IP Library Granted Patent US 11,501,775
Granted Patent B2
US 11,501,775 · App. 17/098,650 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Voice signal control device, voice signal control system, and voice signal control program

Inventor: Katsuhiko Yamamoto (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G10L15/22G10L15/30G10L21/0316G10L2015/223
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Patent No.
US 11,501,775
App. No.
17/098,650
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voice signal control device includes a processor having hardware configured to process a voice signal generated by a voice signal generation device configured to generate the voice signal according to setting information of a voice output in a voice processing device configured to output the voice signal, and make the voice processing device output voice according to the voice signal after the processing.

Claims (50)

1. A voice signal control device comprising a processor having hardware configured to

process a voice signal generated by a microphone configured to generate the voice signal according to setting information of a voice output in a hearing aid configured to output the voice signal, and

make the hearing aid output voice according to the voice signal after the processing,

wherein the processor is configured to, when there is an input of the voice signal from the microphone, set a mode of the voice output in the hearing aid to a standby mode in which the hearing aid is on standby for an input of the voice signal transmitted from the voice signal control device.

2. The voice signal control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to

amplify the voice signal generated by the microphone, and

make the hearing aid output voice according to the amplified voice signal.

3. The voice signal control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to make the hearing aid output voice obtained by converting a language expressed by voice input to the microphone into a language set in the hearing aid.

4. The voice signal control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to

transmit an utterance start signal for guiding a start of transmission of the voice signal to the hearing aid in a state in which the hearing aid is set to the standby mode, and

transmit an utterance end signal to the hearing aid when determination is made that the generation of the voice signal in the microphone ends.

5. The voice signal control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

communication is performed between the voice signal control device and the hearing aid after a start of communication with the hearing aid; and

the processor is configured to determine whether or not to end communication with the hearing aid according to a communication state with the hearing aid.

6. A voice signal control system comprising:

a first device including a first processor having hardware;

a second device including a second processor having hardware; and

a third device including a third processor having hardware, wherein

the first processor is configured to generate a voice signal based on collected voice and transmit the voice signal outside,

the second processor is configured to output voice based on the voice signal, and

the third processor is configured to process the voice signal generated by the first processor according to setting information of a voice output in the second device, and make the second device output voice according to the voice signal after the processing,

wherein the third processor is configured to, when there is an input of the voice signal from the first device, set a mode of the voice output in the second device to a standby mode in which the second device is on standby for an input of the voice signal transmitted from the third device.

7. The voice signal control system according to claim 6 , wherein the third processor is configured to

amplify the voice signal generated by the first device by an amplification factor set in the second device, and

make the second device output voice according to the amplified voice signal.

8. The voice signal control system according to claim 6 , wherein the third processor is configured to make the second device output voice obtained by converting a language expressed by voice input to the first device into a language set in the second device.

9. The voice signal control system according to claim 6 , wherein the third processor is configured to

transmit an utterance start signal for guiding a start of transmission of the voice signal to the second device in a state in which the second device is set to the standby mode, and

transmit an utterance end signal to the second device when determination is made that the generation of the voice signal in the first device ends.

10. The voice signal control system according to claim 6 , wherein:

the second processor and the third processor perform data communication between the second device and the third device; and

the third processor is configured to determine whether or not to end communication according to a state of data communication with the second device.

11. The voice signal control system according to claim 6 , wherein:

the second device is a hearing aid; and

the second processor is configured to set one mode of the standby mode and a normal output mode in which the collected voice is amplified and output.

12. The voice signal control system according to claim 11 , wherein, in the standby mode, an amplification factor of the collected voice is turned down or an output of the collected voice is turned off.

13. A non-transitory storage medium causing a processor having hardware to execute:

processing a voice signal generated by a microphone configured to generate the voice signal according to setting information of a voice output in a hearing aid configured to output the voice signal;

making the hearing aid output voice according to the voice signal after the processing; and

when there is an input of the voice signal from the microphone, setting a mode of the voice output in the hearing aid to a standby mode in which the hearing aid is on standby for an input of the voice signal transmitted from a voice signal control device having the processor.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13 , causing the processor to execute:

amplifying the voice signal generated by the microphone configured to generate the voice signal; and

making the hearing aid output voice according to the amplified voice signal.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13 , causing the processor to execute making the hearing aid output voice obtained by converting a language expressed by voice input to the microphone into a language set in the hearing aid.

16. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13 , causing the processor to execute:

transmitting an utterance start signal for guiding a start of transmission of the voice signal to the hearing aid in a state in which the hearing aid is set to the standby mode; and

transmitting an utterance end signal to the hearing aid when determination is made that the generation of the voice signal in the microphone ends.

17. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13 , causing the processor to execute:

performing communication between a voice signal control device having the processor and the hearing aid after a start of communication with the hearing aid; and

determining whether or not to end communication with the hearing aid according to a communication state with the hearing aid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, KATSUHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054374/0830 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-009262 · Jan 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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