Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Maeda

Yoshinori Maeda 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: 8688725
    Abstract: A search apparatus includes: a speech recognition unit that recognizes an input voice; a matching unit that matches a plurality of strings of search result target words; a generation unit that generates a string of search result words; a selecting unit that selects emphasis target words that are the targets to be emphasized in the words of the string of search result words, on the basis of the matching result with the string of search result target words, and a pronunciation symbol-to-word table in which the pronunciation symbols and the words are made to correspond to each other; and a conversion unit that converts the string of search result words into the string of emphasis words in which the emphasis target words are emphasized in the words of the string of search result words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Hitoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 8655563
    Abstract: In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels, the vehicle target braking/driving force after the modification and the vehicle target yaw moment after the modification are calculated such that, within the range where the ratio of the vehicle target braking/driving force after the modification and the vehicle target yaw moment after the modification coincides with the ratio of the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment, the vehicle braking/driving force and the vehicle yaw moment by the target braking/driving forces of the wheels take the greatest values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8612223
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing device. The device includes: score calculation unit configured to calculate a score indicating compatibility of a voice signal input on the basis of an utterance of a user with each of plural pieces of intention information indicating each of a plurality of intentions; intention selection unit configured to select the intention information indicating the intention of the utterance of the user among the plural pieces of intention information on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit; and intention reliability calculation unit configured to calculate the reliability with respect to the intention information selected by the intention selection unit on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuki Minamino, Hitoshi Honda, Yoshinori Maeda, Hiroaki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8566094
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and program for performing a speech recognition process utilizing contextual information that comprises an estimation of the intention of an utterance of a user. The recognition process includes calculating a pre-score based on observed contextual information according intention models which correspond to a plurality of types of intention information and combining the pre-scoring results with acoustic and linguistic scores to obtain an improved recognition or comprehension of the intent of a user utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuki Minamino, Atsuo Hiroe, Yoshinori Maeda, Satoshi Asakawa
  • Patent number: 8436734
    Abstract: A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kodyo Kabushiki Kaisya
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kimura, Takamine Hokazono, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Publication number: 20130006629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a searching device, searching method, and program whereby searching for a word string corresponding to input voice can be performed in a robust manner. A voice recognition unit 11 subjects an input voice to voice recognition. A matching unit 16 performs matching, for each of multiple word strings for search results which are word strings that are to be search results for word strings corresponding to the input voice, of a pronunciation symbol string for search results, which is an array of pronunciation symbols expressing pronunciation of the word string search result, and a recognition result pronunciation symbol string which is an array of pronunciation symbols expressing pronunciation of the voice recognition results of the input voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Honda, Yoshinori Maeda, Satoshi Asakawa
  • Patent number: 8180541
    Abstract: In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels, it is determined which one of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment should take priority on the basis of the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment. When it is determined that the braking/driving force should take priority, the braking/driving forces of the wheels are controlled so as to attain the target braking/driving force as much as possible, and when it is determined that the yaw moment should take priority, the braking/driving forces of the wheels are controlled so as to attain the target yaw moment as much as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20120112995
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating a command to perform a predetermined operation. The method comprises acquiring at least a first input and a second input from among a plurality of inputs. The method further comprises determining first semantic information associated with the first input. The method also comprises determining second semantic information associated with the second input. The method also comprises generating a command to perform a predetermined operation, based a combination of the determined first and second semantic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Yoshinori MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20120053942
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a pre-score adjustment portion which calculates a pre-score based on context information obtained as observation information, for an intention model as a unit corresponding to each of a plurality of types of intention information registered in advance; a multi-matching portion which determines the most suitable word group for an input speech based on a user's utterance and calculates an acoustic score and a linguistic score to be given to the word group for the intention model as a unit; and an intention determination portion which determines intention information corresponding to an intention model achieving the highest total score as an intention corresponding to the user's utterance by comparing total scores calculated from the pre-score, the acoustic score, and the linguistic score of the intention model as a unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Katsuki MINAMINO, Atsuo HIROE, Yoshinori MAEDA, Satoshi ASAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120041947
    Abstract: A search apparatus includes: a speech recognition unit that recognizes an input voice; a matching unit that matches a plurality of strings of search result target words; a generation unit that generates a string of search result words; a selecting unit that selects emphasis target words that are the targets to be emphasized in the words of the string of search result words, on the basis of the matching result with the string of search result target words, and a pronunciation symbol-to-word table in which the pronunciation symbols and the words are made to correspond to each other; and a conversion unit that converts the string of search result words into the string of emphasis words in which the emphasis target words are emphasized in the words of the string of search result words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Hitoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 8112373
