Patents by Inventor Ryuji NATSUME

Ryuji NATSUME 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).

  • Lighting control system, lighting control method, and program
    Patent number: 11083069
    Abstract: A microphone picks up a speech and outputs a speech signal. A lighting control unit recognizes the speech by performing speech recognition on the speech signal, thereby generating command data corresponding to the speech recognized. The lighting control unit controls a light fixture based on the command data. A state decision unit makes a state decision of the light fixture. A condition setting unit sets, depending on the state decision made by the state decision unit, a condition for a speech recognition unit to perform the speech recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Hanazono, Katsuhiko Kimura, Ryuji Natsume, Minoru Fukushima
  • LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM, LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200205269
    Abstract: A microphone picks up a speech and outputs a speech signal. A lighting control unit recognizes the speech by performing speech recognition on the speech signal, thereby generating command data corresponding to the speech recognized. The lighting control unit controls a light fixture based on the command data. A state decision unit makes a state decision of the light fixture. A condition setting unit sets, depending on the state decision made by the state decision unit, a condition for a speech recognition unit to perform the speech recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Masaya HANAZONO, Katsuhiko KIMURA, Ryuji NATSUME, Minoru FUKUSHIMA