Patents by Inventor Okifumi HOSOMI

Okifumi HOSOMI 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: 8422698
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: clip detector means that detects presence/absence of a clipped part with a deformed waveform in each of N audio signals output from N microphones (where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) based on a dynamic range of a circuit; and interpolation means that treats an audio signal in the N audio signals which has the clipped part detected by the clip detector means as an interpolation target, and other audio signals as non-interpolation targets, and interpolates the waveform of the clipped part of the interpolation target using the waveform of at least one audio signal in the non-interpolation targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Okifumi Hosomi
  • Publication number: 20100254545
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: clip detector means that detects presence/absence of a clipped part with a deformed waveform in each of N audio signals output from N microphones (where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) based on a dynamic range of a circuit; and interpolation means that treats an audio signal in the N audio signals which has the clipped part detected by the clip detector means as an interpolation target, and other audio signals as non-interpolation targets, and interpolates the waveform of the clipped part of the interpolation target using the waveform of at least one audio signal in the non-interpolation targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Okifumi HOSOMI
  • Publication number: 20100254546
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes: a frequency conversion processing unit that sets, as a processing target signal, a section in which a peak signal level exceeds a first threshold in an input sound signal and applies frequency conversion processing to the processing target signal to acquire power levels in respective plural bands; and an amplitude compressing unit that executes, when a power level exceeding a second threshold is present among the power levels in the respective plural bands acquired by the frequency conversion processing unit, amplitude compression processing for compressing a signal level of the processing target signal at a compression ratio at which the peak signal level of the processing target signal falls within the first threshold and, otherwise, prohibits the execution of the amplitude compression processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Okifumi HOSOMI