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US 12,251,222 · App. 17/789,372 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Device for estimating mental/nervous system diseases using voice

Inventors: Yorio Kumamoto (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Omiya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PST INC.
A61B5/165A61B5/4076A61B5/4803G10L25/66
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Patent No.
US 12,251,222
App. No.
17/789,372
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object to provide a device for estimating a plurality of mental/nervous system diseases by the voice analysis, the device being capable of estimating either major depression or bipolar disorder. Furthermore, there are provided an estimation device including an extraction means for extracting an acoustic feature amount that is not affected by a location where voices are acquired, and a method for operating the estimation device.

Claims (8)

1. An estimation device of a mental/nervous system disease that estimates a mental/nervous system disease by voice analysis, the estimation device discriminating and estimating a major depression and a bipolar disorder, wherein the estimation device comprises:

an extractor that extracts, on the basis of an acoustic feature amount (A) that does not have a significant difference due to a recording environment and an acoustic feature amount (B) associated with each disease, an acoustic feature amount (C) common to the acoustic feature amount (A) and the acoustic feature amount (B);

a calculator that calculates a prediction value of a disease on the basis of the acoustic feature amount (C); and

an estimator that estimates a disease using a prediction value of the disease as an input.

2. A method for operating an estimation device, the method comprising:

extracting, on the basis of an acoustic feature amount (A) that does not have a significant difference due to a recording environment and an acoustic feature amount (B) associated with each disease, an acoustic feature amount (C) common to the acoustic feature amount (A) and the acoustic feature amount (B) in an extractor of the estimation device;

calculating a prediction value of a disease on the basis of the acoustic feature amount in a calculator of the estimation device; and

estimating a disease using a prediction value of the disease as an input in an estimator of the estimation device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2022
From: KUMAMOTO, YORIO; OMIYA, YASUHIRO
To: PST INC.
Reel/Frame 060322/0546 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-002175 · Jan 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230034517A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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