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20090180626 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus includes a low-pass-filter processing unit configured to perform processing for limiting a band of an input audio signal on the basis of a cutoff frequency; a high-pass-filter processing unit configured to perform processing for limiting a band of the input audio signal on the basis of the cutoff frequency; a delay processing unit configured to perform processing for delaying the audio signal band-limited by the high-pass-filter processing unit; and a combination processing unit configured to combine the audio signal band-limited by the low-pass-filter processing unit and the audio signal subjected to the delay processing performed by the delay processing unit. | 07-16-2009 |
20100266133 | Sound processing apparatus, sound image localization method and sound image localization program - A sound processing apparatus includes: a filter means for providing a sound signal with a frequency-gain characteristic according to a spectrum difference between a previously measured first head-related transfer function of a sound generated from a virtual sound image position to an ear of a listener and a previously measured second head-related transfer function of a sound generated from a real sound source position to the ear, and outputting the sound signal. | 10-21-2010 |
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20110243336 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal processing apparatus includes: an audio image localization processing unit performing audio image localization processing on a sound signal of each frequency band for each channel of the sound signal based on information used to determine an audio image localization position of each frequency band; and a mixing unit mixing the sound signals of the respective channels subjected to the audio image localization processing by the audio image localization processing unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20120155681 | AUDIO SYSTEM, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An audio system including a first speaker and a second speaker that are arranged in front of a predetermined listening position to be substantially bilaterally symmetrical with respect to the listening position; a third speaker and a fourth speaker that are arranged in front of the predetermined listening position to be substantially bilaterally symmetrical with respect to the listening position; a first attenuator that attenuates components that are equal to or less than a predetermined first frequency of an input audio signal; and an output controller that outputs sounds that are based on the input audio signal from the first speaker and the second speaker and outputs sounds that are based on the first audio signal in which components that are equal to or less than the first frequency of the input audio signal from the third speaker and the fourth speaker. | 06-21-2012 |
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20090013765 | GAS LEAK DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to the present invention, mistaken detection of a gas leak can be prevented even when using an appliance which has been newly installed in a dwelling receiving a gas supply, and whereby a gas leak can be detected rapidly, efficiently and accurately. The characteristics extraction means | 01-15-2009 |
20090018782 | GAS APPLIANCE JUDGMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to the present invention, the type of gas appliance in use can be identified and a gas leak can be detected, efficiently and accurately. The flow volume data noise removal means | 01-15-2009 |
20090134863 | ELECTRICITY METER - An electricity meter capable of minimizing a risk of data destruction in case of lightning or surge that involves improperly high voltage is provided. The electricity meter includes a measurement part, an operation part, and an insulation part. The measurement part includes a detection unit to detect electricity consumption of an objective system and a transmission unit to wirelessly transmit data representative of the detected electricity consumption. The operation part includes a reception unit to receive the wirelessly transmitted data and an operation unit to process the received data into data representative of electric energy consumed by the objective system. The insulation part electrically insulates the measurement part and operation part from each other. | 05-28-2009 |
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20110140669 | SECONDARY BATTERY DEVICE AND VEHICLE - A battery device includes secondary battery cells, a detector configured to detect respective voltages of the cells, a first circuit configured to output an overvoltage alarm signal for notifying whether each of the voltage values of the cells is an overvoltage equal to or more than a threshold. value, a second circuit configured to output a first level shutdown signal to an upper controller when any of the secondary battery cells is judged to be overvoltage by the overvoltage alarm signal, and a third circuit configured to be supplied with the shutdown signal and to control operations of the first circuit and the second circuit. The second circuit assumes the shutdown signal at a second level when making self-diagnosis on the first circuit, and outputs an alarm signal for notifying the third circuit of, when the overvoltage alarm signal noticing an overvoltage is supplied, the overvoltage. | 06-16-2011 |
20110231115 | GAS APPLIANCE JUDGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A gas appliance judgment apparatus and method by which a type of gas appliance in use and the existence of a gas leak can be identified. In operation, noise is removed from measured instantaneous flow volume, whereupon the “length”, “initial flow volume” and “sequence of transited regions” of the variable portion of the flow volume and the “length”, “average value” and “gradient” of the flat portion of the flow volume are extracted. A rule having characteristics data which matches the characteristics of the variable portion and the flat portion of the flow volume is then searched, and points are added respectively for the type of gas appliance and for the existence of a gas leak. When the added points are not less than a previously established threshold value, then the type of gas appliance in use is determined, and appliance type information is output as a judgment result. | 09-22-2011 |
20140211743 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR POWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a wireless communication system for power supply and demand control comprises a plurality of wireless devices to form an autonomous distributed wireless network, and is configured to transmit information to a plurality of aggregation apparatuses or a management apparatus via the autonomous distributed wireless network. The management apparatus comprises a first control section configured to generate an affiliation change instruction to the wireless devices. The wireless device comprises a storage section configured to store information belonging to a first aggregation apparatus, and a second control section configured to change an affiliation destination from the first aggregation apparatus to a second aggregation apparatus based on the affiliation change instruction. | 07-31-2014 |