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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4706288 | Speech synthesizer output device Repeated announcements by a talking timepiece are selectable in two modes: predetermined intervals selected by a selector switch, or arbitrary intervals selected by a keyboard.... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4700377 | Selectively actuable electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of selectively actuable selection devices for causing the apparatus to perform a plurality of distinct operations. A first actuation of a selection device establishes a first condition to cause the apparatus to... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4677657 | Voice recording card A voice recording card (1) can record and reproduce a message and when it is inserted into a transmitting and receiving apparatus (3), it can transmit and receive the message. In a recording mode, the message is applied through a microphone (14), converte... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4660153 | Fuel supplying apparatus A fuel supplying apparatus comprises a fuel supplying nozzle having an opening and closing valve, a fuel supplying arrangement for supplying a fuel to the fuel supplying nozzle, a nozzle hook onto which the fuel supplying nozzle is hooked when the fuel su... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4658425 | Microphone actuation control system suitable for teleconference systems A microphone and loudspeaker arrangement for use in a teleconference system, wherein a plurality of microphones are held in a fixed relationship to a loudspeaker. The microphones are independently gated ON in response to (1) speech picked up by the microp... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4644476 | Dialing tone generation The manner of configuring a voice synthesizer to cause it to emit standard dialing signals.... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4635211 | Speech synthesizer integrated circuit Disclosed is a speech synthesizer integrated circuit as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is characterized in that; Using one chip LSI, it implements the fundamental controls for the speech synthesizing operations, for example, and fundame... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4630222 | One chip integrated circuit for electronic apparatus with means for generating sound messages A calculator system with visual and speech outputs uses a single monolithic LSI chip which includes: a single ROM containing program instructions for both system and speech control, as well as data for synthesizing speech; a central controller which calcu... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4623970 | Electronic equipment which outputs data in synthetic voice In a talking calculator, a condition memory (F1-F4) causes selection of one kind of voice information sound quality, such as male or female, whereby, for example, a male voice announces positive numbers and a female voice announces negative numbers.... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4618936 | Synthetic speech speed control in an electronic cash register An electronic cash register system includes an input keyboard and a high-speed computer which outputs through a buffer to a low-speed speech synthesizer. To avoid loss of data due to buffer overfill, a speech condition determination unit generates a contr... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617661 | Electronic copying machine Disclosed is an electronic copying machine comprising detecting means for detecting an operating status of a copying machine main body, audio information storage means for storing predetermined audio information, audio information synthesizing means for r... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4596032 | Electronic equipment with time-based correction means that maintains the frequency of the corrected signal substantially unchanged Speech and melody information are separately inputted and stored. The speech timing is modified (corrected) to alignment with the melody.... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4563770 | Measuring device and method An electrical measuring instrument, such as a multi-meter, for measuring such electrical variables as current, voltage, resistance, impedence, frequency and other variables. The results of such measurement are both displayed and are provided as sounds of ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4528689 | Sound monitoring apparatus Sound monitoring apparatus is described which provides a slowed down version of the original sound, e.g. a heart beat without changing the quality of the sound as perceived by a trained listener such as a physician. The amount by which the sound is slowed... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4525793 | Voice-responsive mobile status unit A voice-responsive mobile status unit for operation in a communication system having at least one mobile transceiver and at least one base transceiver is disclosed. A speech recognition circuit is provided for receiving and converting predetermined spoken... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4519008 | Method of recording and reproducing visual information in audio recording medium and audio recording medium recorded with visual information A method of recording visual information such as words of a song in an audio recording medium and reproducing the same is provided. Picture information obtained through a TV camera is quantized into pulse signals. Using these pulse signals, a sine wave si... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4497032 | Vocal indicating device of copying machine A vocal indicating device for a copying machine includes a speech synthesizer which says "Please wait a minute" if logic-control circuitry detects the machine in Wait-Mode (e.g., warmup) for more than 5 seconds.... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4489438 | Audio response system The system receives line signals including tone coded information request messages from a telephone line and transmits synthesized human voice response messages along the same line. The system comprises a programmed computer, a processing section connecte... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4489436 | Device for vocally indicating causes of abnormal conditions of a sewing machine A diagnostic table which stores possible causes of certain abnormal conditions is accessed by corresponding push buttons for sequential vocalization by a sewing machine system, thereby helping the operator check the machine.... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4476570 | Data processing apparatus with combined voice sound reproducing device and visual display A voice sound producing electronic data processing apparatus has an electronic data processing main body, a visual display device and a voice sound outputting device having at least one loudspeaker. The voice sound outputting device is coupled to the disp... