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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Asuka Ono, Tokyo, JP;

Momoko Nakatani, Tokyo, JP;

Ai Nakane, Tokyo, JP;

Yoko Ishii, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/04 (2006.01); G10L 21/16 (2013.01); G10L 21/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/87 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/045 (2013.01); G10L 21/16 (2013.01); G10L 21/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); G10L 25/87 (2013.01); G10L 2025/783 (2013.01);
Abstract

A speech transmission compensation apparatus that assists discrimination of speech heard by a user, includes: one or more computers each including a memory and a processor configured to: accept input of a speech signal, detect a specific type of sound in the speech signal, analyze an acoustic characteristic of the specific type of sound in the speech signal and output the acoustic characteristic; accept input of the acoustic characteristic being output by the memory and the processor, generate a vibration signal of a duration corresponding to the acoustic characteristic and output the vibration signal; and accept input of the vibration signal being output by the memory and the processor and provide the user with vibration for the duration on the basis of the vibration signal.


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