Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation

Akihiko Enamito

Osamu Nishimura

Tatsuhiko Goto

Takahiro Hiruma

Keiichiro Someda

Hideaki Fukuzawa

Hiromi Yuasa

Yoshihiko Fuji

Michiko Hara

Masayuki Kii

Eizo Fujisawa

Yoshiyuki Sato

Yuji Suzuki

Tsutomu Shioyama

Takuro Hayashi

Akihito Ogawa

Hiroshi Takahashi

Junichiro Ooga

Misato Ishikawa

Atsuro Oonishi

Rika Hosaka

Kunio Matsukura

Takehiko Suzuki

Shozo Taniguchi

Satoshi Aoyagi

Hajime Kudo

Kohji Kanemaru

According to one embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a vibration sensor, a microphone, and a processor. The vibration sensor detects a vibration of an inspection target object to which the vibration is excited. The microphone arranged near the inspection target object and collects a radiated sound from the inspection target object. The processor calculates an impulse response between the vibration sensor and the microphone. The processor denoises an unnecessary component from the impulse response. The processor converts the impulse response into a frequency characteristic. The processor calculates acoustic energy between the vibration sensor and the microphone based on the frequency characteristic. The processor determine the presence/absence of an abnormal state of the inspection target object.

Inspection apparatus and inspection method

An acoustic control apparatus includes a processor with hardware. The processor calculates a first relational expression between acoustic filter coefficients of acoustic filters to be applied to voice signals containing information of sounds played back by two or more sound sources, based on an amplification magnification in a sound amplification control point with respect to the sounds played back by the two or more sound sources, and on transfer functions between the sound amplification control point and the two or more sound sources. The processor calculates a second relational expression between the acoustic filter coefficients, based on information of a frequency of the voice signals, and on an interval between the two or more sound sources. The processor calculates the acoustic filter coefficients based on the first relational expression and the second relational expression.

Acoustic control apparatus, storage medium, and method

According to one embodiment, a noise reduction system includes a microphone, a loudspeaker, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry switches an operating mode between a control mode and a path characteristic measurement mode, includes a control filter that generates a control signal that causes the loudspeaker to output a control sound for reducing noise, based on a detection signal obtained by detecting a first sound including the noise with the microphone, measures a path characteristic including an acoustic characteristic between the loudspeaker and the microphone, and generates the control filter by using a measurement result of the path characteristic and a noise feature signal including a feature of the noise.

Noise reduction system and noise reduction method

A sound inspection apparatus that includes at least three microphones, a removing unit, and an estimation unit. The removing unit calculates an impulse response based on a sound pressure of a radiation sound collected via a reference microphone and a first microphone, calculates an impulse response based on the sound pressure of the radiation sound collected via the reference microphone and a second microphone, and removes a component corresponding to the vibration sound from the calculated impulse response. The intensity calculation unit calculates an intensity of the radiation sound based on the impulse response from which the vibration sound is removed, and the estimation unit estimates, based on the calculated intensity, a site where an abnormality in the inspection target object has occurred.

Sound inspection apparatus and sound inspection method

An online conversation management apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires, across a network, reproduction environment information from at least one terminal that reproduces a sound image via a reproduction device. The reproduction environment information is information of a sound reproduction environment of the reproduction device. The processor acquires azimuth information. The azimuth information is information of a localization direction of the sound image with respect to a user of the terminal. The processor performs control for reproducing a sound image of each terminal based on the reproduction environment information and the azimuth information.

Online conversation management apparatus and storage medium storing online conversation management program

According to an embodiment, a diagnostic apparatus includes a sound-emitting unit, at least one measurement unit, and a processor. The sound-emitting unit includes a plurality of speakers arranged at equal angular intervals on a circumference of a circle, and is configured to emit a first vibration sound to a target by using the speakers. The at least one measurement unit is arranged on a central axis of the circle, and is configured to measure a vibration of the target generated in response to the first vibration sound, or a second vibration sound radiated from the target due to the vibration. The processor is configured to diagnose the target based on an output from the at least one measurement unit.

Diagnostic apparatus and diagnostic method

An acoustic inspection apparatus includes a vibration sound source, a microphone group, and a processor. The vibration sound source emits a vibration sound to an inspection target object. The microphone group includes a first microphone arranged near the inspection target object and a second microphone arranged to have an interval with respect to the first microphone. The processor calculates a first impulse response between the first and second microphones, denoises a component corresponding to the vibration sound from the first impulse response, converts, into a frequency characteristic, a second impulse response obtained from the first impulse response, calculates acoustic energy between the first and second microphones based on the frequency characteristic, and determines an abnormal state of the inspection target object based on the acoustic energy.

