Patents by Inventor Ryosuke Kitago
Ryosuke Kitago 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).
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Publication number: 20230385016Abstract: A wireless microphone system includes: an input device; and a receiver including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the receive to perform operations. The operations include: wirelessly communicating with at least one of wireless microphones capable of collecting voices of respective speaking persons and wirelessly transmitting voice signals of the respective voices; receiving a voice signal of a speaking person transmitted from a corresponding one of the wireless microphones; holding voice channel management data generated based on input from the input device and defining a use relationship between voice channels and the wireless microphones, respectively; and audibly outputting the voice signal of the speaking person sent from the corresponding one of the wireless microphones by using, based on the voice channel management data, any one of the voice channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Ryosuke KITAGO, Takaharu NINAGAWA, Toshiharu AIKAWA
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Patent number: 10791387Abstract: One of the plurality of first slave receiving apparatuses which serves as a reference first slave receiving apparatus repeatedly transmits a wireless control signal for controlling synchronization between a first receiving apparatus segment and a second receiving apparatus segment. One of the plurality of second slave receiving apparatuses which serves as a reference second slave receiving apparatus transmits a reference timing signal for performing synchronization in the second receiving apparatus segment including the reference second slave receiving apparatus to the second master receiving apparatus in synchronization with the wireless control signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Miyahara, Katsumi Nakagawa, Ryosuke Kitago, Hisayuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190268683Abstract: One of the plurality of first slave receiving apparatuses which serves as a reference first slave receiving apparatus repeatedly transmits a wireless control signal for controlling synchronization between a first receiving apparatus segment and a second receiving apparatus segment. One of the plurality of second slave receiving apparatuses which serves as a reference second slave receiving apparatus transmits a reference timing signal for performing synchronization in the second receiving apparatus segment including the reference second slave receiving apparatus to the second master receiving apparatus in synchronization with the wireless control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Takeshi MIYAHARA, Katsumi NAKAGAWA, Ryosuke KITAGO, Hisayuki SASAKI
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Patent number: 10382873Abstract: In a wireless microphone system, a master device includes a master device control unit that generates a communication table in which a pair of a carrier wave and a slot which are used for communication with m microphone slave devices are set for one frame period, based on a total number of six carrier waves in a DECT system and n slots constituting one frame period of the DECT system, and k wireless processing units that perform communication using the DECT system with corresponding individual microphone slave devices among m microphone slave devices, based on the generated communication table. The k wireless processing units respectively operate synchronously based on the same clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuya Abe, Katsumi Nakagawa, Hisayuki Sasaki, Ryosuke Kitago
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Publication number: 20190200149Abstract: In a wireless microphone system, a master device includes a master device control unit that generates a communication table in which a pair of a carrier wave and a slot which are used for communication with m microphone slave devices are set for one frame period, based on a total number of six carrier waves in a DECT system and n slots constituting one frame period of the DECT system, and k wireless processing units that perform communication using the DECT system with corresponding individual microphone slave devices among m microphone slave devices, based on the generated communication table. The k wireless processing units respectively operate synchronously based on the same clock signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.Inventors: Katsuya ABE, Katsumi NAKAGAWA, Hisayuki SASAKI, Ryosuke KITAGO
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Patent number: 9953499Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
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Publication number: 20170206760Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
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Patent number: 9652961Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
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Patent number: 9508240Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus (10) comprises one or more microphones (11) that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus (13) that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone (11) and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus (13) is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch (12) of the microphone (11). With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
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Patent number: 9479881Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus which communicates with a first microphone is disclosed, which includes an audio processor which acquires audio data from the first microphone, a controller which detects an instruction for audio recording from the first microphone, an audio recorder which starts recording the audio data and stops the recording after a defined period of time since detection of the instruction for audio recording, a timer which starts measuring time for the defined period of time, and a memory controller which creates a recorded audio file, wherein the recorded audio file is linked to log information.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Kenji Fukui, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Motoshi Suzuki, Shouhei Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9424602Abstract: The present invention provides an order receiving system includes an order receiving unit that receives an order for an item from a customer terminal; an information obtaining unit that obtains reference information for determining a condition for starting preparation for provision of the item; a start condition setting unit that sets the condition for starting preparation for provision of the item whose order has been received by the order receiving unit, based on a content of the order and the reference information; and a condition determining unit that determines, after receiving the order for the item by the order receiving unit, whether the condition determined by the start condition setting unit is satisfied. When the condition determining unit determines that the condition is satisfied, the transmitting unit of the wireless center module transmits a preparation start instruction signal to the wireless headset.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shouhei Taniguchi, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Akinobu Tanaka
