Patents by Inventor MIKIMOTO TAKAMATSU

MIKIMOTO TAKAMATSU 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).

  • Notification control device, notification control method and storage medium
    Patent number: 9473867
    Abstract: There is provided a notification control device including a determination unit configured to determine whether a sound collection unit configured to collect voice in a microphone is blocked, and a notification controller configured to cause, when it is determined that the sound collection unit of the microphone is blocked, a determination result to be reported to a user. When a voice signal indicating the voice collected by the microphone is recorded, the notification controller causes the determination result to be reported to the user in one or more notification ways not including an auditory notification way. When the voice signal is not recorded, the notification controller causes the determination result to be reported to the user in one or more notification ways from among one or more notification ways including the auditory notification way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikimoto Takamatsu
  • NOTIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE, NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140270199
    Abstract: There is provided a notification control device including a determination unit configured to determine whether a sound collection unit configured to collect voice in a microphone is blocked, and a notification controller configured to cause, when it is determined that the sound collection unit of the microphone is blocked, a determination result to be reported to a user. When a voice signal indicating the voice collected by the microphone is recorded, the notification controller causes the determination result to be reported to the user in one or more notification ways not including an auditory notification way. When the voice signal is not recorded, the notification controller causes the determination result to be reported to the user in one or more notification ways from among one or more notification ways including the auditory notification way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: MIKIMOTO TAKAMATSU