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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120024130 | TEMPO DETECTION DEVICE, TEMPO DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM A tempo detection device includes: a basic feature amount extracting section which extracts a plurality of types of basic feature amounts from an input audio signal; a weighting and adding section which weights and adds the basic feature amounts of the plurality of type... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110245944 | COORDINATED GROUP MUSICAL EXPERIENCE Sharing of a music experience amongst a group of people each using a personal communication device is described. In some cases, the group can congregate at the same geographic location or at least some of the group can be located at widely dispersed locations and yet st... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110179943 | MUSIC SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT The invention generally pertains to a hand-held computing device. More particularly, the invention pertains to a computing device that is capable of controlling the speed of the music so as to affect the mood and behavior of the user during an activity such as exercise.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110132176 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND SCROLLING MUSICAL NOTES The present invention relates to a system for displaying and scrolling musical notes and a method for a user to perform music using such a system. In particular, the system includes a tempo detector for detecting the user's tempo, so that musical notes are displayed and... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110072955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, sw... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110067555 | TEMPO DETECTING DEVICE AND TEMPO DETECTING PROGRAM A tempo detecting device 100 includes an envelope detecting means 1 that detects an envelope of musical composition data, a frequency-component detecting means 2 that performs a discrete Fast Fourier Transform processing on the detected envelope to ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110061515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, sw... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110023691 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performanc... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110011244 | ADJUSTING A VARIABLE TEMPO OF AN AUDIO FILE INDEPENDENT OF A GLOBAL TEMPO USING A DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION A computer implemented method allows a DAW to adjust a variable tempo of an audio file independent of a global tempo. The method includes causing the display of a musical arrangement having a global tempo. The musical arrangement includes an audio file having a variable... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011245 | TIME COMPRESSION/EXPANSION OF SELECTED AUDIO SEGMENTS IN AN AUDIO FILE A computer implemented method allows a user to adjust tracks in a musical arrangement. The method involves a user selecting a musical position of an audio track, which the user desires to adjust in time, either by compressing it or expanding it, by indicating with a poi... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011243 | COLLECTIVELY ADJUSTING TRACKS USING A DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION A computer implemented method allows a user to collectively adjust tracks in a digital workstation. The method includes causing the display of at least one internal track and at least one external track. The method then allows the collective adjusting of the tempo, temp... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100300271 | Detecting Beat Information Using a Diverse Set of Correlations A beat analysis module is described for determining beat information associated with an audio item. The beat analysis module uses an Expectation-Maximization (EM) approach to determine an average beat period, where correlation is performed over diverse representations o... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100282045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PROMINENT TEMPO OF AN AUDIO WORK The prominent tempo of an audio data is determined by detecting a plurality of beat rates of the audio data. One or more audio data characteristics are used to filter through the beat rates to determine the prominent tempo. Systems, methods, and apparatuses to determine... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100263518 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting Performer's Motion to Interactively Control Performance of Music or the Like Performance interface system includes a motion detector provided for movement with a performer, and a control system for receiving detection data transmitted from the motion detector and controlling a performance of a tone in response to the received detection data. Sta... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100236386 | 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 prece... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100186578 | MUSIC SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT The invention generally pertains to a hand-held computing device. More particularly, the invention pertains to a computing device that is capable of controlling the speed of the music so as to affect the mood and behavior of the user during an activity such as exercise.... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100186576 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a beat analysis unit for detecting positions of beats included in an audio signal, a structure analysis unit for calculating similarity probabilities, each being a probability of similarity between contents ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100186577 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR MUSIC BY USING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL Provided is an apparatus and method for searching for music by using a biological signal. A feature information table is generated which matches sound source feature information about sound sources selected for user situations to biological signal feature information ab... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100175539 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC Methods for automatically analyzing and/or performing music are described. One embodiment concerns a method for assigning chords to a musical score indicative of a sequence of time segments, each time segment comprising at least one note, the method comprising assigning... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100089224 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the cadence of music on a personal audio device Disclosed is an audio device that adjusts the cadence of played songs. A user sensor determines cadence data based on movement of the user. A desired cadence is determined based on the cadence data received from the sensor. The cadence of songs is determined by low pass... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100077909 | METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING AND AN APPARATUS THEREFORE An apparatus for signal processing, wherein a disc is placed on a turntable and is provided with a groove which can be followed by the pick-up element, and employing a time-code signal wherein during use of the disc the said time-code signal controls the digital audio s... