Patents by Inventor Toshie MATSUI

Toshie MATSUI 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).

  • Speech intelligibility calculating method, speech intelligibility calculating apparatus, and speech intelligibility calculating program
    Patent number: 11462228
    Abstract: A speech intelligibility calculating method is a method executed by a speech intelligibility calculating apparatus, the speech intelligibility calculating method including: a speech intelligibility calculating step of calculating a speech intelligibility that is an objective assessment index of a speech quality, based on a difference component between features found through an analysis of an input clean speech and an input enhanced speech, using one or more filter banks; and a step of outputting the speech intelligibility calculated at the speech intelligibility calculating step. This speech intelligibility calculating method is capable of calculating a speech intelligibility without any dependency on a speech enhancement method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shoko Araki, Tomohiro Nakatani, Keisuke Kinoshita, Toshio Irino, Toshie Matsui, Katsuhiko Yamamoto
  • SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY CALCULATING METHOD, SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY CALCULATING APPARATUS, AND SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY CALCULATING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210375300
    Abstract: A speech intelligibility calculating method is a method executed by a speech intelligibility calculating apparatus, the speech intelligibility calculating method including: a speech intelligibility calculating step of calculating a speech intelligibility that is an objective assessment index of a speech quality, based on a difference component between features found through an analysis of an input clean speech and an input enhanced speech, using one or more filter banks; and a step of outputting the speech intelligibility calculated at the speech intelligibility calculating step. This speech intelligibility calculating method is capable of calculating a speech intelligibility without any dependency on a speech enhancement method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Wakayama University
    Inventors: Shoko ARAKI, Tomohiro NAKATANI, Keisuke KINOSHITA, Toshio IRINO, Toshie MATSUI, Katsuhiko YAMAMOTO