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| 8178771 | Casing structure for sound adjusting apparatus Casing structure for a mixer apparatus includes a box-shaped casing that comprises an upper surface section, a bottom surface section and a side surface section. The upper surface section, having a generally obtuse-angled “V” shape, includes: a flat operation pa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173886 | Electronic percussion instrument A baseplate carries on its surface a pad constituting a strike surface and a tubular rim surrounding the pad and constituting a strike ring. A pad sensor is provided on the surface of the baseplate in the central area thereof for detecting the vibration of the basep... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165701 | Audio device In an audio device that has a port for connection and that constitutes an audio system together with at least one external device having a port for connection with the audio device via a communication line, a plurality of connection setting templates are previously ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161056 | Database constructing apparatus and method In a music information database, music information where music pieces and impression words representing impressions of the music pieces and usable as search words when any of the music pieces is to be searched for is registered for a plurality of music pieces. Infor... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153880 | Performance apparatus and storage medium therefor A performance apparatus capable of reproducing performance data having a desired tempo, even if performance data having the desired tempo is not present in a play list. In a search, a main point value indicated in each of meta data in music information files respect... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150068 | Array speaker system Signals on respective RL, FL, C, FR, RR channels are divided into high frequency signals and low frequency signals by HPFs and LPFs respectively. The low frequency signals on the RL, FL, and C channels are superposed and output from a left-side woofer 21-1... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150060 | Surround sound outputting device and surround sound outputting method A surround sound outputting device includes a receiving portion which receives signals on a plurality of channels, a storing portion which stores measuring sound data representing a sound, an outputting portion which outputs a sound produced based on the signals on ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148623 | Apparatus for assisting in playing musical instrument An apparatus is to assist an unskilled player in playing a musical instrument by detecting the quantity of the player's manipulation against the instrument, modifying the detected manipulation quantity with reference to a recommended manipulation to a degree accordi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144886 | Audio conferencing apparatus Microphones arranged in an array shape along a longitudinal direction are respectively formed in both the longitudinal side surfaces of a housing 2 with substantially an elongated rectangular parallelepiped shape, and speakers arranged in an array shape along... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143505 | Pedal apparatus of electronic musical instrument A lever 40 is supported by a lever supporting portion 41. Through a first pivoting member 52, the lever 40 is urged by a reaction force stabilization spring 54, a first spring 55 and a second spring 56. The downward d... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135143 | Remote conference apparatus and sound emitting/collecting apparatus A speaker array and microphone arrays positioned on both sides of the speaker array are provided. A plurality of focal points each serving as a position of a talker are set in front of the microphone arrays respectively symmetrically with respect to a centerline of ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126579 | Digital mixer In a digital mixer that processes audio signals in a plurality of channels, layer data which indicates a channel to be assigned to each channel strip in a channel strip section can be set to indicate retainment of assignment status for any of the channel strips. Whe... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121713 | Electronic apparatus, method for generating digital signal, digital signal recording medium, and signal processing apparatus An electronic apparatus having a CPU for controlling each portion of the apparatus has a storage unit for storing at least one of firmware or data to be used by the CPU, an input terminal to which a digital signal with a predetermined format is input, a processing u... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119895 | Keyboard assembly for electronic musical instrument A keyboard assembly for an electronic musical instrument comprises an integrally formed multikey unit and a keyboard frame. The multikey unit has a plurality of juxtaposed key bodies and is comprised of three subunits, a sharp key subunit, a C-E-G-B key subunit and ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116468 | Stereophonic sound reproduction device A stereophonic sound reproduction device has a sound amplifying device that amplifies multi channel surround sound signals for respective channels and outputs the multi channel surround sound signals to a plurality of speakers that are located surrounding a listenin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116448 | Acoustic echo canceler An echo canceler is constituted of an adaptive filter for generating an echo replica simulating an echo occurring in an echo path lying between a speaker and a microphone, a subtracter for subtracting the echo replica from the sound received by the microphone, a dou... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103018 | Sound pickup apparatus An A/D converter sets a sound pickup signal to low sensitivity and inputs the signal to a sound pickup beam generation unit. The A/D converter sets a sound pickup signal to high sensitivity and inputs the signal to the sound pickup beam generation unit. A sound dete... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8088987 | Tone signal processing apparatus and method Specific pitch of an input tone signal is sequentially detected, and a normalized pitch corresponding to a pitch name is sequentially detected on the basis of the specific pitch. It is determined whether there has been a variation in the detected pitch. Lead tone (f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088986 | Electronic percussion instrument presenting pad chain performance An electronic percussion musical instrument comprises a plurality of playing pads for playing music by striking the face of each pad. The pads are configured to provide ungrouped pad zones, each constituted by an individual playing pad and grouped pad zones, each co... