Patents by Inventor Yuko Yamanouchi

Yuko Yamanouchi 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).

  • Audio guidance generation device, audio guidance generation method, and broadcasting system
    Patent number: 11404041
    Abstract: A message management unit receives and accumulates a message, wherein the message is distributed for every update, is the message data representing a latest situation of a competition, an explanation generation unit generates an explanatory text for conveying unconveyed information detected from the message, based on conveyed information, a speech synthesis unit outputs a speech converted from the explanatory text, wherein the explanation generation unit stores the unconveyed information for the explanatory text as the conveyed information, stands by until completion of completion of the speech, and initiates a procedure for generating a new explanatory text based on updated unconveyed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI, NHK Engineering System, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kumano, Ichiro Yamada, Atsushi Imai, Hideki Sumiyoshi, Yuko Yamanouchi, Toshihiro Shimizu, Nobumasa Seiyama, Shoei Sato, Reiko Saito, Taro Miyazaki, Kiyoshi Kurihara, Manon Ichiki, Tohru Takagi
  • AUDIO GUIDANCE GENERATION DEVICE, AUDIO GUIDANCE GENERATION METHOD, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200066251
    Abstract: A message management unit receives and accumulates a message, wherein the message is distributed for every update, is the message data representing a latest situation of a competition, an explanation generation unit generates an explanatory text for conveying unconveyed information detected from the message, based on conveyed information, a speech synthesis unit outputs a speech converted from the explanatory text, wherein the explanation generation unit stores the unconveyed information for the explanatory text as the conveyed information, stands by until completion of completion of the speech, and initiates a procedure for generating a new explanatory text based on updated unconveyed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI, NHK Engineering System, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi KUMANO, Ichiro YAMADA, Atsushi IMAI, Hideki SUMIYOSHI, Yuko YAMANOUCHI, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Nobumasa SEIYAMA, Shoei SATO, Reiko SAITO, Taro MIYAZAKI, Kiyoshi KURIHARA, Manon ICHIKI, Tohru TAKAGI
  • Shooting system using non-viewable light
    Publication number: 20030202158
    Abstract: An apparatus for shining light on an object, a shot of which is intermittently taken by a camera during intermittent periods, includes a light source which emits the light, and a shutter unit which intermittently blocks the light, such that the light is intermittently shone on the object during periods excluding the intermittent periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
    Inventors: Takashi Fukaya, Hideo Fujikake, Seiki Inoue, Nobuyuki Yagi, Yuko Yamanouchi, Hideki Mitsumine