Patents by Inventor Yuki Furumoto
Yuki Furumoto 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: 9864577Abstract: Because a voice recognition device in accordance with the present invention can change the position where or the display form in which a display item corresponding to a voice recognition result is displayed according to the degree of importance of a display area in which the display item is displayed when recognizing a voice uttered by the user, the voice recognition device can prevent the acquisition of other information important for the user from being blocked due to the display of the display item, and improve the user's convenience.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuki Furumoto, Hiroki Sakashita, Masanobu Osawa
-
Publication number: 20170372695Abstract: When the number of characters displayable on a character display area of a display is restricted, the information providing system generates a first recognition object word from information of object to be provided. At the same time, the information providing system generates a second recognition object word by using whole of a character string which is obtained by shortening the first recognition object word to have the specified character number when its number of characters exceeds a specified character number, to thereby recognize a speech voice by a user, using the first recognition object word and the second recognition object word.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi TAKEI, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tomohiro NARITA, Tatsuhiko SAITO
-
Patent number: 9829336Abstract: Because in a server for navigation that causes a navigation device mounted in a moving object to provide guidance on a moving route and display map data on the basis of the map data and the position of the moving object, from a recognition result of a user's utterance and position information, evaluation information about a point or is acquired automatically, an evaluation about the point can be left automatically and safely without requiring the user's special operation. Further, by adding the evaluation information to map data and displaying this map data at the time of use, the navigation system enables the user to revisit a point through which the user desires to pass once again, bypass a point through which the user desires to never pass again, and so on without requiring the user's work of consciously memorizing the impression about each point and so on.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takumi Takei, Masanobu Osawa, Ryosuke Torama, Yuki Furumoto
-
Publication number: 20170309269Abstract: An information presentation system 1 includes: an extraction unit 12 configured to extract, from among linguistic units such as word strings included in a reading text, additional information related to the linguistic units which is capable of being acquired from an information source, as a word-of-speech-recognition target; a synthesis controller 13 configured to output accent information for use in speech-synthesis for reading out the reading text, and the word-of-speech-recognition target extracted by the extraction unit 12; a speech synthesizer 14 configured to read out the reading text using the accent information received from the synthesis controller 13; and a display controller 15 configured to control a display 4 to display the word-of-speech-recognition target received from the synthesis controller 13, in synchronization with a timing where the speech synthesizer 14 reads out the word-of-speech-recognition target.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya BABA, Yuki FURUMOTO, Takumi TAKEI, Tatsuhiko SAITO, Masanobu OSAWA
-
Patent number: 9767799Abstract: A voice recognition system, when deciding that a user is about to select a voice recognition result displayed on a screen while the system continuously recognizes a voice uttered, stops a display update of the recognition result on the display unit, thereby being able to prevent the recognition result from disappearing or from changing to other recognition result at the moment when the user is about to select the recognition result. This makes it possible to prevent a user from carrying out an unwanted operation, and to improve the convenience of the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Furumoto, Yuki Yamashita, Yuzuru Inoue, Masanobu Osawa
-
Publication number: 20170243580Abstract: A speech recognition system, which continuously recognizes speech uttered by at least one user and controls a navigation system on the basis of a recognition result, includes: a speech-operation-intention determination unit for determining—whether or not the user has made a recognized speech with the intention of operating the navigation system through speech; and a control mode altering unit for changing, when the speech-operation-intention determination unit determines that the user has no operation intention, the control mode of the navigation system in such a manner that the user is less aware of or pays less attention to the control mode than the case in which the speech-operation-intention determination unit determines that the user has an intention of operating the navigation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki FURUMOTO, Masanobu OSAWA, Takumi TAKEI, Naoya BABA
-
Publication number: 20170200448Abstract: Because an information providing system according to the present invention generates recognition object words for selecting one headline from a plurality of headlines in such a way that the recognition object words do not overlap one another, the information providing system can select a headline uniquely through the user's utterance, and present information (content) corresponding to the headline selected thereby, and therefore the convenience to the user is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu OSAWA, Takumi TAKEI, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tomohiro NARITA, Tatsuhiko SAITO
-
Patent number: 9644985Abstract: Because a navigation device that provides guidance on a moving route and displays map data on a display screen on the basis of the map data and the position of a moving object automatically acquires evaluation information for a point or a region from a recognition result and position information, and registers the evaluation information, the navigation device can leave an impression (evaluation) of the point or the region automatically and safely without requiring the user's special operation. Further, by adding the evaluation information to map data and displaying this map data at the time of use, the navigation device enables the user to revisit a point through which the user desires to pass once again, bypass a point through which the user desires to never pass again, and so on without requiring the user's work of consciously memorizing the impression of each point.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Takei, Yuki Furumoto
-
Patent number: 9639322Abstract: Because a voice recognition device in accordance with the present invention can adjust the output of a voice recognition result according to the priority of a display of the recognition result with respect to display information other than the voice recognition result at all times while recognizing an uttered voice, the voice recognition device prevents the acquisition of other information important for the user from being blocked due to the display of the recognition result, and improves the user's convenience.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu Osawa, Yuki Furumoto
-