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100037753 | INTERVENTIVE-DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE Apparatus for improving health of a user is provided, including a first sensor, adapted to measure a first physiological variable, which is indicative of a voluntary action of the user. A second sensor is adapted to measure a second physiological variable, which is subs... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100031805 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the cadence of music on a personal audio device Disclosed is an audio device that adjusts the cadence of played songs. All songs in a playlist may be adjusted to match the cadence of a particular song. First, the desired cadence of a reference song is determined by low pass filtering a digital representation of the r... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100011940 | MUSIC COMPOSITION REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND COMPOSITE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME A music piece reproduction device comprises a recording section (12) for recording a plurality of music piece data each possessing a sound data file and a beat guide file containing information on the sound data file, and a control section (1) for controll... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100011941 | Automatic Recognition and Matching of Tempo and Phase of Pieces of Music, and an Interactive Music Player A method of matching the tempo and phase in pieces of music which allows the conjunction of the pieces of music to form a continuous stream of music. The interactive music player which digitally executes the method of matching the tempo and phase in pieces of music is a... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090308228 | Musical note speedometer An electronic device that receives a signal indicative of the sound made my a musical instrument in order to determine the instantaneous rate of play of melodic notes on that instrument in terms of notes played per second and display the rate in real time via a display.... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090288546 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM There is provided a signal processing device for processing an audio signal, the signal processing device including: an onset time detection unit for detecting an onset time based on a level of the audio signal; and a beat length calculation unit for obtaining a beat le... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090277323 | Apparatus for Controlling a Digital Audio Signal An apparatus for signal processing, wherein a disc is placed on a turntable and is provided with a groove which can be followed by the pick-up element, and employing a time-code signal wherein during use of the disc the said time-code signal controls the digital audio s... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090260506 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPO OF A PERIODIC CONSCIOUS HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY A method for controlling the frequency of a conscious, periodic human physiological activity that comprises preparing a base track of prerecorded music having a base tempo, adding a rhythmic musical track having an activity tempo conforming with a target frequency of at... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090249945 | MUSIC COMPOSITION DATA RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE, MUSIC COMPOSITION DATA RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, MUSIC CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND MUSIC CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD An apparatus that allows a musical piece to be recomposed by reflecting, for example, the mood, preference, and ambient environment of a listening user in the musical piece in real time. The apparatus includes a rhythm master unit and a rhythm slave unit. The rhythm mas... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090229449 | PERFORMANCE DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS A timer may be for timing a current time period corresponding to an amount of time since a previous operation of an operator. Circuitry may be for processing data to carry out a performance based on a set tempo. The circuitry may be configured to change a position of th... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090229448 | EFFECT DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS A first control may be for setting a tempo upon which a performance position, which may be set with a second control, may be based. Circuitry may be selectively passing inputted musical tone signal. A processor may be configured for processing data for controlling an ou... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090223352 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND METHOD A computer program makes a computer perform: a measuring process of measuring a beat rate, which is the number of beats of content per unit time; a first detecting process of detecting a beat position; a generating process of generating a beat guide which is to be displ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090205482 | AUDIO REPRODUCING DEVICE, AUDIO REPRODUCING METHOD, AND AUDIO REPRODUCING PROGRAM Provided is a device for playing audio with improved convenience, wherein music can be played such that oneness with the actions of the user can be obtained at all times, without giving the user any unnaturalness whatsoever such as unpleasant sensations. After starting ... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090183623 | BAND MANAGER Providing time and event information of a musical score, including: visually providing time information of a plurality of parts of a musical score, wherein each part of the musical score includes at least one bar; and animating beats within each bar of the at least one ... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090173215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CREATION AND PLAYBACK OF ANIMATED, INTERPRETIVE, MUSICAL NOTATION AND AUDIO SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL ARTIST A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps w... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090151546 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CREATION AND PLAYBACK OF ANIMATED, INTERPRETIVE, MUSICAL NOTATION AND AUDIO SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL ARTIST A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps w... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090114081 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM A signal processing apparatus is disclosed which processes an audio signal. The signal processing apparatus includes a detection section which detects a first tempo from an audio signal, a calculation section which calculates a speed feeling that indicates whether the f... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090019994 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MEASURE OF TEMPO AMBIGUITY FOR A MUSIC INPUT SIGNAL The invention describes a method for determining a measure of tempo ambiguity for a music input signal (1). The method comprises identifying candidate tempos (2) of the music input signal (1); ranking the candidate tempos (2) according to the... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090007761 | Electronic Keyboard Instrument Having a Key Driver An electronic keyboard instrument with a key driver stores automatic performance data including a first event and first timing data and key-driving data including a second event and second timing data that precedes the first timing data for a predetermined time, and rep... | 01/08/2009 |
