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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6765142 | Electronic keyboard musical instrument There is provided an electronic keyboard musical instrument that gives the performance feeling closer to that given by an acoustic piano and enables techniques of expression closer to those used when playing the acoustic piano. Touch information is generated based o... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6756533 | Automatic music composing apparatus and automatic music composing program An automatic music composing apparatus is provided, which is capable of generating music with a high degree of completion in synchronization with images and in a time that matches the length of images. The automatic music composing apparatus automatically creates mu... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6750388 | Transportable bell arrangement A method of generating music using a plurality of bells (312, 314) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of mounting said plurality of bells (312, 314), in playable dispositions, on a mobile platform (302), transporting the mobile platfor... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6743164 | Electronic device to detect and generate music from biological microvariations in a living organism A method and apparatus are provided for using microvariations of a biological living organism to generate a sequence of environmental changes perceptible through one of the human senses. The method includes the steps of transforming microvariations within a living o... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740805 | Sound system and method for creating a sound event based on a modeled sound field A sound system and method for modeling a sound field generated by a sound source and creating a sound event based on the modeled sound field is disclosed. The system and method captures a sound field over an enclosing surface, models the sound field and enables repr... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6728382 | Functional panel for audio mixer A control device for an audio processor has a plurality of sets of function select controls and a function control section on its control device. Each set of the plurality of sets of function select controls is coupled with a corresponding channel in a plurality of ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6700050 | Bi-directional serial bus system for constructing electronic musical instrument A bus system interconnects a plurality of devices of various categories constituting an electronic music instrument apparatus for exchanging signals among the devices having unique addresses. The bus system has a serial clock line for transmission of a cl... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6689946 | Aid for composing words of song A piano roll score, a word input/edit area and a word continuous display area are displayed. Note bars corresponding to notes of a melody are displayed on the piano roll score. The word input/edit area is divided into input cells having a length correspon... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687382 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information providing medium An information processing apparatus comprising an image-sensing means for sensing an image of a subject, an extracting means for extracting predetermined feature data from the image sensed by the image-sensing means, a setting means for setting sound data... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686530 | Universal digital media communications and control system and method A digital media communications and control system includes a plurality of audio devices each of which includes a device interface module for communication of digital media data and control data from at least one of the devices to at least one other of the... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6646195 | Kernel-mode audio processing modules Multiple kernel-mode audio processing modules or filters are combined to form a module or filter graph. The graph is implemented in kernel-mode, reducing latency and jitter when handling audio data (e.g., MIDI data) by avoiding transfers of the audio data... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6646194 | Method and apparatus for waveform reproduction A waveform reproduction apparatus providing an intuitive way to operate controllers corresponding to musical time quantities such as beats and bars. The apparatus includes a first storage means for storing a series of waveform data; an input means for inp... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6646644 | Tone and picture generator device There is provided a database storing motion components, each of which includes motion information representative of a performance motion trajectory corresponding to a subdivided performance pattern for each musical instrument or part along with sounded po... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6639140 | Musical tone control apparatus and sensing device for electronic musical instrument A sensing device is constructed by a sensor case which is attached to a bottom surface of a footwear (e.g., sole of a shoe) and which contains a piezoelectric sensor, a sensor fixing member, a disc plate pressure member and an annular elastic member. The ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6588585 | Musical presentation and storage box A musical presentation and storage box having a display pedestal mounted directly below a door located on the top of the box, a sound (music) module for playing various songs or spoken words, and a mechanism for presenting and storing jewelry or other obj... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6586666 | Electronic musical instrument There is provided an electronic musical instrument which enables the whole periphery of at least one pad member to shine by a simple construction, and at the same time maintain durability and low costs, and a shining method therefor. An electronic musical... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6584442 | Method and apparatus for compressing and generating waveform Input waveform data are processed by Fast Fourier Transform or otherwise to separate a harmonic wave component from the waveform data while a non-harmonic wave component is separated by subtracting the harmonic wave component from the waveform data. Vecto... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6570078 | Tactile, visual, and array controllers for real-time control of music signal processing, mixing, video, and lighting A system and method for real-time controlling of signal processors, synthesizers, musical instruments, MIDI processors, lighting, video, and special effects in performance, recording, and composition environments using images derived from tactile sensors,... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6541687 | Music performance data processing method and apparatus adapted to control a display Performance data processing apparatus includes a memory for storing settings input by a user and a processor for performing various control in accordance with the settings stored in the memory. Performance data are displayed in one or more display forms d... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6525252 | Device for composing and arranging music A device for composing and arranging music comprising a sensor part and a plurality of blocks which may be releasably connected to the sensor part. A distribution of blocks, each belonging to one of a number of sub-populations of blocks on the sensor part... