Inventor
AKABANE MAKOTO
JP34 patents
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SONY CORP
23 patentsUS7062438B2Jun 13, 2006
Speech synthesis method and apparatus, program, recording medium and robot apparatus
SONY CORP171 citations99
US5353408AOct 4, 1994
Noise suppressor
SONY CORP163 citations99
US7523036B2Apr 21, 2009
Text-to-speech synthesis system
SONY CORP271 citations98
US5991721ANov 23, 1999
Apparatus and method for processing natural language and apparatus and method for speech recognition
SONY CORP125 citations98
US6055536AApr 25, 2000
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
SONY CORP227 citations97
US7111011B2Sep 19, 2006
Document processing apparatus, document processing method, document processing program and recording medium
SONY CORP54 citations96
US5848389ADec 8, 1998
Speech recognizing method and apparatus, and speech translating system
SONY CORP55 citations96
US5903867AMay 11, 1999
Information access system and recording system
SONY CORP63 citations95
US4592085AMay 27, 1986
Speech-recognition method and apparatus for recognizing phonemes in a voice signal
SONY CORP54 citations95
US7315867B2Jan 1, 2008
Document processing apparatus, document processing method, document processing program, and recording medium
SONY CORP33 citations92
US7099826B2Aug 29, 2006
Text-to-speech synthesis system
SONY CORP22 citations92
US6161093ADec 12, 2000
Information access system and recording medium
SONY CORP29 citations92
US5963892AOct 5, 1999
Translation apparatus and method for facilitating speech input operation and obtaining correct translation thereof
SONY CORP45 citations92
US5003601AMar 26, 1991
Speech recognition method and apparatus thereof
SONY CORP30 citations92
US5966690AOct 12, 1999
Speech recognition and synthesis systems which distinguish speech phonemes from noise
SONY CORP20 citations89
US7984076B2Jul 19, 2011
Document processing apparatus, document processing method, document processing program and recording medium
SONY CORP12 citations84
US7379871B2May 27, 2008
Speech synthesizing apparatus, speech synthesizing method, and recording medium using a plurality of substitute dictionaries corresponding to pre-programmed personality information
SONY CORP19 citations84
US7349848B2Mar 25, 2008
Communication apparatus and system acting on speaker voices
SONY CORP12 citations84
US7222076B2May 22, 2007
Speech output apparatus
SONY CORP16 citations83
US6778963B2Aug 17, 2004
Speech recognition system for car navigation and microphone
SONY CORP18 citations82
US7197455B1Mar 27, 2007
Content selection system
SONY CORP9 citations74
US6865535B2Mar 8, 2005
Synchronization control apparatus and method, and recording medium
SONY CORP7 citations73
US7080015B2Jul 18, 2006
Synchronization control apparatus and method, and recording medium
SONY CORP2 citations62
NIDEC SANKYO CORP
5 patentsUS8009371B2Aug 30, 2011
Lens driving apparatus
NIDEC SANKYO CORP12 citations84
US7871207B2Jan 18, 2011
Lens drive device
NIDEC SANKYO CORP7 citations84
US7211917B2May 1, 2007
Motor with a magnet fixed on the inner peripheral face of a circumferential wall
NIDEC SANKYO CORP4 citations63
US7162152B2Jan 9, 2007
Position detecting device of lens barrel with disk-shaped magnet and sensor chip
NIDEC SANKYO CORP4 citations60
US7995289B2Aug 9, 2011
Lens drive device
NIDEC SANKYO CORP1 citations52
SANKYO SEIKI SEISAKUSHO KK
3 patentsUS6534889B2Mar 18, 2003
Motor with rotator having shaft insertion sections with different internal peripheral surfaces
SANKYO SEIKI SEISAKUSHO KK21 citations92
US6936940B2Aug 30, 2005
Motor with resin base plate
SANKYO SEIKI SEISAKUSHO KK15 citations84
US6836050B2Dec 28, 2004
Terminal structures for motor with brush to connect motor to external circuit
SANKYO SEIKI SEISAKUSHO KK11 citations74