Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Sekiya

Toshiyuki Sekiya 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: 11402461
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to estimate the position of a sound source resulting from a wearing displacement, even in the case where the wearing displacement occurs in a wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Koyama, Toshiyuki Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20220051671
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus including: a selection unit that selects a response agent that responds to a user according to a response type on the basis of an utterance content of the user from a plurality of agents having different outputs with respect to an input; and a response control unit that controls a response content made by the response agent. Therefore, the agent can respond to the user's intention without an explicit command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: HIROAKI OGAWA, TOSHIYUKI SEKIYA
  • Patent number: 11232777
    Abstract: [Object] To collect a target sound in a more suitable aspect even under an environment in which noise occurs at random. [Solution] An information processing device including: a sound collection unit; and a holding member configured to have a projection portion with a streamline shape in at least a part and hold the sound collection unit so that the sound collection unit is located at a front end or near the front end of the projection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Yuichiro Koyama, Yuya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210405686
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device that is used by being worn on a user's body and executes a response operation with respect to the user's input operation, and a method of controlling the information processing device. An information processing device includes: a housing which is worn by a user; a detection unit which detects an operation performed on the housing; and a control unit which controls a response operation with respect to a result of the detection. The detection unit detects one or two or more of a deformation operation for the housing, an operation of touching the housing, an operation of grasping at least one of right and left tip portions of the U-shaped housing, an operation of tracing the surface of the housing, an operation of shifting a wearing position of the housing, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Koyama, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Ryosuke Sawata
  • Patent number: 11172292
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Hideto Mori, Makoto Hanyuda, Yu Togasaki, Yuya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210125597
    Abstract: There is provided an audio device including a control section configured to cause an audio signal to be output, the audio signal including a sound signal obtained through playback of content and a sound signal received from a communication partner device, and a sound processing section configured to generate an elimination signal obtained by eliminating a given sound signal from a microphone detection signal, which is the audio signal that is propagated and detected by a microphone. The control section causes the communication partner device to transmit the elimination signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Kazuya Tateishi, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Yuki Fujikashi, Kazuya Katsuki, Koji Matsuura, Saki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200213730
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SEKIYA, Hideto MORI, Makoto HANYUDA, Yu TOGASAKI, Yuya HIRANO
  • Patent number: 10674258
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Hideto Mori, Makoto Hanyuda, Yu Togasaki, Yuya Hirano
  • Patent number: 10580428
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus, an audio processing method, and a program which enable to appropriately eliminate a noise. An audio processing apparatus includes a sound collector which collects audio, an audio enhancer which enhances audio to be extracted using an audio signal collected by the sound collector, an audio attenuator which attenuates the audio to be extracted using the audio signal collected by the sound collector, a noise environment estimator which estimates a surrounding noise environment, and a post-filtering unit which performs post-filtering processing using an audio-enhanced signal from the audio enhancer and an audio-attenuated signal from the audio attenuator, in which the post-filtering unit sets strength of processing for noise elimination according to the noise environment by the noise environment estimator. The present technology can be applied to an apparatus which performs audio recognition processing, such as a mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Osako, Takashi Shibuya, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Mototsugu Abe
  • Patent number: 10565976
    Abstract: [Object] To collect a target sound in a more suitable aspect even under an environment in which noise occurs at random. [Solution] An information processing device including: a sound collection unit; and a holding member configured to have a projection portion with a streamline shape in at least a part and hold the sound collection unit so that the sound collection unit is located at a front end or near the front end of the projection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Yuichiro Koyama, Yuya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20190341019
    Abstract: [Object] To collect a target sound in a more suitable aspect even under an environment in which noise occurs at random. [Solution] An information processing device including: a sound collection unit; and a holding member configured to have a projection portion with a streamline shape in at least a part and hold the sound collection unit so that the sound collection unit is located at a front end or near the front end of the projection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Yuichiro Koyama, Yuya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20190250245
    Abstract: To make it possible to estimate the position of a sound source resulting from a wearing displacement, even in the case where the wearing displacement occurs in a wearable device. A sound source position estimation device according to the present disclosure includes: a spectrum acquisition unit configured to acquire a frequency spectrum of a sound source on the basis of a sound obtained by a plurality of microphones provided for a ring-like wearable device; a distance computing unit configured to compute respective distances from the plurality of microphones to the sound source on the basis of the frequency spectrum; and a sound source position computing unit configured to, approximating the ring-like wearable device to a circle and assuming that the sound source is located on a cylindrical surface including the ring-like wearable device, obtain an intersection between the cylindrical surface and spherical surfaces whose radii are the respective distances to compute a position of the sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Koyama, Toshiyuki Sekiya
  • Patent number: 10306359
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Hideto Mori, Makoto Hanyuda, Yu Togasaki, Yuya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20180317005
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SEKIYA, Hideto MORI, Makoto HANYUDA, Yu TOGASAKI, Yuya HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20180286376
    Abstract: [Object] To collect a target sound in a more suitable aspect even under an environment in which noise occurs at random. [Solution] An information processing device including: a sound collection unit; and a holding member configured to have a projection portion with a streamline shape in at least a part and hold the sound collection unit so that the sound collection unit is located at a front end or near the front end of the projection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sekiya, Yuichiro Koyama, Yuya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20180137849
    Abstract: There is provided an audio device including a control section configured to cause an audio signal to be output, the audio signal including a sound signal obtained through playback of content and a sound signal received from a communication partner device, and a sound processing section configured to generate an elimination signal obtained by eliminating a given sound signal from a microphone detection signal, which is the audio signal that is propagated and detected by a microphone. The control section causes the communication partner device to transmit the elimination signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Kazuya Tateishi, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Yuki Fujikashi, Kazuya Katsuki, Koji Matsuura, Saki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9852724
    Abstract: There is provided an audio device including a control section configured to cause an audio signal to be output, the audio signal including a sound signal obtained through playback of content and a sound signal received from a communication partner device, and a sound processing section configured to generate an elimination signal obtained by eliminating a given sound signal from a microphone detection signal, which is the audio signal that is propagated and detected by a microphone. The control section causes the communication partner device to transmit the elimination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Higuchi, Kazuya Tateishi, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Yuki Fujikashi, Kazuya Katsuki, Koji Matsuura, Saki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20170280239
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SEKIYA, Hideto MORI, Makoto HANYUDA, Yu TOGASAKI, Yuya HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20170229137
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus, an audio processing method, and a program which enable to appropriately eliminate a noise. An audio processing apparatus includes a sound collector which collects audio, an audio enhancer which enhances audio to be extracted using an audio signal collected by the sound collector, an audio attenuator which attenuates the audio to be extracted using the audio signal collected by the sound collector, a noise environment estimator which estimates a surrounding noise environment, and a post-filtering unit which performs post-filtering processing using an audio-enhanced signal from the audio enhancer and an audio-attenuated signal from the audio attenuator, in which the post-filtering unit sets strength of processing for noise elimination according to the noise environment by the noise environment estimator. The present technology can be applied to an apparatus which performs audio recognition processing, such as a mobile phone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: KEIICHI OSAKO, TAKASHI SHIBUYA, TOSHIYUKI SEKIYA, MOTOTSUGU ABE
  • Patent number: 9495950
    Abstract: There is provided an audio signal processing device including a feature amount extraction unit configured to extract, from an audio signal obtained by a sound collection unit, a feature amount that indicates a pulsed operation sound generated from a sound generation unit provided in a same housing as the sound collection unit, and a noise determination unit configured to determine whether or not the operation sound is included in the audio signal based on the feature amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Osako, Toshiyuki Sekiya, Mototsugu Abe