Patents by Inventor Yin-Shan Chen

Yin-Shan Chen 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automatic noise compensation used with audio reproduction equipment
    Patent number: 8340308
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for automatic noise compensation used with audio reproduction equipment are provided. The method comprises: (a) collecting a plurality of mixed audio signals, each mixed audio signal including equipment sound output by the audio reproduction equipment, and background noise; (b) removing the equipment sound from the mixed audio signals to obtain the background noise therein; (c) determining whether or not a plurality of mixed audio signals under inspection include a significant sound; and (d) adjusting the volume of the audio reproduction equipment according to whether or not a significant sound has been generated in the surrounding area and the magnitude of the background noise in the mixed audio signals under inspection to satisfy a plurality of predetermined compensation conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yin-Shan Chen, Che-Ming Lin, Chien-Ming Wu, Chia-Shin Yen
  • Method and system for identifying audible noise as wind noise in a hearing aid apparatus
    Patent number: 8065115
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting wind noise are adapted to determine whether two of a plurality of sound signals acquired by a plurality of sound receiving units include wind noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yin-Shan Chen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC NOISE COMPENSATION USED WITH AUDIO REPRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20100290633
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for automatic noise compensation used with audio reproduction equipment are provided. The method comprises: (a) collecting a plurality of mixed audio signals, each mixed audio signal including equipment sound output by the audio reproduction equipment, and background noise; (b) removing the equipment sound from the mixed audio signals to obtain the background noise therein; (c) determining whether or not a plurality of mixed audio signals under inspection include a significant sound; and (d) adjusting the volume of the audio reproduction equipment according to whether or not a significant sound has been generated in the surrounding area and the magnitude of the background noise in the mixed audio signals under inspection to satisfy a plurality of predetermined compensation conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yin-Shan Chen, Che-Ming Lin, Chien-Ming Wu, Chia-Shin Yen
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING WIND NOISE
    Publication number: 20090306937
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting wind noise are adapted to determine whether two of a plurality of sound signals acquired by a plurality of sound receiving units include wind noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yin-Shan Chen