Patents by Inventor Toru Iwasawa

Toru Iwasawa 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).

  • Patent number: 9135913
    Abstract: A first voice input system according to the present invention includes: a voice input unit 21, which inputs a voice, and outputs a voice signal; a condition storing unit 22, which stores a malfunction condition set including a malfunction condition element to detect a voice input state; a condition selection unit 23 by which a selection signal for selecting a malfunction condition set from a condition storing unit 22 is input from an external application 30, and a malfunction condition set corresponding to the selection signal is stored; a voice input state detection unit 24 which analyzes the voice signal, collates the analysis result and a malfunction condition element included in the malfunction condition set held by the condition selection unit 23, and output the detection result; and a response unit 25 for operation processing according to the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 8886527
    Abstract: A purpose is to suppress recognition process delay generated due to load in signal processing. Included is a speech input means 10 that inputs a speech signal, an output evaluation means 20 that evaluates whether or not the speech signal input by the speech input means 10 is the speech signal in a sound section, which is a speech section assuming that a speaker is speaking, and outputs the speech signal as a speech signal to be processed only when evaluated as the speech signal in the sound section, a signal processing means 30 that performs signal processing to the speech signal, which is output by the output evaluation means 20 as the speech signal to be processed, and a speech recognition processing means 40 that performs a speech recognition process to the speech signal which is signal-processed by the signal processing means 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 8417518
    Abstract: A voice recognition system comprises: a voice input unit that receives an input signal from a voice input element and output it; a voice detection unit that detects an utterance segment in the input signal; a voice recognition unit that performs voice recognition for the utterance segment; and a control unit that outputs a control signal to at least one of the voice input unit and the voice detection unit and suppresses a detection frequency if the detection frequency satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 8150688
    Abstract: A voice recognizing apparatus includes a microphone 12 which inputs an input voice including speech voice uttered by a user speaker and interference voice uttered by an interference speaker other than the user speaker, superimposition amount determining unit 14 which determines a noise superimposition amount for the input voice on the basis of a speech voice and an interference voice separately input as the input voice, a noise superimposing unit 16 which superimposes noise according to the noise superimposition amount onto the input voice and outputs the resultant voice as noise-superimposed voice; and a voice recognizing unit 18 which recognizes the noise-superimposed voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Iwasawa
  • Publication number: 20110071823
    Abstract: A purpose is to suppress recognition process delay generated due to load in signal processing. Included is a speech input means 10 that inputs a speech signal, an output evaluation means 20 that evaluates whether or not the speech signal input by the speech input means 10 is the speech signal in a sound section, which is a speech section assuming that a speaker is speaking, and outputs the speech signal as a speech signal to be processed only when evaluated as the speech signal in the sound section, a signal processing means 30 that performs signal processing to the speech signal, which is output by the output evaluation means 20 as the speech signal to be processed, and a speech recognition processing means 40 that performs a speech recognition process to the speech signal which is signal-processed by the signal processing means 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventor: TORU Iwasawa
  • Publication number: 20100169089
    Abstract: A voice recognizing apparatus includes a microphone 12 which inputs an input voice including speech voice uttered by a user speaker and interference voice uttered by an interference speaker other than the user speaker, superimposition amount determining unit 14 which determines a noise superimposition amount for the input voice on the basis of a speech voice and an interference voice separately input as the input voice, a noise superimposing unit 16 which superimposes noise according to the noise superimposition amount onto the input voice and outputs the resultant voice as noise-superimposed voice; and a voice recognizing unit 18 which recognizes the noise-superimposed voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Toru Iwasawa
  • Publication number: 20100106495
    Abstract: A voice recognition system comprises: a voice input unit that receives an input signal from a voice input element and output it; a voice detection unit that detects an utterance segment in the input signal; a voice recognition unit that performs voice recognition for the utterance segment; and a control unit that outputs a control signal to at least one of the voice input unit and the voice detection unit and suppresses a detection frequency if the detection frequency satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: NEc Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Iwasawa
  • Publication number: 20090099849
    Abstract: A first voice input system according to the present invention includes: a voice input unit 21, which inputs a voice, and outputs a voice signal; a condition storing unit 22, which stores a malfunction condition set including a malfunction condition element to detect a voice input state; a condition selection unit 23 by which a selection signal for selecting a malfunction condition set from a condition storing unit 22 is input from an external application 30, and a malfunction condition set corresponding to the selection signal is stored; a voice input state detection unit 24 which analyzes the voice signal, collates the analysis result and a malfunction condition element included in the malfunction condition set held by the condition selection unit 23, and output the detection result; and a response unit 25 for operation processing according to the detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Toru Iwasawa