Acoustic inspection apparatus and acoustic inspection method

According to one embodiment, a system for reducing interference noise of rotor and stator blades includes rotor blades, stator blades, loudspeakers, one or more reference microphones, and a controller. The rotor blades rotate about a central axis. The loudspeakers are discretely arranged on a circle that has a center positioned on the central axis. Each loudspeaker generates a control sound. The controller causes the loudspeakers to generate control sounds of a same phase and a same amplitude. The control sounds correspond to the loudspeakers. The r is selected based on a preset attenuation level concerning the interference noise, and the k, where a is a length of the rotor blades, b is a radius of the circle, r=a/b, k is an upper limit wavenumber.

System for reducing interference noise of rotor and stator blades, and flight vehicle

According to one embodiment, an acoustic control apparatus includes a first calculator, a second calculator, and a first setting unit. The first calculator calculates a first relationship established between acoustic filter coefficients, based on sounds emitted from sound sources. The second calculator calculates a second relationship established between the acoustic filter coefficients by matching a first sound pressure ratio with a second sound pressure ratio, in a complex sound pressure ratio between ears of a user who desires the sound information. The first setting unit sets an acoustic filter coefficient corresponding to each of the sound sources, based on the first relationship and the second relationship.

Acoustic control apparatus, method, program, and device including the apparatus

According to one embodiment, an estimating apparatus includes an insertion tube, a first sensor, a second sensor, a processing unit, an adder, and an analyzer. The insertion tube is detachably mounted midway along a coupling tube that couples an excitation source to a main unit. The first sensor is provided inside the insertion tube at a first distance from an exit of a space housing the excitation source. The second sensor is provided at a second distance from the first sensor. The processing unit performs filter processing to a first signal obtained by the first sensor. The adder adds a filtered signal and a second signal obtained by the second sensor, the first signal being the first signal having undergone filter processing by the processing unit. The analyzer analyzes a frequency of a signal obtained by the adder.

Estimating apparatus and estimating method

Diagnostic device including a hammering sound signal acquisition unit, a frequency characteristic conversion unit, and an abnormality determination unit. The hammering sound signal acquisition unit acquires an i-th hammering sound signal and a j-th hammering sound signal representing hammering sounds with respect to striking applied to an i-th and a j-th struck position of an inspection target. The frequency characteristic conversion unit respectively converts the i-th hammering sound signal and the j-th hammering sound signal into an i-th frequency characteristic and a j-th frequency characteristic. The abnormality determination unit determines presence or absence of an abnormality in the inspection target on the basis of a matching degree of waveforms around peaks in the i-th frequency characteristic and waveforms around peaks in the j-th frequency characteristic. The diagnostic device can be used with an inspection robot to automatically analyze for loose stator wedges.

Hammering sound diagnostic device and method usable with a robot

According to one embodiment, a noise reduction device includes speakers, microphones, and a processing circuit. The speakers are arranged around a rotor and emit control sound based on control signals. The microphones are arranged around the rotor and convert the control sound and noise emitted by the rotor into microphone signals. The processing circuit generates the control signals for reducing acoustic power in positions of the microphones, based on the microphone signals, rotation speed of the rotor, and a phase of noise that reaches the microphones from the rotor.

Noise reduction device, flight vehicle, power generation device, and noise reduction method

A sound generating device according to an embodiment includes a sound tube and a sound generator. The sound tube is to be held between a tragus and an antitragus. The sound generator is disposed inside the sound tube.

Sound generating device

According to one embodiment, a vibration power generator includes a housing, an elastic member, a mover, and a coil. The elastic member is fixed to the housing. The mover is supported by the elastic member and able to vibrate in a first direction. The coil is positioned inside the mover. The mover includes a first magnet, a second magnet, a third magnet, and a first magnetic yoke. The second magnet is placed to be aligned with the first magnet in the first direction so as to repel each other. The third magnet is placed annularly with respect to the first magnet and the second magnet. The first magnetic yoke surrounds the first magnet, the second magnet and the third magnet. The coil is positioned between the third magnet, and both the first magnet and the second magnet.

Vibration power generator with elastic members fixed to a housing and coils poistioned between magnets

A reproducing apparatus includes, a first sensor, processing circuitry, an audio reproducing device, and an image reproducing device. The first sensor detects a current location of a user. The processing circuitry acquires a destination, determines a direction of the destination based on the current location, generates a guidance sound image and a guidance image, and determines a first output timing which is an output timing of the guidance sound image and a second output timing which is an output timing of the guidance image. The audio reproducing device reproduces the guidance sound image at the first output timing to guide the user toward the destination. The image reproducing device reproduces the guidance image at the second output timing to guide the user toward the destination.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Akihiko Enamito