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084680 | Sound generating device of electronic keyboard instrument A sound generating device of an electronic keyboard instrument, which eliminates overlap between frequency bands to avoid sound wave interference to stabilize acoustic characteristic. Woofers are disposed at a bottom part of a speaker box and directed downward, and ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082212 | Electronic musical apparatus for recording and reproducing music content In an electronic musical apparatus, a media ID (MD1, MD2, MD3, MD4, MD5) is associated with each recording media of a memory card 8, hard disk device 10, flash memory ROM 11, CD-ROM 12 and internet 15... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078541 | Electronic musical apparatus for recording and reproducing music content In an electronic musical apparatus, a media ID (MD1, MD2, MD3, MD4, MD5) is associated with each recording media of a memory card 8, hard disk device 10, flash memory ROM 11, CD-ROM 12 and internet 15... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073187 | Speaker and speaker apparatus A speaker capable of properly adjusting a spring characteristic with which a voice coil is driven and capable of being driven in large amplitude. When a position control coil wound around a bobbin is at a reference position, both ends of the coil cross a magnetic ga... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8059839 | Mixing system Mixer and first and second engines are cascade-connected, and the second engine is connected to a speaker. In mode A, input signals to the first engine are output to the speaker via output channels of the second engine, and mixing operation of the first engine is pe... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050425 | Audio signal supplying device, parameter providing system, television set, AV system, speaker apparatus, and audio signal supplying method An audio signal supplying device includes a connection terminal which is connected to a speaker unit and which outputs an audio signal to the speaker unit, a specifying section which specifies a type of the speaker unit connected to the connection terminal, an acqui... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041060 | Surround-sound system There is provided a surround-sound system in which the output direction of a sound beam of each channel in a speaker array can be optimized without requiring a user to make any troublesome operation. A parameter setting control portion 6 controls to output so... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039725 | Electronic keyboard instrument An electronic keyboard instrument that emits sounds in both upward and downward directions from speakers solely for upward sound emission and from speakers solely for downward sound emission to realize acoustics similar to that of acoustic piano, and constitutes rea... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027631 | Song practice support device A technique of enabling a singer to auditorily recognize how to change the way of singing is provided. The CPU (11) of a karaoke device (1) associates model voice data stored in a model voice data storage area (14c) with inputted learner ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014531 | Stereo/monaural switching circuit and integrated circuit having the same An adder mixes an L-channel sound signal and an R-channel sound signal with each other and then outputs a mixed signal. A switching unit performs a switching operation such that, if power is being supplied to loudspeaker amplifiers, the L-channel sound signal and th... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008565 | Performance apparatus and tone generation method Plural key switches are arranged in two dimensions along X- and Y-coordinate axes, and an X-coordinate position of each of the key switches is associated with tone generation timing while a Y-coordinate position of each of the key switches is associated with a tone ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995768 | Sound reinforcement system A sound reinforcement system which enables handsfree and high-quality sound reinforcement without requiring a person who is speaking to move to a microphone or move a microphone. At least one microphone and a plurality of speakers are arranged in a room. A speaker o... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987224 | Audio signal processor and network system In the case where an audio network system that performs transport of audio signals between a plurality of processors is constructed such that the plurality of processors each including two sets of transmission I/Fs and reception I/Fs are connected in series, and a T... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986792 | Adapter connectable between audio amplifier and transmitter for cordless speaker An adaptor is connectable between a signal processor and a transmission module. The signal processor has three audio channels for feeding respectively a first audio signal, a second audio signal, and a third audio signal having a frequency range lower than a frequen... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985916 | Electronic wind instrument and zero point compensation method therefor Electronic wind instrument includes: a breath flow detector detecting a flow of breath blown by a user; a tone generator forming a tone signal; a control section controlling the tone generator on the basis of an output signal of the breath flow detector; and a zero ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985910 | Musical content utilizing apparatus A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B11, transformation process portion B13 and utilization process portion B15 implemented via programmed processes. The data input portion B11 inputs musical content data compri... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982120 | Performance apparatus and storage medium therefor A performance apparatus capable of reproducing music pieces while making changeover between the music pieces without disturbing the rhythm of exercise, dance, or the like performed by a user to the rhythm of music. A beat position is acquired that will appear in a p... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982116 | Electronic music apparatus with data loading assist An electronic music apparatus has a sound generator for generating a music sound signal according to music data. A storage medium stores music data files, each written with music data for generating the sound signal. An information retention section retains file inf... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974424 | Speaker array system A speaker array system for outputting, with a simplified construction, sounds audible with a nearly uniform sound volume within an arbitrarily set area. The speaker array system includes a speaker array having speaker units, a delay unit for supplying the speaker un... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970153 | Audio output apparatus An audio output apparatus has a measuring circuit which measures the levels of at least two sound signals, a sound level adjusting module (a sound level adjusting circuit and a gain control circuit) which adjusts a sound level so as to equal the levels of the sound ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968788 | Electronic keyboard instrument An electronic keyboard instrument in which the efficiency of sound emission is enhanced by preventing a soundboard portion having a large vibration amplitude from being hidden by a musical score plate to make sound emission of the soundboard to be hardly hindered by... | 06/28/2011 |
