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A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6180865 | Melody performance training apparatus and recording mediums which contain a melody performance training program Prestored melody data is read out as the performance of the melody progresses. When event data contained in the read melody data represents a key to be depressed for a melody performance, the key represented by the event data is indicated to a performer. ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177623 | Music reproducing system, rhythm analyzing method and storage medium In a music reproducing system, each of characters is allocated in advance a favorite rhythm component and a peculiar figure expressing ability. A sound pressure data producing section produces sound pressure data for each of a pluralty of frequency bands ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177626 | Apparatus for selecting music belonging to multi-genres A music apparatus is constructed for selecting style data of a music piece by designating a style name of the music piece among a plurality of music pieces, which are sorted by genres. In the music apparatus, a style selection table is provided for record... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6175070 | System and method for variable music notation A control program tangibly stored on a digital storage medium for use with a music system is configured to cause a digital processor to carry out the following functions. It causes the processor to (1) support a plurality of user selectable display format... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6175632 | Universal beat synchronization of audio and lighting sources with interactive visual cueing A peripheral audio system that is used to monitor or manipulate other signals from an audio source or lighting device is described which includes a detector device adapted to receive audio inputs from the audio sources. The peripheral audio system include... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6166314 | Method and apparatus for real-time correlation of a performance to a musical score The invention relates to a computerized method for correlating a performance, in real time, to a score of music, and a machine based on that method. A score processor accepts a score which a user would like to play and converts it into a useable format. P... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6166313 | Musical performance data editing apparatus and method The apparatus stores musical performance data of a polychord stringed musical instrument such as a guitar. A series of performance data on each of the plural strings are recorded on each of a plurality of recording tracks provided correspondingly to the p... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6162981 | Finger placement sensor for stringed instruments Apparatus providing instructional assistance to a student playing a stringed musical instrument. The apparatus instructs the student of proper finger placement on the instrument's strings and includes a finger placement sensor for identifying which string... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6160213 | Electronic music instrument system with musical keyboard An electronic music instrument system, comprising: an electronic music instrument, having selectable groups of reproducible sounds and individually selectable reproducible sounds; a signal generator for energizing an audio amplifier responsive to differen... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6156964 | Apparatus and method of displaying music A music score display device that eliminates the need for hard copy sheet music and manually turning pages or advancing the music score. The music score display device includes a storage device for storing music score data, a display device for displaying... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6150597 | Method of arranging music with selectable templates of music notation An arrangement method is designed for arranging a target segment of music performance data by means of a template corresponding to an item of music notation to be applied to the target segment. The method is carried out by the steps of displaying music pe... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147291 | Style change apparatus and a karaoke apparatus On an initial screen, a conversion ratio indicated by a style conversion ratio data is displayed in a display area 32. Various kinds of styles are displayed in display areas 33 to 38. In this case, a style which is currently selected is "Samba" which blin... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6140565 | Method of visualizing music system by combination of scenery picture and player icons A method is designed for displaying a visual image of a music system that is constructed to play at least one performance part with a particular timbre and that is applied with an acoustic effect, an accompaniment style and the like. The method is carried... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6137041 | Music score reading method and computer-readable recording medium storing music score reading program A sign recognizing step of recognizing all signs, including notes, of a music score, a notation estimating step of estimating a drum notation in a drum part of the music score based on information obtained by the step, a musical instrument allocating step... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137042 | Visual display for music generated via electric apparatus A visual display is provide for music associated with a theremin or, in general, any space-controlled electric instrument. The theremin is a space-controlled electric instrument that produces an output of sound corresponding to the motion of the user, wit... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6133518 | Composition of resin for light transmitting keys of a musical keyboard instrument A keyboard, having a plurality of keys arranged so as to be pivotable upward and downward and a plurality of light emitters arranged under the keys in one-to-one correspondence therewith, selectively causes the light emitters to emit light, thereby teachi... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6121529 | Information input apparatus for music composition and related applications An information input apparatus comprises a casing which is held by an operator by opposite end portions thereof. At least one selection operating element is arranged on the front surface of the casing at a location close to one end thereof for selecting a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118064 | Karaoke system with consumed calorie announcing function A karaoke system acoustically outputting karaoke musical accompaniment together with a singing voice input from a microphone, and in the conjunction therewith, performing video output for image of lyric in synchronism with progress of karaoke musical acco... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6087577 | Music navigator with visual image presentation of fingering motion A music navigator provides a visual image indication or presentation of fingering motion of a hand in playing notes. In an embodiment, the music navigator employs a fingered music storage and a hand image device. When music is played on a keyboard instrum... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6084169 | Automatically composing background music for an image by extracting a feature thereof An automatic music composing method automatically composes background music matching an atmosphere and a reproduction time of an input moving or changing image. A moving or changing image is inputted and divided into scenes, a feature of each scene is ext... