incident time difference to the first and second sound pickup signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yumi FUJII, Hisako MURATA, Masaya KONISHI, Takahiro GEJO, Kuniaki TAKACHI
  • Patent number: 10805727
    Abstract: A processor of a filter generation device according to an embodiment includes an extraction unit that extracts a first signal having a first number of samples from samples preceding a boundary sample of a sound pickup signal, a signal generation unit that generates a second signal containing a direct sound from a sound source and having a second number of samples larger than the first number of samples based on the first signal, a transform unit that transforms the second signal into a frequency domain and generates a spectrum, a correction unit that increases a value of the spectrum in a correction band and generates a corrected spectrum, an inverse transform unit that inversely transforms the corrected spectrum into a time domain and generates a corrected signal, and a generation unit that generates a filter based on the sound pickup signal and the corrected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hisako Murata, Takahiro Gejo, Yumi Fujii, Kuniaki Takachi, Masaya Konishi
  • Patent number: 10798517
    Abstract: An out-of-head localization filter determination system according to an embodiment includes headphones, a microphone unit, an out-of-head localization device, and a server device. The out-of-head localization device transmits user data based on measurement data to the server. The server device includes a data storage unit configured to store a plurality of first and second preset data acquired for a plurality of persons being measured, a comparison unit configured to compare the user data with the plurality of second preset data, and an extraction unit configured to extract first preset data from the plurality of first preset data based on a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hisako Murata, Masaya Konishi, Takahiro Gejo, Kuniaki Takachi, Yumi Fujii, Takayuki Uchida