Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Tamaru

Yoshihiko Tamaru 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: 11749293
    Abstract: Provided is an audio signal processing device that receives an operation input made by a user and performs noise removal processing for removing noise from a collected audio signal collected by a microphone, and that changes content of the noise removal processing according to content of the operation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Tamaru, Tetsuro Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11694705
    Abstract: A sound signal processing system includes: a sound signal processing apparatus executing non-linear signal processing on a collected sound signal collected by a microphone, and transmitting, to an information processing apparatus, both a pre-execution sound signal before the non-linear signal processing is executed and a post-execution sound signal after the non-linear signal processing is executed; and the information processing apparatus receiving the pre-execution sound signal and the post-execution sound signal from the sound signal processing apparatus, and executing first processing on the pre-execution sound signal and executing second processing on the post-execution sound signal, the second processing being different from the first processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Tamaru, Tetsuro Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11600288
    Abstract: A sound signal processing device that acquires a collected-sound signal obtained by sampling a sound collected by a microphone at a first sampling frequency, and receives a reproduced-sound signal obtained by sampling a sound for reproduction at a second sampling frequency different from the first sampling frequency, and then converts the sampling frequency of the reproduced-sound signal into the first sampling frequency so as to remove an acoustic echo from the collected-sound signal by using the reproduced-sound signal whose sampling frequency has been converted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Tamaru
  • Publication number: 20210272579
    Abstract: Provided is an audio signal processing device that receives an operation input made by a user and performs noise removal processing for removing noise from a collected audio signal collected by a microphone, and that changes content of the noise removal processing according to content of the operation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Tamaru, Tetsuro Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20210264933
    Abstract: A sound signal processing system includes: a sound signal processing apparatus executing non-linear signal processing on a collected sound signal collected by a microphone, and transmitting, to an information processing apparatus, both a pre-execution sound signal before the non-linear signal processing is executed and a post-execution sound signal after the non-linear signal processing is executed; and the information processing apparatus receiving the pre-execution sound signal and the post-execution sound signal from the sound signal processing apparatus, and executing first processing on the pre-execution sound signal and executing second processing on the post-execution sound signal, the second processing being different from the first processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Tamaru, Tetsuro Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20200184988
    Abstract: A sound signal processing device that acquires a collected-sound signal obtained by sampling a sound collected by a microphone at a first sampling frequency, and receives a reproduced-sound signal obtained by sampling a sound for reproduction at a second sampling frequency different from the first sampling frequency, and then converts the sampling frequency of the reproduced-sound signal into the first sampling frequency so as to remove an acoustic echo from the collected-sound signal by using the reproduced-sound signal whose sampling frequency has been converted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko TAMARU
  • Patent number: 5812677
    Abstract: Main voice processing is performed on an acoustic signal at a basic sampling frequency fs within one period of the basic sampling frequency fs to allow the main voice processing implemented acoustic signal to undergo down-sampling for implementing voice processing for acoustic effect to the acoustic signal at another sampling frequency 1/2 fs or one half the basic sampling frequency to allow the acoustic signal which has been subjected to voice processing for acoustic effect to undergo up-sampling and thus to continuously carry out the main voice processing by the basic sampling frequency fs and the voice processing for acoustic effect by another sampling frequency 1/2 fs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Tamaru