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).

  • Publication number: 20230385016
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke KITAGO, Takaharu NINAGAWA, Toshiharu AIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10791387
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyahara, Katsumi Nakagawa, Ryosuke Kitago, Hisayuki Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190268683
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi MIYAHARA, Katsumi NAKAGAWA, Ryosuke KITAGO, Hisayuki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10382873
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Abe, Katsumi Nakagawa, Hisayuki Sasaki, Ryosuke Kitago
  • Publication number: 20190200149
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Katsuya ABE, Katsumi NAKAGAWA, Hisayuki SASAKI, Ryosuke KITAGO
  • Patent number: 9953499
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Publication number: 20170206760
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Patent number: 9652961
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Patent number: 9508240
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Patent number: 9479881
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Kenji Fukui, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Motoshi Suzuki, Shouhei Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9424602
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouhei Taniguchi, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Akinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9275537
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
  • Patent number: 9265059
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouhei Taniguchi, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka
  • Publication number: 20150317889
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji KAWASAKI, Ryosuke KITAGO, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Keiji YAMAHAI
  • Publication number: 20150172840
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Kenji Fukui, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Motoshi Suzuki, Shouhei Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9031258
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Yuji Kawasaki, Keiji Yamahai
  • Publication number: 20150022354
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Syouhei TANIGUCHI, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Ryosuke KITAGO
  • Patent number: 8884758
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
  • Publication number: 20120306650
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
  • Publication number: 20120281855
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Yuji Kawasaki, Keiji Yamahai