Patents by Inventor Toshio Irino

Toshio Irino 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: 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8781819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a periodic signal processing method, a periodic signal conversion method, and a periodic signal processing device capable of reducing the influence of periodicity without using a spectral model. Time windows are arranged such that a center of each of the time windows is at a division position which divides a fundamental frequency in a temporal direction into fractions 1/n (where n is an integer equal to or larger than 2) so as to extract a plurality of portions of different ranges from a signal having periodicity. A power spectrum for the plurality of portions extracted by the respective time windows is calculated, and the calculated power spectrum is added with a same ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Wakayama University
    Inventors: Hideki Kawahara, Masanori Morise, Toru Takahashi, Toshio Irino
  • Publication number: 20110015931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a periodic signal processing method, a periodic signal conversion method, and a periodic signal processing device capable of reducing the influence of periodicity without using a spectral model. Time windows are arranged such that a center of each of the time windows is at a division position which divides a fundamental frequency in a temporal direction into fractions 1/n (where n is an integer equal to or larger than 2) so as to extract a plurality of portions of different ranges from a signal having periodicity. A power spectrum for the plurality of portions extracted by the respective time windows is calculated, and the calculated power spectrum is added with a same ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Hideki Kawahara, Masanori Morise, Toru Takahashi, Toshio Irino
  • Publication number: 20080025521
    Abstract: A method, device, system, program and recording medium for impulse response measurement which can improve a measurement accuracy without lowering the S/N ratio over the whole range, from lower frequencies to higher frequencies, of a measuring signal are provided. A signal generation unit (21) of a device for impulse response measurement (10-1) generates a W-TSP signal (x(t)) having characteristics of a TSP signal and a Log-TSP signal. A D/A conversion unit (22) converts the digital signal (x(t)) into an analog signal (x(t)) and outputs the converted signal to a headphone (2) or a speaker (5). An A/D conversion unit (23) inputs an analog signal (y(t)) received by a microphone (3) or a microphone (6) and converts the inputted signal into a digital signal (y(t)). An inverse signal generation unit (24) generates an inverse W-TSP signal (x(t)). A convolution unit (25) convolutes the signal (y(t)) and the inverse W-TSP signal (x?1(t)) thereby to calculate an impulse response (g(t)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Wakayama University
    Inventors: Masanori Morise, Toshio Irino, Hideki Kawahara, Hideki Banno
  • Patent number: 7085721
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of extracting sound-source information, which method enables the characteristics of fixed points of mapping from filter center frequency to output instantaneous frequency to be detected from instantaneous data, as a value which can be interpreted quantitatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
    Inventors: Hideki Kawahara, Toshio Irino
  • Patent number: 6675140
    Abstract: The signal processing method includes the steps of: wavelet-transforming an input signal in a computer; and extracting features of the signal by Mellin-transforming the output of the wavelet transform step in synchrony with the input signal in a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Irino, Roy D. Patterson