Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184829 | Signal processing device and method of processing signal A plurality of sets of prepared parameters are stored in a parameter memory. A first control knob can be moved over a predetermined operating range in which a plurality of predetermined positions are discretely defined. The plurality of sets of prepared parameters a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180073 | System for creating and manipulating digital media A system for creating and manipulating digital media integrates a graphics tablet, a touchpad, and a synthesizer chipset. The graphics tablet includes a tablet surface, a grid of wires located under the tablet surface, and a graphics tablet chipset. The graphics tab... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175295 | Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The preset invention includes receiving a downmix signal including at least one object, preset information to render the downmix signal and preset attrib... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170240 | Audio device An audio device has controls for setting parameters. In the audio device, a selection mode setting part sets a selection mode in which a parameter to be stored is selected. A position acquisition part acquires positions of the controls and locks setting states of th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170239 | Virtual recording studio A virtual recording studio is formed based on information from a number of different locations. One instrument may be located locally, and other instruments may be located remotely, for example accessible over the Internet. The remote instruments may be combined wit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165321 | Intelligent clip mixing Various techniques for controlling the playback of secondary audio data on an electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, a secondary audio clip mixing profile is selected based upon the type of audio output device, such as a speaker or a headset, coupled to ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160278 | Mixing system A system automatically mixes a first audio signal and a second audio signal. The system includes a correlator that determines whether the first signal and the second signal are correlated according to a predetermined correlation criterion. If the predetermined corre... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160277 | Method for outputting audio signals and audio decoder Method for outputting an audio signal to an audio output, comprising outputting a first audio signal to said audio output; providing a second audio signal; determining a point in time, wherein at said point in time said first audio signal or a derivative of said fir... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155350 | Amplifier controller An amplifier controller for controlling a plurality of amplifiers connected therewith is provided. Each of said amplifiers is provided with one or more audio output channels. The amplifier controller operates in two modes of solo mode and normal mode. When the solo ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8121314 | Mixing apparatus, mixing method, and mixing program A mixing apparatus which makes it possible to monitor an internally-generated audio signal and an audio signal from an external apparatus not only in response to turning-on/off of a monitor switch but also in flexible and various manners when mixing those signals. T... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116486 | Mixing of input data streams and generation of an output data stream therefrom An apparatus for mixing a plurality of input data streams is described, which has a processing unit adapted to compare the frames of the plurality of input data streams, and determine, based on the comparison, for a spectral component of an output frame of an output... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8098850 | Digital mixer A digital mixer is capable of assigning a desired parameter to an encoder provided in a channel strip on a panel of the digital mixer. The digital mixer assigns a parameter, which corresponds to one of knob controls having switches operable to be turned on, to each ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098851 | User interface for network audio mixers Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a first mixer connects to a network and if a second mixer is detected on the network, the first mixer obtains an identifier for the second mixer, adds one or more audio signals from the second mixer to a mix of th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8081780 | Method and device for acoustic management control of multiple microphones An earpiece (100) and a method (640) for acoustic management of multiple microphones is provided. The method can include capturing an ambient acoustic signal from an Ambient Sound Microphone (ASM) to produce an electronic ambient signal, capturing in a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073159 | Mixer controller A controller controls a mixing processor based on an operation in an operating portion. Besides, the controller causes a first display to display a view showing an entire console for controlling a parameter for signal processing in a mixing processor, and causes a s... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073160 | Adjusting audio properties and controls of an audio mixer Technologies relating to user interfaces for adjusting properties of audio signals and controls of an audio mixer. In one implementation, a method is provided that includes the actions of receiving one or more audio signals including digital audio data; generating o... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064621 | Digital mixer In a digital mixer, a storage stores operating data including a plurality of parameters for controlling states of audio signals of a plurality of channels. A signal processor performs a mixing process of the audio signals based on the operating data. A plurality of ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 8050427 | Digital mixer and display control method therefor There are provided k operators to be used for performing parameter setting. A channel strip screen displays a plurality of parameters for each of selected k channels. In response to selection operation to select a desired one of the parameters displayed on the chann... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050426 | Digital mixer apparatus and editing method therefor Mixer apparatus includes: a plurality of input channels, mixing buses and output channels; a monitor section that outputs, for a monitoring purpose, signals of one or more of the channels selected in response to monitoring selecting operation; and a plurality of eff... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041058 | Audio processing with time advanced inserted payload signal Audio processing apparatus in which a payload signal is inserted into a primary audio signal comprises a noise generator operable to generate a noise signal in dependence on the payload signal; a level detector for detecting a signal level of the primary signal; a m... