Patents by Inventor Shouhei YANO

Shouhei YANO 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).

  • Personal authentication device, personal authentication method, and personal authentication program using acoustic signal propagation
    Patent number: 10867019
    Abstract: A personal authentication device includes: acoustic signal transmission means 701 for transmitting a first acoustic signal to a part of a head of a user; acoustic signal observation means 702 for observing a second acoustic signal which is an acoustic signal after the first acoustic signal propagates through the part of the head; acoustic property calculation means 703 for calculating an acoustic property from the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal; and user identification means 704 for identifying the user, based on the acoustic property or a feature value extracted from the acoustic property and relating to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouhei Yano, Takayuki Arakawa, Takafumi Koshinaka, Hitoshi Imaoka, Hideki Irisawa
  • PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180307818
    Abstract: A personal authentication device includes: acoustic signal transmission means 701 for transmitting a first acoustic signal to a part of a head of a user; acoustic signal observation means 702 for observing a second acoustic signal which is an acoustic signal after the first acoustic signal propagates through the part of the head; acoustic property calculation means 703 for calculating an acoustic property from the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal; and user identification means 704 for identifying the user, based on the acoustic property or a feature value extracted from the acoustic property and relating to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, Shouhei YANO
    Inventors: Shouhei YANO, Takayuki ARAKAWA, Takafumi KOSHINAKA, Hitoshi IMAOKA, Hideki IRISAWA