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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106283 | 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.... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101843 | 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... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097800 | Method for controlling a digital audio source 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 aud... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8071869 | 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 deter... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7973231 | 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 exerc... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968784 | 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 o... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956274 | 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 p... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952012 | 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 vari... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7923621 | Tempo analysis device and tempo analysis method A tempo analyzer to analyze the tempo of sound such as a musical composition or the like is provided in which a controller (9) takes, based on level information on a sound signal from an analysis data extraction unit (62), a frame which is a predetermi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7915512 | 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 ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7884276 | Music transcription Methods, systems, and devices are described for automatically converting audio input signal data into musical score representation data. Embodiments of the invention identify a change in frequency information from the audio signal that exceeds a first threshold valu... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884275 | Music creator for a client-server environment A system and method are provided wherein a server based music creator is accessible by a client for the creation of composite audio files. The method and system receives, from a remote client computer via a network connection, a play sequence for playing audio segme... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7868239 | Method and device for providing an overview of pieces of music Method for providing an overview of pieces of music, comprising: providing at least two pieces of music; determining at least two sections of said pieces of music, wherein one of said sections is determined from one of said pieces of music and another of said sectio... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7868240 | 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 t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863512 | 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 bea... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855333 | Music edit device and music edit method A remix processing section performs a remix process based on both meta data that are pre-generated corresponding to song data and that contain at least a time-based beat position and a file for deciding a remix pattern. A synchronous reproduction controlling section... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855334 | Music edit device and music edit method A music editing apparatus is provided that uses so-called time line meta data that describe a beat and melody structure of a song to automatically accomplishes an automatic DJ remix play with a low load. The apparatus also includes a synchronous reproduction control... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7825319 | 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... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7812241 | Methods and systems for identifying similar songs Methods and systems for identifying similar songs are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, methods for identifying similar songs are provided, the methods comprising: identifying beats in at least a portion of a song; generating beat-level descriptors of t... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804016 | Method and device for selecting music to be recommended for user by using music reproduction device A music reproduction device for recommending music suitable for a taste of a user is provided. When the music reproduction device reproduces music, a motion of the user is measured. A range of a tempo in which a tempo of music is matched with a tempo of the motion o... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7795524 | Musical performance processing apparatus and storage medium therefor A musical performance processing apparatus that provides better assistance for student's practice. The apparatus includes a main unit in which music data including performance information of right- and left hand parts is stored, and a performance terminal having a k... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795523 | Generation of exercise instruction information In the invention there is generated a playlist of music files that controls an exercise, each of the music files being associated with at least one parameter. The parameter characterizes the efficiency of the exercise. The user may listen to the playlist while perfo... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793208 | Video editing matched to musical beats Methods and apparatus provide for a clip-beat aligner that identifies musical beats in an audio file. An editing mode is provided to associate the audio file with a media segment according to a timeline. The clip-beat aligner aligns a boundary of the media segment w... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790976 | Content searching method, content list searching method, content searching apparatus, and searching server A content searching method includes the steps of: detecting movements of a user as movement information; detecting a movement pattern of the user as key information from the movement information; and searching for a piece of content having a content pattern accordin... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781663 | Storage medium storing musical piece correction program and musical piece correction apparatus A musical piece correction apparatus corrects a sounding timing (note-on timings) of a sound constituting apart of a musical piece. First, the musical piece correction apparatus reads, from storage means, music performance data indicating sounding timings in the mus... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777124 | Music reproducing program and music reproducing apparatus adjusting tempo based on number of streaming samples A CPU of a game machine compares the predicted number of samples in a streaming reproduction and the actual number of samples during execution of the reproduction of sequence data of the BGM in a step S41 in response to a beat signal detected in a step S35... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772479 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program The recommended playlist creating section generates several recommended candidate playlists having different reproduction orders as recommended candidate playlists each indicating a recommended reproduction order when one or more contents are sequentially reproduced... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767898 | 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 th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7745716 | Musical fitness computer An audio player comprises a means of dynamically sensing the rate of repetitive motion of the user, a means for storing digital music files, a means for retrieving and dynamically playing at least one of said music files at a rate approximately equal to the sensed r... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737353 | Apparatus for controlling music reproduction and apparatus for reproducing music In order to reproduce music suitable for a situation where a user listens to the music while performing repetitive exercise, if a walking tempo value sensed by a walking tempo sensing portion 3 falls outside a certain range defined on the basis of a music tem... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7732700 | Playback device, contents selecting method, contents distribution system, information processing device, contents transfer method, and storing medium A playback device includes a storing unit storing a contents database in which contents including at least music and tempo information indicating the tempo of the music are correlated with each other; a playback unit for performing playback of the contents; a tempo ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728214 | Using music to influence a person's exercise performance Aspects of the invention use music to influence a person's performance in a physical workout. A computing device receives and analyzes data indicating current physiology and movement of the user in order to provide a music piece that will influence the user to speed... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7705230 | 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 exerc... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700867 | Apparatus and method of playing back audio signal An apparatus of playing back an audio signal includes storage means for dividing exercise tempos of a user into a plurality of groups and storing digital audio data concerning music pieces, the digital audio data being associated with the plurality of groups; a play... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7683252 | Algorithm for providing music to influence a user's exercise performance Aspects of the invention use music to influence a person's performance in a physical workout. A computing device receives and analyzes data indicating current physiology and movement of the user in order to provide a music piece that will influence the user to speed... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7674967 | Body movement detecting apparatus and method, and content playback apparatus and method A body movement detecting apparatus includes a measuring section which outputs, as at least one time-series signal, at least one result of measurement obtained by measuring body movement, a detecting section in which, after slicing off a part of the time-series sign... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7649137 | Signal processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus, including: extraction means for extracting a feature quantity indicative of characteristics of sounds represented by a sound signal, the sounds including different tones from within a 12-tone equal temperament and b... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645929 | Computational music-tempo estimation Various method and system embodiments of the present invention are directed to computational estimation of a tempo for a digitally encoded musical selection. In certain embodiments of the present invention, described below, a short portion of a musical selection is ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7633004 | 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 paramete... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7615702 | Automatic recognition and matching of tempo and phase of pieces of music, and an interactive music player based thereon 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 ... | 11/10/2009 |
