Patents by Inventor Shin Hirota

Shin Hirota 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).

  • Image diagnosing apparatus and image diagnosing method
    Patent number: 8041001
    Abstract: With the object of enabling a subject to be imaged at an appropriate timing of shooting, an image diagnosing apparatus for shooting an image of the subject in an imaging space has a voice guidance unit which reproduces and outputs to the subject a prescribed voice guidance and a voice output control unit which causes the output timing of the voice guidance outputted from the voice guidance unit to correspond with the timing of shooting the image of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shin Hirota, Takayoshi Kurachi, Yoshihiro Oda
  • Voice data processing for converting voice data into voice playback data
    Patent number: 7894654
    Abstract: A voice data processing apparatus which converts voice data to voice playback data by an OLA method to correspond to a set magnification of playback velocity, including a voice data block setting device which partitions the voice data to set a plurality of voice data blocks, a segment setting device which sets voice data segments to the voice data to correspond to respective voice data blocks, a segment adjuster which adjusts positions and lengths on a time base, of the voice data segments set by the segment setting device, and a voice playback data generator which combines the respective voice data segments adjusted by the segment adjuster so as to overlap each other along the time base thereby generating the voice playback data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shin Hirota, Yoshihiro Oda, Tetsu Miyagawa
  • VOICE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, VOICE DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100008556
    Abstract: A voice data processing apparatus which converts voice data to voice playback data by an OLA method to correspond to a set magnification of playback velocity, including a voice data block setting device which partitions the voice data to set a plurality of voice data blocks, a segment setting device which sets voice data segments to the voice data to correspond to respective voice data blocks, a segment adjuster which adjusts positions and lengths on a time base, of the voice data segments set by the segment setting device, and a voice playback data generator which combines the respective voice data segments adjusted by the segment adjuster so as to overlap each other along the time base thereby generating the voice playback data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Shin Hirota, Yoshihiro Oda, Tetsu Miyagawa
  • IMAGE DIAGNOSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DIAGNOSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20080183475
    Abstract: With the object of enabling a subject to be imaged at an appropriate timing of shooting, an image diagnosing apparatus for shooting an image of the subject in an imaging space has a voice guidance unit which reproduces and outputs to the subject a prescribed voice guidance and a voice output control unit which causes the output timing of the voice guidance outputted from the voice guidance unit to correspond with the timing of shooting the image of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Shin Hirota, Takayoshi Kurachi, Yoshihiro Oda