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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20090235811 | CONTENTS REPRODUCER AND REPRODUCTION METHOD Content is selected on the basis of changes of a walking tempo. The walking tempo is detected (S5). In a state determination process (S7), it is determined whether the walking tempo tends to increase, be constant, or decrease. A walking tempo corrective co... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090139389 | 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.... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090049979 | Method for Creating a Beat-Synchronized Media Mix Methods for beat synchronization between media assets are described. In one embodiment, beat synchronized media mixes can be automatically created. By way of example, a beat synchronized event mix can be created by selecting a plurality of media assets, arranging the me... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080257133 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING MUSIC PIECE DATA A plurality of template data files are provided, each designating a structure and conditions of a music piece, and having a plurality of tracks, each track being assigned to a particular instrument group and defining a time progression structure of music to be performed... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080210083 | Display equipment and display program for electronic musical instruments A display system for an electronic musical instrument includes an automatic performance information storage device for storing automatic performance information. The display system also includes a display device for displaying formulated musical notation based on the au... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080202323 | ONBOARD MUSIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND MUSIC INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM In a music reproduction apparatus designed for a listener to enjoy music while experiencing variations in vehicle status, plural types of phrases, which differ from each other, are assigned to plural tracks and are reproduced in accordance with reproduction parameters, ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080034948 | Tempo detection apparatus and tempo-detection computer program A user is asked to perform tapping at beat positions by using a tapping detection section while listening to the beginning of a waveform from which beats are to be detected. When a fluctuation calculation section determines that tapping fluctuation falls in a predetermi... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070240558 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing rhythm information from an audio signal An apparatus for providing a beat and tatum tracker includes an accent filter bank, a periodicity estimator, a period estimator and a phase estimator. The accent filter bank is configured to downsample an input audio signal. The periodicity estimator is configured to de... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20060117937 | Metronome with projected beat image A laser or other substantially collimated light source is operatively connected to a reciprocating driver that causes a beam from the laser to sweep across a conveniently viewable surface at an adjustable frequency, thereby tracing a pattern on the surface between a plu... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20050126370 | Playback mode control device and playback mode control method A replay mode control device in which the replay mode in reproducing music or video contents is controlled so as to be suitable for a user. A headphone of a mobile music reproducing device is provided with a vibration sensor for detecting movements of the user in the up... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050126371 | Information search apparatus, information search method, and information recording medium on which information search program is computer-readably recorded The song search apparatus for searching a song among songs including lyrics and performances, comprises: a song feature information database which stores song feature information indicating acoustic feature of the performances or feature of the lyrics included in the so... | 06/16/2005 |
