Patents by Inventor Sadao Fukaya

Sadao Fukaya 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing a voice output for card-based automatic transaction system
    Patent number: 4760245
    Abstract: In an automatic transaction system such as a cash dispenser, a telephone or a ticket vending machine having a card reader for reading the content of a card and a voice output unit for guiding an operation procedure following a card loading with synthesized speech, when a card in which a data of user's hearing sensitivity is recorded/embossed is inserted, the hearing sensitivity data is read out from the card the voice output unit is accordingly controlled to output an indication voice or a guidance voice for the user with a volume and a quality of tone corresponding to the read hearing sensitivity data, and the hearing sensitivity data set for the voice output is updated each time a predetermined time for an operation of the user lapses to increase the volume of the output voice, and/or modify the tone quality thereof to thereby aid the hearing of the speech guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sadao Fukaya