Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100059197 | CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD OF MOLTEN METAL - The present invention provides a continuous casting method of molten metal using electromagnetic force to improve the cast slab surface properties and reduce the nonmetallic inclusions and bubbles trapped inside the cast slab. An alternating current is run through an electromagnetic coil | 03-11-2010 |
20100114572 | SPEAKER SELECTING DEVICE, SPEAKER ADAPTIVE MODEL CREATING DEVICE, SPEAKER SELECTING METHOD, SPEAKER SELECTING PROGRAM, AND SPEAKER ADAPTIVE MODEL MAKING PROGRAM - To enable selection of a speaker, the acoustic feature value of which is similar to that of an utterance speaker, with accuracy and stability, while adapting to changes even when the acoustic feature value of the speaker changes every moment. A speaker score calculating means ( | 05-06-2010 |
20150262574 | EXPRESSION CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, EXPRESSION CLASSIFICATION METHOD, DISSATISFACTION DETECTION DEVICE, DISSATISFACTION DETECTION METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An expression classification device includes: a segment detection unit that detects a specific expression segment that includes a specific expression that can be used in a plurality of nuances from data corresponding to a voice of a conversation; a feature extraction unit that extracts feature information that includes at least one of a prosody feature and an utterance timing feature with regard to the specific expression segment that is detected by the segment detection unit; and a classification unit that classifies the specific expression included in the specific expression segment based on a nuance corresponding to a use situation in the conversation by using the feature information extracted by the feature extraction unit. | 09-17-2015 |
20150279391 | DISSATISFYING CONVERSATION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND DISSATISFYING CONVERSATION DETERMINATION METHOD - This dissatisfying conversation determination device include: a data acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of word data, and a plurality of phonation time data by target conversation participants; an extraction unit that extracts a plurality of specific word data configuring polite expression and impolite expression from the plurality of word data; a change detection unit that detects a point of change from polite expression to impolite expression by the target conversation participants based on the plurality of specific word data and the plurality of phonation time data; and a dissatisfaction determination unit that determines whether the target conversation is a dissatisfying conversation for the target conversation participants based on the result of the point of change detected by the change detection unit. | 10-01-2015 |
20150287402 | ANALYSIS OBJECT DETERMINATION DEVICE, ANALYSIS OBJECT DETERMINATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An analysis object determination device includes a detection unit which detects a plurality of specific utterance sections using data related to a voice in a conversation, the specific utterance sections representing a plurality of specific events originating from one or a plurality of participants in the conversation, or a specific event originating from one of the conversation participants, and an object determination unit which determines, on the basis of the plurality of specific utterance sections detected by the detection unit, one or more cause analysis sections for the specific event originating from the conversation participant, the number of the cause analysis sections being fewer than the number of the plurality of specific utterance sections. | 10-08-2015 |
20150310877 | CONVERSATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND CONVERSATION ANALYSIS METHOD - This conversation analysis device comprises: a change detection unit that detects, for each of a plurality of conversation participants, each of a plurality of prescribed change patterns for emotional states, on the basis of data corresponding to voices in a target conversation; an identification unit that identifies, from among the plurality of prescribed change patterns detected by the change detection unit, a beginning combination and an ending combination, which are prescribed combinations of the prescribed change patterns that satisfy prescribed position conditions between the plurality of conversation participants; and an interval determination unit that determines specific emotional intervals, which have a start time and an end time and represent specific emotions of the conversation participants of the target conversation, by determining a start time and an end time on the basis of each time position in the target conversation pertaining to the starting combination and ending combination identified by the identification unit. | 10-29-2015 |
20150356974 | SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A speaker identification device includes: a primary speaker identification unit that computes, for each pre-stored registered speaker, a score that indicates the similarity between input speech and speech of the registered speakers; a similar speaker selection unit that selects a plurality of the registered speakers as similar speakers according to the height of the scores thereof; a learning unit that creates a classifier for each similar speaker by sorting the speech of a certain similar speaker among the similar speakers as a positive instance and the speech of the other similar speakers as negative instances; and a secondary speaker identification unit that computes, for each classifier, a score of the classifier with respect to the input speech, and outputs an identification result. | 12-10-2015 |
20160078286 | MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD AND MONITORING PROGRAM - A monitoring device includes a crowd behavior analysis unit | 03-17-2016 |
20160078883 | ACTION ANALYSIS DEVICE, ACTION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ACTION ANALYSIS PROGRAM - An action analysis device includes: an acoustic analysis unit | 03-17-2016 |