Patents by Inventor Taeko USUI
Taeko USUI 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).
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Patent number: 11290803Abstract: The present technology relates to a headphone and a reproduction control method that enable external sound to be caught more easily and promptly, and a program. The headphone includes: a sound collecting unit configured to collect outer sound; a detection unit configured to detect a specific motion to a sensor unit for capture of the outer sound; and a reproduction control unit configured to cause, in a case where the specific motion is detected, the outer sound collected by the sound collecting unit to be reproduced and volume of audio under reproduction to be reduced or the reproduction of the audio to stop. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a headphone.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Mizuuchi, Naoki Watanabe, Makoto Yoshimura, Taeko Usui
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Patent number: 11256473Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including: a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Oide, Takayuki Mizuuchi, Osamu Nishida, Hirohisa Shibuya, Taeko Usui, Taisuke Nakazono
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Publication number: 20210004203Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including: a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi OIDE, Takayuki MIZUUCHI, Osamu NISHIDA, Hirohisa SHIBUYA, Taeko USUI, Taisuke NAKAZONO
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Publication number: 20200413180Abstract: The present technology relates to a headphone and a reproduction control method that enable external sound to be caught more easily and promptly, and a program. The headphone includes: a sound collecting unit configured to collect outer sound; a detection unit configured to detect a specific motion to a sensor unit for capture of the outer sound; and a reproduction control unit configured to cause, in a case where the specific motion is detected, the outer sound collected by the sound collecting unit to be reproduced and volume of audio under reproduction to be reduced or the reproduction of the audio to stop. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a headphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki MIZUUCHI, Naoki WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIMURA, Taeko USUI
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Patent number: 10809972Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including: a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Oide, Takayuki Mizuuchi, Osamu Nishida, Hirohisa Shibuya, Taeko Usui, Taisuke Nakazono
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Patent number: 10805712Abstract: The present technology relates to a headphone and a reproduction control method that enable external sound to be caught more easily and promptly, and a program. The headphone includes: a sound collecting unit configured to collect outer sound; a detection unit configured to detect a specific motion to a sensor unit for capture of the outer sound; and a reproduction control unit configured to cause, in a case where the specific motion is detected, the outer sound collected by the sound collecting unit to be reproduced and volume of audio under reproduction to be reduced or the reproduction of the audio to stop. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a headphone.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayuki Mizuuchi, Naoki Watanabe, Makoto Yoshimura, Taeko Usui
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Publication number: 20200154194Abstract: The present technology relates to a headphone and a reproduction control method that enable external sound to be caught more easily and promptly, and a program. The headphone includes: a sound collecting unit configured to collect outer sound; a detection unit configured to detect a specific motion to a sensor unit for capture of the outer sound; and a reproduction control unit configured to cause, in a case where the specific motion is detected, the outer sound collected by the sound collecting unit to be reproduced and volume of audio under reproduction to be reduced or the reproduction of the audio to stop. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a headphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki MIZUUCHI, Naoki WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIMURA, Taeko USUI
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Patent number: 10587945Abstract: The present technology relates to a headphone and a reproduction control method that enable external sound to be caught more easily and promptly, and a program. The headphone includes: a sound collecting unit configured to collect outer sound; a detection unit configured to detect a specific motion to a sensor unit for capture of the outer sound; and a reproduction control unit configured to cause, in a case where the specific motion is detected, the outer sound collected by the sound collecting unit to be reproduced and volume of audio under reproduction to be reduced or the reproduction of the audio to stop. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a headphone.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Mizuuchi, Naoki Watanabe, Makoto Yoshimura, Taeko Usui
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Publication number: 20190361666Abstract: To enable listening to audio in a more suitable mode without any complicated operation even in a situation in which the user's state or situation successively changes. An information processing device including; a recognition processing unit that recognizes a user's state in accordance with a detection result of a predetermined state or situation; and an output control unit that controls audio output from a predetermined output unit on the basis of a function map, which is selected in accordance with a predetermined condition, in which a setting related to control of the audio output is associated with each of a plurality of candidates for the user's state, and the recognized user's state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi OIDE, Takayuki MIZUUCHI, Osamu NISHIDA, Hirohisa SHIBUYA, Taeko USUI, Taisuke NAKAZONO
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Publication number: 20180359553Abstract: The present technology relates to a headphone and a reproduction control method that enable external sound to be caught more easily and promptly, and a program. The headphone includes: a sound collecting unit configured to collect outer sound; a detection unit configured to detect a specific motion to a sensor unit for capture of the outer sound; and a reproduction control unit configured to cause, in a case where the specific motion is detected, the outer sound collected by the sound collecting unit to be reproduced and volume of audio under reproduction to be reduced or the reproduction of the audio to stop. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a headphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki MIZUUCHI, Naoki WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIMURA, Taeko USUI