Patents by Inventor Tsuneko Okada

Tsuneko Okada 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: 5467401
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sound environment simulator including a sound field analyzing unit, a sound field reproducing unit, and an output unit. The sound environment analyzing unit divides the solid surfaces of a space to be analyzed into a set of sections to compute the volume of reflected sounds with a sound absorption coefficient of walls and form factors. It further computes time series data related to the arrival volume of sounds emanated from a certain sound source to the sound receiving point. An impulse response computing unit in the sound field reproducing unit transduces the time series data into an impulse response. Accordingly, the sound field reproducing unit convolutes the impulse response on a dry source in accordance with data related to a listener's position inputted from an associated virtual reality equipment to generate a reproduced sound over a headphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachio Nagamitsu, Mayumi Sakai, Hisashi Kodama, Tsuneko Okada