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Patent No.:

US 8145476 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2008
Applicant:

Yukihiro Imai, Hyogo, JP;

Inventor:

Yukihiro Imai, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A disclosed received voice playback apparatus includes a characteristic acquiring unit configured to acquire first frequency characteristic values obtained by resolving digital vocal signals that are based on received vocal signals into predetermined frequency bands, wherein each first frequency characteristic value corresponds to one of the predetermined frequency bands; a setting unit configured to obtain second frequency characteristic values, wherein each second frequency characteristic value is set for one of the predetermined frequency bands; a computing unit configured to compute a gain for each of the predetermined frequency bands based on a difference between the first frequency characteristic value and the second frequency characteristic value; and a characteristic changing unit configured to change the first frequency characteristic values of the digital vocal signals by multiplying the digital vocal signals by each of the gains corresponding to one of the predetermined frequency bands of the digital vocal signals.


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Imai, Yukihiro. (2012). Received voice playback apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 8145476). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8145476

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