Patents by Inventor Ryouichi YUGE

Ryouichi YUGE 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).

  • Directionality control system and sound output control method
    Patent number: 10497356
    Abstract: In a directionality control system, a camera device captures a video of image capture area. A microphone array device collects a sound in image capture area. A signal processing section detects a sound source of the sound in image capture area, which is collected by the microphone array device. In a case where the detected sound source is within a range of privacy area, an output control section controls the sound in image capture area, which is collected by the microphone array device and is output from speaker device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanari Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Ryouichi Yuge, Shintaro Yoshikuni, Toshimichi Tokuda, Naoya Tanaka
  • DIRECTIONALITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND SOUND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20180158446
    Abstract: In a directionality control system, a camera device captures a video of image capture area (SA). A microphone array device collects a sound in image capture area (SA). A signal processing section detects a sound source of the sound in image capture area (SA) which is collected by the microphone array device. In a case where the detected sound source is within a range of privacy area (PRA), an output control section controls the sound in image capture area (SA) which is collected by the microphone array device and is output from speaker device (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanari MIYAMOTO, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Ryouichi YUGE, Shintaro YOSHIKUNI, Toshimichi TOKUDA, Naoya TANAKA