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6084167 | Keyboard instrument with touch responsive display unit A keyboard instrument is configured such that a flat panel-like display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying character information and/or images is provided on an instrument main body and that speakers, a recording/reproducing unit for mul... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6084168 | Musical compositions communication system, architecture and methodology A musical workstation system produces a display presentation in one of a musical composition responsive to musical composition data and responsive to one or both of input variables and a selected operating mode. The system is comprised of (1) means to pro... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6078004 | Electronic musical instrument with graphic representation of note timings In an electronic musical instrument, a controllable auto-player function controls to read out note data for an auto-play at the timings responsive to external instructions by an operation means, producing tones based on the readout note data. A display me... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6078005 | Apparatus for editing and reproducing visual events along musical events A music apparatus is constructed for reproducing multimedia events including musical events and visual events arranged in synchronization to the musical events. In the music apparatus, a storage device provides a data structure composed of music informati... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6074215 | Online karaoke system with data distribution by broadcasting A karaoke online system distributes karaoke data blocks having identification codes from a center station to a plurality of karaoke terminals through a broadcast network. In the center station, a transmitter broadcasts the karaoke data blocks with the ide... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072114 | Score display apparatus and method capable of displaying additional data, and storage medium A score display apparatus is provided, which permits a wider range of applications without degrading handling ease. An input device inputs score display data, an adding device adds additional data to the score display data input by the input device, and a... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6072113 | Musical performance teaching system and method, and machine readable medium containing program therefor A fully computerized musical performance teaching system comprises a computer apparatus having a keyboard and a display and is connectable to an electronic musical instrument. An application program provides the computer with various functions such as of ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6066791 | System for instructing the playing of a musical instrument The present invention discloses a novel method and apparatus for instructing a student how to play a musical instrument. The method includes providing a display device, displaying a staff on the display device, displaying an image on the display device, a... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6066790 | Multiple frequency display for musical sounds This invention is a display system for measuring and displaying, individually or simultaneously, the frequencies contained in a musical sound. A transducer coupled to the sound source produces an electrical signal representing the musical sound. The syste... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062867 | Lyrics display apparatus A lyrics display apparatus wherein a display condition of the words of a song on a display device is gradually changed in accordance with a progression of a piece of music, the display condition of the song words is started to change on a basis of a memor... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062868 | Sing-along data transmitting method and a sing-along data transmitting/receiving system A sing-along data transmitting method includes the steps of providing a sing-along data center for supplying background video data and music data, and providing a plurality of sing-along data receiving terminals for receiving the background video data and... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6051769 | Computerized reading display An electronic reading system is provided including a housing and a display mounted on the housing. Also included is a storage device drive positioned within the housing for removably receiving a portable storage device and reading therefrom reading indici... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6046394 | Music score recognizing method and computer-readable recording medium storing music score recognizing program Projections onto the transverse axis are derived from a staff start position xs to a staff end position xe with respect to four staff sections surrounded by staff positions L(5) of L0 to L4 set per sign. If a width of a section x1-x2 where a value of the ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6037534 | Keyboard musical instrument and electric tutor for guiding fingers on keyboard An electric tutor is assembled with an upright piano having a keyboard and a key stop rail laterally extending over the rear end portions of the black/white keys, and includes a comb-like flexible indicator attached to the key stop rail, wherein the comb-... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6025551 | Fingering information analyzer and electronic musical instrument with the same In a fingering information analyzer, tone pitch information indicative of each tone pitch of a series of musical notes supplied from a flexible disc or a performance information memory is analyzed to produce fingering information indicative of a performan... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6018121 | Method and apparatus for simulating a jam session and instructing a user in how to play the drums An interactive electronic drum system and training techniques suitable for use in a coin-operated environment such as an arcade are described. Electronic drum pads, audio speakers, a visual display, training lights and an overall control system are combin... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5977467 | Frequency display for an automatically tuned stringed instrument This invention is a display system for an automatically tuned stringed instrument displaying, individually or simultaneously, the frequency of each string of the instrument. The system provides for using the display to manually tune the instrument or to i... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5977462 | Indicators for a stringed musical instrument Indicators for a stringed musical instrument having a fingerboard and strings stretched over the fingerboard. The indicators indicate the pitch produced when the string is pressed down against the fingerboard and plucked or bowed. There may be indicators ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5959229 | Strobe tuner for musical instruments with multiple light sources A tuning device for a stringed musical instrument consisting of stroboscopic light sources, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), positioned to be seen by a musician in or near normal playing position as partially eclipsed by the strings. The LEDs are dri... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5952599 | Interactive music generation system making use of global feature control by non-musicians An improved music generation system that facilitates artistic expression by non-musician and musician performers in both individual and group performance contexts. Mappings are provided between 1) gestures of a performer as indicated by manipulation of a ... | 09/14/1999 |