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041057 | Mixing techniques for mixing audio This disclosure describes audio mixing techniques that intelligently combine two or more audio signals into an output signal. The techniques allow audio to be combined, yet create perceptual differentiation between the different audio signals. The result is that a u... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031887 | Audio signal processing system In a mixer system having a digital mixer having functions processing waveform data in plural input channels and outputting the data via an ST bus, and a PC executing a DAW application realizing a function of plural tracks to record and reproduce waveform data, it is... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031886 | Audio signal processing system In a mixer system having a digital mixer having functions of processing an audio signal in an input channel and outputting the signal via an ST bus, and a PC executing a DAW application realizing a function of plural tracks to record waveform data, a WET button corr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014543 | Audio mixer group fader graphical user interface Manually-operable and automatically-driveable fader operators are provided in corresponding relation to a plurality of channels, and a plurality of the fader operators are grouped in such a manner that the fader operators in a same group are operable collectively in... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005243 | Parameter display controller for an acoustic signal processing apparatus A parameter display portion of an acoustic signal processing apparatus (mixer) according to the present invention displays a setting of a parameter (channel group setting parameter) by use of a plurality of light-emitting display elements (LED) La through Lc. While ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7978864 | Audio signal processing system In a mixer system including an editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing by designating a combination of a plurality of components and a DSP that processes audio signals in accordance with the signal processing configuration edited by the editin... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974422 | System and method of adjusting the sound of multiple audio objects directed toward an audio output device Embodiments of the present invention include methods and apparatuses for adjusting audio content when more multiple audio objects are directed toward a single audio output device. The amplitude, white noise content, and frequencies can be adjusted to enhance overall... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7945060 | Parameter display method and program therefor, and parameter setting apparatus Once an automatic setting instruction, such as a scene recall instruction, is given for instructing that a parameter to be set via an operator member should be automatically set to a given target value, automatic setting processing, such as scene recall processing, ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936889 | Mixer apparatus and parameter-setting changing method for use in the mixer apparatus Signal processing parameter is settable separately for each of a plurality of channels (ch1-ch6). User designates a transfer source channel (e.g., ch1) and transfer destination channel (e.g., ch4) from among the plurality of channels, to ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933422 | Operation panel structure and control method and control apparatus for mixing system As viewed from the front of an operation panel, adjustment sections for individual input channels are positioned on the operation panel close to a human operator, and a display, a control section for setting an equalizer process, compressor process etc. for one sele... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929717 | Audio mixing console In an audio mixing console, a channel strip section is disposed on an operation panel on the basis of a group, which is derived by classifying a plurality of input channels and output channels in groups, and using channel strips provided to the channel strip section... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7885422 | Audio device and method The present invention provides a method of operating a digital audio device, the method comprising: receiving a voice call; receiving another digital audio signal which is not a voice call; mixing the two received signals; transmitting the mixed signal wirelessly to... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7869609 | Bounded signal mixer and method of operation A method and apparatus are provided for mixing a plurality of signals within a predetermined dynamic range without clipping. In the method and apparatus, first and second signal samples are added together to obtain a first intermediate result. Then the first signal ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860257 | Mixer apparatus and parameter setting method for the apparatus, and program for the apparatus and method In order to define current states of a mixer, a set of first-type data (scene data) that define processing to be performed on a signal second-type data and a set of second-type data (snapshot data) comprising a group of parameters that define functions or displaying... | 12/28/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7817809 | Editing device and audio signal processing system When a PC connected to a mixer engine functions as an editing device to edit a configuration of signal processing in the mixer engine, components and wires included in the edited configuration of signal processing are displayed within a CAD screen on a display of th... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7783063 | Digital linking of multiple microphone systems Systems and methods for digitally linking multiple microphones and managing microphone signals are provided. Embodiments provide for digitally linking of multiple auto-mixer systems where a large number of microphones are required. In large auto-mixer systems, micro... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783064 | Hearing aid system In the case of binaural coverage, the perception with one-sided sound reception should be improved. Provision is made for this purpose to transmit the receive signals of the hearing devices alternately and if necessary to generate a mono signal from the input signal... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7751577 | Mixer apparatus and sound signal processing method Once a mixer is set in a predetermined operation, an input-logical-channel selecting section supplies sound signals, input via a cascade input terminal, to an input signal processing section via an input patch section, so that the sound signals can be mixing-process... | 07/06/2010 |
