IP Library Granted Patent US 9,564,147
Granted Patent B2
US 9,564,147 · App. 14/787,947 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

Audio communication system, audio communication method, audio communication purpose program, audio transmission terminal, and audio transmission terminal purpose program

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Patent No.
US 9,564,147
App. No.
14/787,947
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio communication system includes a generation unit that superimposes an addition sound having a volume level determined on the basis of a voice acquired by a voice acquisition unit on an input voice acquired by the voice acquisition unit of a transmission terminal and generates a synthesis sound and a transmission unit that transmits a signal of the synthesis sound generated by the generation unit to a reception terminal.

Claims (23)

1. An audio transmission terminal comprising:

a generation unit that superimposes an addition sound having a constant volume level on an input voice sequentially acquired by a voice acquisition unit, and generates a synthesis sound;

a transmission unit that sequentially transmits a signal of the synthesis sound generated by the generation unit to an audio reception terminal;

a retransmission request acquisition unit that acquires a retransmission request of a defective portion of the input voice detected on the basis of the addition sound from the audio reception terminal;

a retransmission unit that retransmits a signal of the input voice corresponding to the defective portion to the audio reception terminal according to the retransmission request; and

a control unit that controls the transmission unit, such that the signal of the synthesis sound is not transmitted from the transmission unit, in a retransmission time zone to be a time zone in which the signal of the input voice corresponding to the defective portion is transmitted from the retransmission unit.

2. The audio transmission terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit detects an input voice acquired by the voice acquisition unit in the retransmission time zone, and sets transmission timing of a signal of a synthesis sound including the detected input voice to a timing when the retransmission time zone ends.

3. The audio transmission terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the retransmission unit sets a predetermined section including the defective portion in the input voice on the basis of the defective portion, and retransmits the input voice in the predetermined section to the audio reception terminal.

4. The audio transmission terminal according to claim 3 ,

wherein the retransmission unit sets the predetermined section on the basis of a volume or a tone of the input voice.

5. The audio transmission terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the retransmission unit determines whether the signal of the input voice corresponding to the defective portion is retransmitted to the audio reception terminal according to the audio reception terminal.

6. The audio transmission terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the retransmission unit retransmits a signal of a voice in which the input voice corresponding to the defective portion is fast-forwarded to the audio reception terminal.

7. The audio transmission terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the retransmission unit retransmits a signal of a voice from which a silence portion of the defective portion is removed to the audio reception terminal.

8. An audio transmission terminal comprising:

a generation unit that superimposes an addition sound having a constant volume level to detect a defective portion of an input voice sequentially acquired by a voice acquisition unit on the input voice, and generates a synthesis sound;

a transmission unit that sequentially transmits a signal of the synthesis sound generated by the generation unit to an audio reception terminal; and

a communication quality detection unit that detects a communication quality between the audio transmission terminal and the audio reception terminal,

wherein the generation unit changes the volume level of the addition sound on the basis of the detected communication quality, instead of setting the volume level of the addition sound to be constant, when the communication quality detected by the communication quality detection unit is less than a reference value.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE PATENT NUMBERS 10342096;10671117; 10716375; 10716376;10795407;10795408; AND 10827591 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 58314 FRAME: 657. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 058314/0657 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2016
From: YAMAHARA, HISANORI
To: RAKUTEN. INC
Reel/Frame 037955/0103 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 3, 2016
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
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