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Patent number: 9275537Abstract: An inter-communication system has a security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system, if a communication sound control device receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device, the communication sound control device notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device, of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device reports to a preset destination over a communication network.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
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Patent number: 9265059Abstract: The wireless communication system of the present invention has a first communication mode in which a center module preferentially allocates a slot to communication data of a calling sub station according to a priority of the calling sub station, and a second communication mode in which the center module allocates the slot to the communication data received from the calling sub station irrespective of the priority of the calling sub station. The center module determines which sub station can make a call to which sub station, each sub station transmits identification information to the center module, and the center module identifies the transmitting sub station based on the identification information, determines which sub station the identified sub station can make a call to, and allocates the slot to communication between the sub station determined to be capable of making a call and the transmitting sub station.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shouhei Taniguchi, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka
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Publication number: 20150317889Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Yuji KAWASAKI, Ryosuke KITAGO, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Keiji YAMAHAI
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Publication number: 20150172840Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus which communicates with a first microphone is disclosed, which includes an audio processor which acquires audio data from the first microphone, a controller which detects an instruction for audio recording from the first microphone, an audio recorder which starts recording the audio data and stops the recording after a defined period of time since detection of the instruction for audio recording, a timer which starts measuring time for the defined period of time, and a memory controller which creates a recorded audio file, wherein the recorded audio file is linked to log information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Kenji Fukui, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Motoshi Suzuki, Shouhei Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9031258Abstract: An acoustic feedback suppression apparatus includes an amplitude measurement section for measuring the amplitude of a sound signal input from a microphone, an amplitude attenuation section for attenuating the amplitude of a sound signal output to a speaker, and an acoustic feedback determination section for determining whether or not acoustic feedback is occurring based on the sound signal input from the microphone. If it is determined that acoustic feedback is occurring, a sound-deadening control section enables sound-deadening control so that the amplitude of the sound signal output to the speaker is attenuated to a sound-deadening level. A sound-deadening release section releases the sound-deadening control if the amplitude of the sound signal input from the microphone is more than specified threshold amplitude and if it is determined that acoustic feedback is not occurring while the sound-deadening control is conducted.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Yuji Kawasaki, Keiji Yamahai
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Publication number: 20150022354Abstract: An inter-communication system has a security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system, if a communication sound control device receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device, the communication sound control device notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device, of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device reports to a preset destination over a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Syouhei TANIGUCHI, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Ryosuke KITAGO
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Patent number: 8884758Abstract: The present invention provides an inter-communication system with security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system (100), if a communication sound control device (11) receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device (17), the communication sound control device (11) notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device (14), of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device (17) reports to a preset destination over a communication network (35).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
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Publication number: 20120306650Abstract: The present invention provides an inter-communication system with security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system (100), if a communication sound control device (11) receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device (17), the communication sound control device (11) notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device (14), of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device (17) reports to a preset destination over a communication network (35).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
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Publication number: 20120281855Abstract: An acoustic feedback suppression apparatus includes an amplitude measurement section for measuring the amplitude of a sound signal input from a microphone, an amplitude attenuation section for attenuating the amplitude of a sound signal output to a speaker, and an acoustic feedback determination section for determining whether or not acoustic feedback is occurring based on the sound signal input from the microphone. If it is determined that acoustic feedback is occurring, a sound-deadening control section enables sound-deadening control so that the amplitude of the sound signal output to the speaker is attenuated to a sound-deadening level. A sound-deadening release section releases the sound-deadening control if the amplitude of the sound signal input from the microphone is more than specified threshold amplitude and if it is determined that acoustic feedback is not occurring while the sound-deadening control is conducted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Yuji Kawasaki, Keiji Yamahai