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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2022
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Masashi Ishimaru, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Matsumura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Kamei, Osaka, JP;
Jakusei Kiyosaki, Hyogo, JP;
Yaming Zhang, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Kunugida, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Yamamura, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An estimation method includes: obtaining a first voice feature group of a plurality of persons who speak a first language; obtaining a second voice feature group of a plurality of persons who speak a second language; obtaining a voice feature of a subject; correcting the voice feature of the subject according to a relationship between the first voice feature group and the second voice feature group; estimating, from the voice feature of the subject that has been corrected, an oral function or a cognitive function of the subject by using an estimation process for an oral function or a cognitive function based on the second language; and outputting a result of estimation of the oral function or the cognitive function of the subject.