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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138407 | Synchronizer for ensemble on different sorts of music data, automatic player musical instrument and method of synchronization In order to establish an automatic player piano and a home theater system in synchronization for ensemble, a set of playback pattern data expresses a series of pitch names, and is stored in a memory system independent of an audio data file and a music data file; whi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138401 | Electronic assistant system for lesson in music and musical instrument equipped with the same While a player is fingering a music tune on a piano, an electronic assistant system monitors the keys to see whether or not the player starts to produce tones through a particular playing technique such as repetition; when the electronic assistant system finds parti... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8115092 | Method for synthesizing tone signal and tone signal generating system An electronic piano includes a tone signal synthesizing system implemented by software, keys and key sensors monitoring the keys and reporting the key positions to the tone signal synthesizing system, and the tone signal synthesizing system includes damper model cal... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8090535 | Azimuth processing device, azimuth processing method, azimuth processing program, direction finding device, tilt offset correcting method, azimuth measuring method, compass sensor unit, and portable electronic device An azimuth processing device is designed for outputting azimuth data based on measurement data sequentially output from a compass sensor. In the device, an accumulation section selectively accumulates substantially new pieces of the measurement data. An offset data ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084676 | Distal structure of leg for musical instrument stand The distal structure of a leg for a musical instrument stand is constituted of a spike member installed inside the storage of a case having a ground portion whose ground surface is placed on the floor, a rotor interconnected to the spike member, and a single operato... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8065083 | Azimuth processing device, azimuth processing method, azimuth processing program, direction finding device, tilt offset correcting method, azimuth measuring method, compass sensor unit, and portable electronic device An azimuth processing device is designed for outputting azimuth data based on measurement data sequentially output from a compass sensor. In the device, an accumulation section selectively accumulates substantially new pieces of the measurement data. An offset data ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8040107 | Battery charger, secondary battery unit and electric apparatus equipped therewith A mobile telephone has a rechargeable battery, and the rechargeable battery is charged through a battery charger; the battery charger includes an information processing system serving as a charge controller and a battery manager; the battery manager measures a disch... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032326 | Magnetic data processing device, method, and program, and magnetic processing system A magnetic data processing device sequentially receives magnetic data samples each of which is three-dimensional vector data represented by a linear combination of fundamental vectors and which are outputted from a three-dimensional magnetic sensor. The magnetic dat... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031890 | Electroacoustic transducer An electroacoustic transducer serving as a speaker or a microphone is reduced in size and weight and is capable of generating sound with relatively high sound pressure. It is constituted of a housing having a cavity having an opening in the exterior, a fixed electro... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022281 | Shell for drum and drum using the same A shell for drum according to the present invention includes a laminated plywood-panel including a plurality of single-panels having different densities, the plurality of single-panels being jointed in decreasing order of density from a center portion in a thick dir... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011472 | Sound absorbing structure and vehicle component having sound absorbing property A sound absorbing structure is constituted of a housing having a hollow portion and an opening and a vibration member composed of a board or diaphragm. The vibration member is a square-shaped material having elasticity composed of a synthetic resin and is bonded to ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008567 | Music reproducing system for collaboration, program reproducer, music data distributor and program producer A music reproducing system includes a musical instrument for reproducing a music tune on the basis of the MIDI music data, a sound reproducer for reproducing a music tune and/or narration from audio data codes and a server computer for distributing programs, MIDI fi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008127 | Method of fabricating an integrated circuit having a multi-layer structure with a seal ring A plurality of IC regions are formed on a semiconductor wafer, which is cut into individual chips incorporating ICs, wherein wiring layers and insulating layers are sequentially formed on a silicon substrate. In order to reduce height differences between ICs and scr... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999162 | Movable part firmly equipped with balance weight, musical instrument and method of assembling balance weight therein Keys of a piano are depressed against the total weight of associated action units and hammers so that balance weight pieces are embedded in the front portion of each key; since the wood bar of the key is expandable and shrinkable due to the conditions of the environ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991897 | Communication management system for performance data In an effort to transmit/receive MDI data in a session among a plurality of terminals, when any of the terminals designates a communication partner and transmits a request to join a session to a management server 100, the management server allows the terminal... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985907 | Upright piano and action unit incorporated therein An upright piano includes action units between keys and hammers, and the action units are less prompt so that a missing tone tends to take place in a music passage through high-speed repetition; the action unit is constructed from a whippen assembly, a jack mechanis... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7964942 | Lead frame having a die stage smaller than a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device using the same A lead frame has a die stage for mounting a semiconductor chip whose electrodes are electrically connected with leads via bonding wires, wherein they are enclosed in a molded resin, thus producing a semiconductor device. The outline of the die stage is shaped so as ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960629 | Automatic player piano equipped with soft pedal, automatic playing system and method used therein An upright piano is equipped with a soft pedal, and a player makes the hammer stroke shorter by depressing the soft pedal; while a user is reproducing a music tune by means of an automatic player piano fabricated on the basis of the upright piano, the keys are servo... