Patents by Inventor Youhei WAKISAKA

Youhei WAKISAKA 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).

  • Keyword generation apparatus and keyword generation method
    Patent number: 10593323
    Abstract: A keyword generation apparatus, comprises a vocabulary acquisition unit that acquires a keyword uttered by a first user; a first positional information acquisition unit that acquires first positional information including information representing a location at which the first user has uttered the keyword; a storage unit that stores the first positional information and the keyword in association with each other; a second positional information acquisition unit that acquires second positional information including information representing a current position of a second user; and an extraction unit that extracts a keyword unique to a locality in which the second user is positioned from the storage unit based on the second positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuma Minemura, Sei Kato, Junichi Ito, Youhei Wakisaka, Atsushi Ikeno, Toshifumi Nishijima, Fuminori Kataoka, Hiromi Tonegawa, Norihide Umeyama
  • Voice acquisition system and voice acquisition method
    Patent number: 10381003
    Abstract: A voice acquisition system includes a plurality of mobile objects each of which includes one or more microphones and is movable around a sound source; a sound source number estimating unit which estimates the number of sound sources in a vicinity of any of the mobile objects; and a control unit which controls positions of the mobile objects, wherein the control unit controls, based on the number of sound sources in a vicinity of a first mobile object, a position of a second mobile object which differs from the first mobile object, and the voice acquisition system acquires voice using both a microphone included in the first mobile object and a microphone included in the second mobile object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Youhei Wakisaka, Hitoshi Yamada, Tomoya Takatani, Narimasa Watanabe
  • KEYWORD GENERATION APPARATUS AND KEYWORD GENERATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180090133
    Abstract: A keyword generation apparatus, comprises a vocabulary acquisition unit that acquires a keyword uttered by a first user; a first positional information acquisition unit that acquires first positional information including information representing a location at which the first user has uttered the keyword; a storage unit that stores the first positional information and the keyword in association with each other; a second positional information acquisition unit that acquires second positional information including information representing a current position of a second user; and an extraction unit that extracts a keyword unique to a locality in which the second user is positioned from the storage unit based on the second positional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuma MINEMURA, Sei KATO, Junichi ITO, Youhei WAKISAKA, Atsushi IKENO, Toshifumi NISHIJIMA, Fuminori KATAOKA, Hiromi TONEGAWA, Norihide UMEYAMA
  • VOICE ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND VOICE ACQUISITION METHOD
    Publication number: 20180082686
    Abstract: A voice acquisition system includes a plurality of mobile objects each of which includes one or more microphones and is movable around a sound source; a sound source number estimating unit which estimates the number of sound sources in a vicinity of any of the mobile objects; and a control unit which controls positions of the mobile objects, wherein the control unit controls, based on the number of sound sources in a vicinity of a first mobile object, a position of a second mobile object which differs from the first mobile object, and the voice acquisition system acquires voice using both a microphone included in the first mobile object and a microphone included in the second mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Youhei WAKISAKA, Hitoshi YAMADA, Tomoya TAKATANI, Narimasa WATANABE