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475228 | Programmable sound circuit for electronic games A sound generator for use with microprocessor controlled amusement games includes a programmable sound generator and programmable filters. The programmable filters utilize duty-cycle-controlled resistors to provide analog filtering under microprocessor co... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4449233 | Speech synthesis system with parameter look up table This system includes an LPC parameter speech synthesizer which basically needs ten binary bits for each LPC coefficient. However, external sources are allowed reduced storage and frame rate requirements by encoding the set of LPC coefficients in a data fr... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4449232 | Audibly announcing apparatus A timer-announcer system stores instructions for generating various types of time information, e.g., sharp time (announced at a pre-set time); and updated real time (announcing the present time upon demand by a key actuation). The sounds may be simultaneo... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4431866 | Electronic apparatus with vocal output An electronic apparatus capable of producing a voiced output representing various data input thereto and the results of operations on the input data includes a system for inhibiting the voiced output of data that is unnecessary to the operator. For exampl... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4429182 | Data-related apparatus with a speech-synthesizer output device An audible output device disclosed herein for use in electronic calculators or the like is able to distinguish between audible messages at the time of keying input information and at the time delivering output information reflecting results of operations,... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4420813 | Operation sequence instruction by synthetic speech An electronic operation sequence instruction system is shown. This system audibly instructs an operator of an operation sequence through the use of synthetic speech. A shift register is provided for storing digital information related to operation sequenc... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4406626 | Electronic teaching aid An electronic teaching aid which enables a student viewing a visual display containing text material being read or studied to designate any words or portion of said text for immediate audible vocalization or alternatively to designate any word of said tes... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4400786 | Elevator system with speech synthesizer for audible information An elevator system having a plurality of elevator cars, and communication apparatus which includes a speech synthesizer for each car which provides audible, informative messages in its associted elevator car in response to its operation. Different message... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4400787 | Elevator system with speech synthesizer for repetition of messages An elevator system having an elevator car, and communication apparatus which includes a speech synthesizer for each car which provides audible, informative messages in its associated elevator car in response to its operation. Messages which are repeated w... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4389537 | Voice warning system for an automotive vehicle provided with an automatic speed control device A voice warning system for an automobile vehicle provided with an automatic speed control device, by which the driver is informed of the vehicle speed, in voice form, when operating a set switch for controlling the vehicle with the device. The volume leve... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4380824 | Receiving reproducing system A receiving reproducing system for an automotive radio detects the surrounding noise level other than the output sound thereof, in the sound field extending in the passenger compartment of an automobile, and the level which is dependent upon the received ... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4327251 | Automatic telephone directory message system An automatic telephone directory system is interactive with users over telephone lines and provides voice messages to callers where the user wishing to leave a message enters his user code number and numbers representing messages, which may include any ph... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4281994 | Aircraft simulator digital audio system A method and apparatus for providing mass storage of vocal information by means of a digital communication system for use with a training simulator is disclosed. Unlike prior art analog records and playback systems, such as tapes, etc., the inherent advan... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4266096 | Audible output device for talking timepieces, talking calculators and the like An audible output device useful in timepiece or calculator devices, features a prestored and preselected order of digital codes representing speech words and pauses, to be outputted through gate circuitry responsive to the pause codes.... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4255618 | Digital intercept recorder/announcer system A digital intercept recorder/announcer system for use in conjunction with a telephone central office. The system performs the function of recorded message announcement for messages such as wrong number, time or weather announcements. The system samples an... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4250550 | Fuel delivery control system A gasoline station with self-service and attendant-operated fuel dispensing areas and a fuel delivery control system with a central control station for activating each self-service dispenser and registering the amount of fuel delivered thereby, an auxilia... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4234761 | Method of communicating digital speech data and a memory for storing such data A method of communicating Digital Speech Data to a speech synthesis circuit. The data is compressed to on the order of 1000-1200 bits, per second for normal human speech. The speech synthesis circuit utilizes linear predictive coding techniques for produc... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4211892 | Synthetic-speech calculators A synthetic-speech calculator includes a keyboard consisting of digit keys and function keys and, if desired, or more mode selectors, a desired number of registers for storing numerical information entered by the depression of selected ones of the digit k... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4189779 | Parameter interpolator for speech synthesis circuit Disclosed is a parameter interpolator for a speech synthesis circuit. Using a parameter interpolator permits the data rate to the speech synthesis circuit to be lowered inasmuch as the incoming speech data is used to slowly charge the data previously inpu... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4185170 | Programmable synthetic-speech calculators or micro computers A programmable synthetic-speech calculator or micro computer operable in either a normal calculation mode or a program mode releases a sound in response to actuation of keys on a keyboard only when the calculator operates in the program mode.... | 01/22/1980 |
