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Toru Nagano
Also filed as: NAGANO TORU
63 granted patents·2 pending applications·793 citations·filing 1992–2023
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65 records- 0192US5222909ADemountable shield connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 29, 1993·89 cites·4 claims
- 0290US6244880B1Low-insertion force connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 12, 2001·51 cites·13 claims
- 0389US10140983B2Building of n-gram language model for automatic speech recognition (ASR)IBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 27, 2018·7 cites·20 claims
- 0488US5454733ADivisional multi-pole connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 3, 1995·60 cites·7 claims
- 0581US10572586B2Technique for automatically splitting wordsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 25, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 0679US6095843AConnector fitting constructionYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 1, 2000·38 cites·12 claims
- 0777US10380177B2Expansion of a question and answer databaseIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 13, 2019·2 cites·21 claims
- 0877US7908374B2Device, method and program for providing matching serviceIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 15, 2011·6 cites·3 claims
- 0976US9812122B2Speech recognition model construction method, speech recognition method, computer system, speech recognition apparatus, program, and recording mediumIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 7, 2017·3 cites·19 claims
- 1076US6102726AConnector fitting structureYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 15, 2000·32 cites·5 claims
- 1176US5727959ALever fitting-type connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 17, 1998·34 cites·8 claims
- 1274US11195513B2Generating phonemes of loan words using two convertersIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 7, 2021·2 cites·12 claims
- 1374US9577368B2Method for manufacturing connector terminal, and connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 21, 2017·4 cites·1 claims
- 1474US7921014B2System and method for supporting text-to-speechNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 5, 2011·8 cites·1 claims
- 1572US5848919AConnectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 15, 1998·30 cites·5 claims
- 1672US5545053AMulti-pole connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 13, 1996·26 cites·4 claims
- 1771US8918396B2Information processing apparatus, method and program for determining weight of each feature in subjective hierarchical clusteringNAGANO TORU·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 23, 2014·6 cites·12 claims
- 1870US10250976B1Energy-efficient audio life loggingIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 2, 2019·1 cites·15 claims
- 1969US8751235B2Annotating phonemes and accents for text-to-speech systemMORI SHINSUKE·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 10, 2014·5 cites·30 claims
- 2068US11227579B2Data augmentation by frame insertion for speech dataIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 18, 2022·1 cites·16 claims
- 2168US11138965B2Generating phonemes of loan words using two convertersIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 5, 2021·1 cites·10 claims
- 2265US7962951B2Device, method and program for providing matching serviceIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 14, 2011·2 cites·15 claims
- 2364US10909316B2Technique for automatically splitting wordsIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 2, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2463US5980293AMechanism for ascertaining fitting condition of electrical connector assemblyYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 9, 1999·21 cites·7 claims
- 2560US5701079AConnector terminal checking deviceYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 23, 1997·22 cites·4 claims
- 2660US5586917AConnector having an ascertainment hole for visually checking engagementYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 24, 1996·25 cites·4 claims
- 2759US6280221B1Electric connector housing and method for detecting engagement of the sameYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 28, 2001·11 cites·3 claims
- 2859US5533909AScrew clamp type connector with terminal protecting plateYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 9, 1996·19 cites·14 claims
- 2959US5529426AHousing block-retaining constructionYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 25, 1996·20 cites·6 claims
- 3058US5718603AInspection device for connectors and connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 17, 1998·21 cites·6 claims
- 3158US5599200AConnector with a terminal protecting boardYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 4, 1997·18 cites·9 claims
- 3257US8972407B2Information processing method for determining weight of each feature in subjective hierarchical clusteringNAGANO TORU·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 3, 2015·1 cites·5 claims
- 3357US6733469B2Cervical vertebrae orthosisNAGANO PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS·Filed 2002·Granted May 11, 2004·30 cites·1 claims
- 3457US5480322AMulti-pole connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 2, 1996·17 cites·3 claims
- 3556US12112767B2Acoustic data augmentation with mixed normalization factorsIBM·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 8, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3656US11494433B2Expansion of a question and answer databaseIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 8, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 3756US2025166623A1Threshold-based variable chunk creation for speech recognitionIBM·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3855US9984681B2Method for improving acoustic model, computer for improving acoustic model and computer program thereofIBM·Filed 2017·Granted May 29, 2018·0 cites·2 claims
- 3955US9984680B2Method for improving acoustic model, computer for improving acoustic model and computer program thereofIBM·Filed 2017·Granted May 29, 2018·0 cites·2 claims
- 4055US5957710ALif connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 28, 1999·16 cites·20 claims
- 4154US5984737AStructure of connector housingYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 16, 1999·15 cites·15 claims
- 4252US11011161B2RNNLM-based generation of templates for class-based text generationIBM·Filed 2018·Granted May 18, 2021·0 cites·16 claims
- 4352US9870766B2Method for improving acoustic model, computer for improving acoustic model and computer program thereofIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 16, 2018·0 cites·15 claims
- 4452US9870767B2Method for improving acoustic model, computer for improving acoustic model and computer program thereofIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 16, 2018·0 cites·15 claims
- 4552US6283799B1Male and female electrical connectors with terminal locking device for detecting inserted condition of terminals and connector assemblyYAZAKI CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 4, 2001·7 cites·8 claims
- 4651US5679028ADivision-type multi-pole connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 21, 1997·14 cites·10 claims
- 4750US11037583B2Detection of music segment in audio signalIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 15, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4850US6174193B1Interfitting structure of connectorYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 16, 2001·12 cites·4 claims
- 4950US5839914AConnector for detecting incomplete insertion of terminalYAZAKI CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 24, 1998·15 cites·4 claims
- 5047US12417381B2Alternative soft label generationIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 16, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
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