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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Applicant:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Kato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/1754 (2020.05); G10K 11/1781 (2018.01);
Abstract
A masking sound adjustment method includes obtaining, in each of a plurality of frequency bands, a volume adjustment amount of a masking sound with respect to a volume of a conversation sound to be masked, based on a threshold value corresponding to a target word intelligibility of the conversation sound to be masked; and adjusting a volume of the masking sound in each of the plurality of frequency bands based on the volume adjustment amount.