Patent number: 9590678Abstract: An I/O unit includes a plurality of ports, a mixer includes processing channels, and the mixer and the I/O unit are interconnected via a network. The mixer stores channel data per processing channel. The channel data includes virtual port data for indirectly controlling signal processing of a port to which the channel is patched. The I/O unit stores real port data for controlling a signal processing in a corresponding port per port. In response to a connection instruction, one port and processing channels are interconnected, and real port data of the one port connected with the processing channels is set to a value of virtual port data being maintained for the processing channels.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yuki Furumoto, Takao Yokoi
-
Patent number: 9514737Abstract: A navigation apparatus capable of providing a user not only with guidance, but also with all of the guidance, operational procedure, operation screen and recognition vocabulary, that is, with an operational transition that is defined by the guidance, operational procedure, operation screen and recognition vocabulary, while altering the operational transition in accordance with the recognition vocabulary comprehension level of the user. Thus, it can increase the possibility for a user with a low recognition vocabulary comprehension level to achieve a task, or for a user with a high recognition vocabulary comprehension level to improve the comfortableness of the operation, thereby being able to provide all the users with the optimum operational transition.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Takei, Yuki Furumoto
-
Publication number: 20160335051Abstract: According to a speech recognition device of the present invention, even in the case where there are many abutting sight-line detection areas or many overlapping portions between sight-line detection areas, as exemplified by the case where a plurality of icons (display objects) are congested on a display screen, it is possible to narrow down to thereby identify one icon (display object) efficiently using a sight line and a speech-based operation, and further to decrease false recognition, so that the user's convenience can be enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu OSAWA, Yuki FURUMOTO, Keisuke WATANABE, Takumi TAKEI
-
Patent number: 9476728Abstract: A navigation apparatus, method or program extracts only a guide expression a talker such as a fellow passenger says to a driver, and outputs a presentation content which corresponds to the guide expression. Accordingly, the driver can understand the content intuitively. This makes it possible to prevent the misunderstanding of the driver and to prevent a vehicle from going in the direction the talker does not intend.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Watanabe, Yuki Furumoto
-
Publication number: 20160216129Abstract: Because in a server for navigation that causes a navigation device mounted in a moving object to provide guidance on a moving route and display map data on the basis of the map data and the position of the moving object, from a recognition result of a user's utterance and position information, evaluation information about a point or is acquired automatically, an evaluation about the point can be left automatically and safely without requiring the user's special operation. Further, by adding the evaluation information to map data and displaying this map data at the time of use, the navigation system enables the user to revisit a point through which the user desires to pass once again, bypass a point through which the user desires to never pass again, and so on without requiring the user's work of consciously memorizing the impression about each point and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi TAKEI, Masanobu OSAWA, Ryosuke TORAMA, Yuki FURUMOTO
-
Patent number: 9378737Abstract: Because a voice recognition device in accordance with the present invention is configured in such a way as to be able to accept an operation of commanding a voice recognition start also when recognizing an uttered voice at all times, the voice recognition device can recognize an uttered voice by using a voice recognition method having a high recognition rate according to an operation of commanding a voice recognition start when a speaking person desires while avoiding the inconvenience of usually needing to perform a specific operation every time when making the voice recognition device perform recognition. As a result, the convenience is improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yuki Furumoto
-
Patent number: 9341492Abstract: Because a navigation device or method according to the present invention extracts only route guidance expressions which a speaking person, such as a fellow passenger, provides for the driver, interprets the abstract route guidance expressions to determine a concrete route guidance expression, and outputs information to be presented corresponding to the concrete route guidance expression, the navigation device enables the driver to understand the content intuitively and can prevent the driver from mishearing the speaking person's utterance and from driving the vehicle toward a direction which the speaking person does not intend.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Watanabe, Yuki Furumoto
-
Patent number: 9323240Abstract: When a controlled device receives a change command from a control device, the controlled device changes a real current memory, generates a change notification that includes first data indicative of the control device having transmitted the change command and second data indicative of the change result in response to the change command, and transmits the generated change notification to the plurality of control devices. Each control device receives a change notification from the controlled devices, changes a virtual current memory based on the second data of the change notification if the first data of the change notification does not indicate the control device. Each control device does not change the virtual current based on the second data included in the change notification if the first data indicates the control device.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yuki Furumoto, Satoshi Takemura, Hiroshi Shimizu
-
Publication number: 20160035352Abstract: A voice recognition system, when deciding that a user is about to select a voice recognition result displayed on a screen while the system continuously recognizes a voice uttered, stops a display update of the recognition result on the display unit, thereby being able to prevent the recognition result from disappearing or from changing to other recognition result at the moment when the user is about to select the recognition result. This makes it possible to prevent a user from carrying out an unwanted operation, and to improve the convenience of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki FURUMOTO, Yuki YAMASHITA, Yuzuru INOUE, Masanobu OSAWA
-
Publication number: 20160011854Abstract: Because a voice recognition device in accordance with the present invention can change the position where or the display form in which a display item corresponding to a voice recognition result is displayed according to the degree of importance of a display area in which the display item is displayed when recognizing a voice uttered by the user, the voice recognition device can prevent the acquisition of other information important for the user from being blocked due to the display of the display item, and improve the user's convenience.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki FURUMOTO, Hiroki SAKASHITA, Masanobu OSAWA
-
Publication number: 20150331664Abstract: Because a voice recognition device in accordance with the present invention can adjust the output of a voice recognition result according to the priority of a display of the recognition result with respect to display information other than the voice recognition result at all times while recognizing an uttered voice, the voice recognition device prevents the acquisition of other information important for the user from being blocked due to the display of the recognition result, and improves the user's convenience.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu OSAWA, Yuki FURUMOTO