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6525259 | Cadence-providing conga drum practice pad assembly and method A Cadence-Providing Drum Practice Pad Assembly and Method is disclosed. The preferred assembly combines a practice pad and a cadence generating device in the same body. In other embodiments, the device provides visual prompting to the user on the striking... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6515213 | Keyboard musical instrument for exactly producing tones and hammer sensor varying output signal exactly representing physical quantity of hammer A hammer sensor includes a photo-filter plate movable together with a hammer assembly and having a base plate fixed to the hammer shank and an arc pattern formed on the base plate and different in transparency from the base plate, a photo radiating elemen... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6501011 | Sensor array MIDI controller A MIDI controller musical instrument (80) with buttons (34) on two sensorboards (54,56) for controlling musical notes. The buttons (34) are arranged such that the most harmonious note combinations are played by fingering the most proximate button (34) com... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6487817 | Electronic device to detect and direct biological microvariations in a living organism A method and apparatus are provided for using micro-variations of a biological living plant organism to generate music. The method includes the steps of detecting a plant microvoltage across a varying resistance of the biological living plant organism wit... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6490359 | Method and apparatus for using visual images to mix sound A method and apparatus for mixing audio signals. Each audio signal is digitized and then transformed into a predefined visual image, which is displayed in a three-dimensional space. Audio effects added to the audio signals are transformed into predefined ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6476310 | Musical wind instrument and method for controlling such an instrument A musical wind instrument includes a mouthpiece through which the user blows air and a sensor is deployed to produce an output which varies as a function of how hard the user blows through the mouthpiece. A tone generator system is responsive to the senso... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476304 | Information processing system with graphical user interface controllable through voice recognition engine and musical instrument equipped with the same A musical instrument is computerized for electronically generating tones, and an information processing subsystem assists users selectively to change the attributes of the tones, wherein the information processing subsystem includes a speaker recognition ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476308 | Method and apparatus for classifying a musical piece containing plural notes The present invention is directed to classifying a musical piece based on determined characteristics for each of plural notes contained within the piece. Exemplary embodiments accommodate the fact that in a continuous piece of music, the starting and endi... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6452083 | Incremental sequence completion system and method The present invention relates to a method designed to be used to compute music sequences in all possible contexts and situations, including: Internet adaptive radio, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) with intelligent scheduling, music recommendation system... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6448485 | Method and system for embedding audio titles A system and method for embedding audio titles is presented. Information encoded in a format is received about an audio program. The information is transformed into an audio signal conveying an audio description about the audio program. The audio descript... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6445790 | Digital tone generator A digital tone generator (1110) includes a digital signal generator (1138) which generates a digital waveform data sequence which is representative of a tone having a predetermined waveform, and an adaptive duty cycle pulse-width modulator (1132) which is... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6444887 | String-plucking type electronic musical instrument with photo sensor for generating signal for sound An electronic musical instrument of the string-plucking type which does not create a large time lag from when the musical instrument is operated until when the sound is produced, and does not cause a detection mechanism to become complex. A photo sensor (... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6443800 | Musical adapter for baby bottles The present invention 10 discloses a musical adapter for baby bottles 12. The musical adapter 10 is comprised of a housing 20 having a cavity for placing the base of a baby bottle 12 therein. The housing 20 has a rotatable lock ring 22 disposed within a t... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6444892 | Sound system and method for creating a sound event based on a modeled sound field A sound system and method for modeling a sound field generated by a sound source and creating a sound event based on the modeled sound field is disclosed. The system and method captures a sound field over an enclosing surface, models the sound field and e... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441291 | Apparatus and method for creating content comprising a combination of text data and music data Supplied text data set is classified into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with the substance of the supplied text data set, and a musical composition data set is selected or generated which corresponds to the category of the text data. ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6437229 | Equipment and process for music digitalization storage, access, and listening A digital music server, a music digitizing station, and at least one listening stations connected in a network. Each listening station includes an earphone, keyboard, display, and bar code reader. The bar code on a compact disk (CD) is scanned using the b... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6429364 | Data transmitting/receiving device and method A data transmission and receiving apparatus and method capable of synchronized playback of plural content and reading descriptors with little processing when accessing from an external device AV data recorded to a recording medium and a descriptor for ass... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6423893 | Method and system for electronically creating and publishing music instrument instructional material using a computer network A system and method that allows an on-line user of a wide area network to remotely author and publish instructional material for musical instruments for the purposes of dissemination to other on-line users. Authors create solo musical passages pertaining ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6420640 | Method and apparatus for glove-based chording The invention is a method and apparatus for chording. One embodiment of an apparatus comprises a user-wearable support element, in the form of a glove having finger and thumb portions. An output generating element in the form of a switch is provided corre... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6417435 | Audio-acoustic proficiency testing device An audio--acoustic proficiency test method transduces, captures, measures, compares, analyzes, records, and reports on the actual performance of at least one performer's produced orderly sound sequence (pitch and rhythm). It also issues proficiency perfor... | 07/09/2002 |