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7943844 | Thermoelectric module and manufacturing method for same A thermoelectric module and method of manufacture thereof, capable of preventing short-circuits between electrodes due to solder without causing increases in size or cost. A thermoelectric module is configured with lower electrodes formed on the inside surface of a ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932449 | Neck joint structure for stringed musical instrument A neck joint structure which has an opening on the main face of a body in the thickness direction, which has openings on the side faces of the body extending in the thickness direction, and into which at least a part of the base-end portion of a neck is inserted is ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930133 | Magnetic-sensor controller, magnetism measurement apparatus, offset setting method, and computer-readable medium on which offset setting program is recorded A magnetic-sensor controller includes an input section, a perpendicular-bisector calculation section, a storage section, and a setting section. The input section successively inputs a plurality of magnetic data sets successively output from a three-dimensional magne... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928958 | Peripheral device control apparatus Upon receipt of an IR code from a remote controller, a peripheral device control apparatus generates, on the basis of peripheral device control information acquired from a server, a code for causing a peripheral device, which is an object of remote control by the co... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7919704 | Voice signal blocker, talk assisting system using the same and musical instrument equipped with the same A talk assisting system has a vibration sensor for detecting tones produced through a musical instrument and a signal interrupter connected between a microphone and a sound system; while a player is fingering a music tune on the musical instrument, pieces of vibrati... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7902449 | Music performance system for music session and component musical instruments While a player is selectively depressing and releasing keys of a master musical instrument, the real key movements are expressed by pieces of key motion data, and physical quantity of keys are presumed at a time later than the present time by a time period equal to ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7884272 | Snare strainer having a magnetic holding member A snare strainer adapted to a snare drum is equipped with two strainers, which are attached to the opposite positions on the circumferential exterior of a cylinder of the snare drum and which control a snappy member to be selectively brought into contact with or sep... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880075 | Angle adjusting structure for high-hat cymbals An angle adjusting structure adapted to a high-hat stand supporting the high-hat cymbals is constituted of a receiving member supporting high-hat cymbals, a first thread attached to the receiving member, a second thread which engages with the first thread and which ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848534 | Sound system, method for controlling the sound system, and sound equipment In each sound unit, when connection with another sound unit is detected, an input control signal is supplied to a control section and then supplied to the adjoining sound unit. Input clock signal is supplied to a PLL section, and an output clock signal from the PLL ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7875790 | Method of preparing a thermoelectric material, method of forming a thermoelectric device, and method of fabricating a thermoelectric module A method of preparing a thermoelectric material includes the following steps. A thermoelectric raw material can be filled into a cavity of a first mold so that the thermoelectric raw material filled in the cavity has first and second dimensions. The first dimension ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875783 | Spring holding mechanism for foot pedal of bass drum A spring holding mechanism is adapted to a foot pedal including a spring which applies a tensile force to a rotation shaft interconnected with a drum beater of a bass drum. It includes an external thread (i.e. a bolt) interconnected to one end of the spring, a suppo... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7867408 | Anisotropic wet etching of silicon A silicon oxide film is formed on one principal surface of a silicon substrate by thermal oxidation, and thereafter, a silicon nitride film is formed on the silicon oxide film by CVD. A lamination layer of the silicon oxide film and silicon nitride film is selective... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7842334 | Magnetic sensor using giant magnetoresistive elements and methods for manufacturing the same A magnetic sensor includes a single substrate, a conventional GMR element formed of a spin-valve film including a single-layer-pinned fixed magnetization layer, and a SAF element formed of a synthetic spin-valve film including a plural-layer-pinned fixed magnetizati... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840016 | Sound control system A sound control system includes a digital mixing system, a control system, and a private control system. The professional operator who is experienced in handling of the digital mixing system executes detailed settings of respective parameters associated with the mix... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7838754 | Performance system, controller used therefor, and program A performance system capable of improving operability of switching local-on/off of performance terminals. T performance system comprises a performance terminal and a controller capable of communicating with each other. The performance terminal is comprised of a perf... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7838358 | Semiconductor device with capacitor and fuse and its manufacture method An upper electrode of a capacitor has a two-layer structure of first and second upper electrodes. A gate electrode of a MOS field effect transistor and a fuse are formed by patterning conductive layers used to form the lower electrode, first upper electrode and seco... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830011 | Semiconductor element and wafer level chip size package therefor A semiconductor device, encapsulated in a wafer level chip size package (WLCSP), includes a plurality of pad electrodes formed on the surface of a semiconductor chip, wherein a first insulating layer is formed on the surface of the semiconductor chip except the pad ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829982 | Lead frame, sensor including lead frame and method of forming sensor including lead frame A lead frame includes a frame body defining an internal region, a plurality of leads extending from the frame body, and first and second stages that are disposed in the internal region. The first and second stages are sloped and are parallel to a first line along wh... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829780 | Hybrid wind musical instrument and electric system incorporated therein A hybrid wind musical instrument is a combination between an alto saxophone and an electronic system so that a player can perform a music tune selectively through acoustic tones and electronic tones; although various parts and accessories are assembled into the alto... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820902 | Music performance system for music session and component musical instruments Automatic player pianos and internet form a music performance system for a music session on the automatic player pianos through data communication between the automatic player pianos, and a communication time lag and mechanical time lag are unavoidably introduced be... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7807911 | Keyboard musical instrument having keys equipped with balancers biting into keys and method for securing balancers to keys Keys of an acoustic piano require balancers for cancellation of a part of self weight of the action units/hammers; however, the balancers are liable to be dropped off due to the aged deterioration of the wooden bars; in order to keep the balancers stable in the keys... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807909 | Musical instrument and supporting system incorporated therein for music players A saxophone is equipped with a supporting system, and the supporting system assists a player in performance on the saxophone; the supporting system includes pressure sensors respectively adhered to the keys of the saxophone, torque motors provided in association wit... | 10/05/2010 |