    Abstract: A nerve equivalent circuit, a synapse equivalent circuit and a cell body equivalent circuit are provided whereby electrical characteristics in accordance with the physiological functions and physical structures of nerve cells are reproduced. A nerve equivalent circuit simulating the electrical characteristics of nerve cells wherein an input signal fin(t) and an output signal fout(t) satisfies the relationship represented by [Numerical formula 11], wherein kP, kI and TI are each a definite constant number, N represents the total number of synapses, M represents the total number of the kinds of the first transmitters carried by the synapses, and L represents the total number of the kinds of the second transmitters carried by the synapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Xiaolin Zhang, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 8038069
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing RFID labels includes: a housing forming a shell of the apparatus; a feeding roller drive shaft configured to feed a base tape in which a RFID circuit element for producing a label provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna for transmission and reception of information is arranged; an antenna for producing the label provided in the housing and configured to transmit and receive the information via radio communication with respect to the RFID circuit element for producing a label in a tag label tape with print; an antenna for acquiring information provided with the IC circuit part storing information and the tag antenna for transmission and reception of information and configured to transmit and receive the information via the radio communication with a RFID circuit element for acquiring information located outside the housing; and a shielding member provided so as to cover at least the side of the antenna for acquiring information of the antenna for produc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Nagai, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 8020774
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a tag label producing apparatus comprises a feeding device that feeds a tag medium including an RFID circuit element having an IC circuit part configured to store information and a tag antenna configured to transmit/receive information, a communication device that transmits and receives information via a wireless communication to and from the RFID circuit element provided in the tag medium; and a communication facilitation processing portion that executes predetermined facilitation processing related to a communication during the wireless communication based on the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Satoru Moriyama, Takuya Nagai, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 7974761
    Abstract: According to the present invention, when a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved through a control of a braking/driving forces of wheels, in a rectangular coordinate of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment, a polygon indicating the maximum range of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment attainable by the braking/driving forces of the wheels, and an ellipse that crosses each side of the polygon and has a major axis and a minor axis aligning with the coordinate axis of the rectangular coordinate are set, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7938440
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus of a vehicle includes a curtain airbag configured to be deployed from a first location proximate to an upper portion of a side window of the vehicle, the curtain airbag configured to extend to a lower portion of the side window when the curtain airbag is inflated, and a side airbag configured to be deployed from a second location proximate to the lower portion of the side window, wherein the side airbag is arranged to suppress a movement of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag and the side airbag are inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahito Kataoka, Takuji Kawasaki, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 7909416
    Abstract: According to the present invention, when at least one of a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved by a braking/driving forces of wheels, a target braking/driving force after a modification and a target yaw moment after a modification are calculated to be values attainable by the braking/driving forces of the wheels. When the magnitudes of the target braking/driving force after a modification and the target yaw moment after the modification exceed the corresponding limit value, these magnitudes are limited to the limit values. Alternatively, when the magnitudes of rates of change of the target braking/driving force after a modification and the target yaw moment after the modification exceed the corresponding limited rates of change, these magnitudes of the rates of change are limited to the limited rates of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Kazuya Okumura, Michitaka Tsuchida, Yoshio Uragami, Kensuke Yoshizue, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20110029311
    Abstract: There is provided a voice processing device. The device includes: score calculation unit configured to calculate a score indicating compatibility of a voice signal input on the basis of an utterance of a user with each of plural pieces of intention information indicating each of a plurality of intentions; intention selection unit configured to select the intention information indicating the intention of the utterance of the user among the plural pieces of intention information on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit; and intention reliability calculation unit configured to calculate the reliability with respect to the intention information selected by the intention selection unit on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuki MINAMINO, Hitoshi Honda, Yoshinori Maeda, Hiroaki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100241418
    Abstract: A speech recognition device includes one intention extracting language model and more in which an intention of a focused specific task is inherent, an absorbing language model in which any intention of the task is not inherent, a language score calculating section that calculates a language score indicating a linguistic similarity between each of the intention extracting language model and the absorbing language model, and the content of an utterance, and a decoder that estimates an intention in the content of an utterance based on a language score of each of the language models calculated by the language score calculating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Maeda, Hitoshi Honda, Katsuki Minamino
  • Publication number: 20100241304
    Abstract: A drive force control system capable of stabilizing behavior of a vehicle with a rapid control response. The drive force control system for a vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels includes: a distribution mechanism, which distributes power outputted from a prime mover to a right wheel and to a left wheel of any one of the pairs of front and rear wheels, and which changes a ratio to distribute the power to the right wheel and the left wheel by engaging or disengaging an engagement mechanism; and at least two motors arranged individually for a right wheel and a left wheel of other pair of wheels to control drive forces for driving those right wheel and left wheel individually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinori Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100174463
    Abstract: A vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment to be achieved by a control of braking/driving force of each wheel are-calculated. The target yaw moment is corrected, for example, so as to coincide with the product of the correction coefficient determined based upon, the weight of the whole vehicle, the longitudinal and lateral distribution ratios of wheel vertical loads, and vehicle turning direction, and the target yaw moment, whereby the target yaw moment is corrected in accordance with the weight of the whole vehicle, the position of center of gravity of the whole vehicle, and vehicle turning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshio Uragami, Yoshinori Maeda, Michitaka Tsuchida, Kensuke Yoshizue, Kazuya Okumura, Satoshi Ando, Koji Sugiyama