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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7420113 | Rendition style determination apparatus and method On the basis of performance event information, at least two notes to be sounded in succession or in an overlapping relation to each other are detected, and a tone pitch difference between the detected at least two notes is detected. Tone pitch difference limitation ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420114 | Method for producing real-time rhythm guitar performance with keyboard A microprocessor-controlled data-processing system is used to process key strokes from a musical keyboard and output a series of note events (e.g., via midi) to a tone-producing device. The microprocessor runs software which splits the keyboard into at least two zon... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411123 | Method for transforming image into music The invention is a method for transforming image into music, more particularly, is a method for transforming image into sound at first and then editing the sound into music. In the method, the dynamic image or static image is captured by using the image capture appa... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402738 | Wind musical instrument equipped with slide and supporting system for assisting player in performance A player changes the pitch of tones produced through a trombone by controlling the breath and a slide, and the control of slide is not easy for children, handicapped persons and old players; a supporting system is combined with the trombone, and includes a manipulat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402746 | Training apparatus for learning to play the guitar A training apparatus for guiding and independently teaching a user to quickly play a guitar by interpreting stored encoded MIDI music data to guide the user's hands by illuminating sequences of desired finger positions on the frets of a guitar to play the music.... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399917 | Music content playback apparatus, music content playback method and storage medium A music content playback apparatus includes: a selection section that selects a piece of music content out of a plurality of pieces of music content; a recognition section that recognizes playback elapse state about a previous piece of music content played immediate... | 07/15/2008 |
| RE40364 | Tone signal processing apparatus with intermittent clock supply A music apparatus is constructed for processing a music tone signal in response to a clock signal at each sampling period. In the music apparatus, a clock generator generates the clock signal. A signal processor is operable in synchronization to the clock signal for... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381883 | System and methods for providing automatic classification of media entities according to tempo In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for au... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378587 | Method for fast compressing and decompressing music data and system for executing the same MIDI compression and decompression methods that reduce the size of a standard MIDI file and maintains information to play the MIDI music. The exemplary method of the invention makes use of the high correlation and repetitions between a look-ahead MIDI event and prev... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7368652 | Music search system and music search apparatus A time-series signal input section 205 inputs a time-series signal whose on state and off state are repeated alternately. A similar rhythm search section 206 searches a plurality of pieces of rhythm data stored in a data storage section for rhythm data... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355109 | Separate automatic player driving keys and pedals of keyboard musical instrument A separate automatic player is independent of a piano, and stands in front of the piano for an automatic playing; the separate automatic player includes a key driver unit, a pedal driver unit and a framework on which the key driver unit and pedal driver unit is carr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348483 | 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 to user-mo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348482 | Discriminator for differently modulated signals, method used therein, demodulator equipped therewith, method used therein, sound reproducing apparatus and method for reproducing original music data code A nibble stream containing MIDI music data words and synchronous nibbles and an external audio signal are selectively converted to an audio-frequency signal, which in turn is converted to a set of PCM codes for storing it in a compact disc; and the audio frequency s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346500 | Method of translating a voice signal to a series of discrete tones A system and method for creating a ring tone for an electronic device takes as input a phrase sung in a human voice and transforms it into a control signal controlling, for example, a ringer on a cellular telephone. Time-varying features of the input signal are anal... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342167 | Apparatus and method for generating an encoded rhythmic pattern An encoded rhythmic pattern has several groups of velocity values, wherein the velocity values are sorted, such that the groups are included in sequence in an encoded rhythmic pattern. Now, the velocity values concentrated at the beginning of the encoded rhythmic pa... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339105 | Automatic musical performance device Provide an automatic musical performance device, which is capable of giving a concert magic function in an acoustic instrument with a feeling of normally playing the acoustic instrument. A time period Tv between two points, and a tempo Tmp found based on a ti... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339104 | System for transferring information on attribute of, for example, CD Title information on music composition data recorded on a reproduction CD is acquired from a title information providing site and recorded on a recording MD together with composition data. A recording/reproducing apparatus (100) transmits TOC information acqu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335834 | Musical composition data creation device and method An apparatus and a method for making music data each perform converting an input audio signal indicative of a music piece into a frequency signal indicative of magnitudes of frequency components at predetermined time intervals; extracting frequency components corres... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332666 | Performance control system, performance control apparatus, performance control method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program A performance control apparatus which can actually reproduce performance information without a long sounding blank time period being produced even if the performance information includes information indicative of a long sounding blank time period. Performance data m... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323630 | Automatic performance system An automatic musical performance system stores musical data such as performance patterns and pattern sequences. During performance, the user provides input indicating tones to be added to or deleted from the musical performance, and the stored musical data is update... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319185 | Generating music and sound that varies from playback to playback A method and apparatus for the creation and playback of music, audio and sound; such that each time a composition is played back, a different sound sequence is generated in the manner previously defined by the artist. During composition creation, the artist's defini... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312390 | Automatic music playing apparatus and computer program therefor An external storage device stores automatic music playing data files, each file including data of a progression of musical notes constituting a performance of a music piece, and registration data files, each file including data of a set of parameters to determine th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297858 | MIDIWan: a system to enable geographically remote musicians to collaborate A system is described to allow musicians to collaborate over a network such as the Internet. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291779 | Performance information display apparatus and program A performance information display apparatus which makes it possible to easily check whether or not automatic performance based on performance data is carried out in accordance with the creator's intention. Performance data includes sounding designation data which de... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288710 | Music searching apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for searching for a music piece which includes a storing device for storing first chord progression music data for a plurality of music pieces representing chronological changes in chords in the music pieces. Second chord progression music ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285711 | Music player A music player has sequencers each including a reading and restoring function unit for reading music information including header information, a delta time, and a message and restoring running status of the message; a message analyzing and processing function unit f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279629 | Classification and use of classifications in searching and retrieval of information A method and apparatus are provided for classification of information and using the classification information in search and retrieval of information. In one embodiment, musical compositions having various highly subjective characteristics and features are classifie... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273978 | Device and method for characterizing a tone signal For characterizing a tone signal a sequence of quantized entry times for each of at least two tone sources over time is provided on the basis of a quantization raster. Hereupon, a common period length underlying the at least two tone sources is determined using the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271329 | Computer-aided learning system employing a pitch tracking line A computer-aided learning system to facilitate a human to control the pitch and rhythm of their voice. In a preferred embodiment for learning how to sing a song in tune, a display provides visual, real-time depiction of the singer's actual pitch compared to the “t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7250567 | Automatic musical composition classification device and method An automatic musical composition classification device and method that allow a plurality of musical compositions to be automatically classified based on the melody similarity. Chord progression pattern data representing a chord progression sequence for each of the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247786 | Song selection apparatus and method A song selection device stores song characteristic quantities of a plurality of songs. A user operates the song selection device to enter personal properties and a sensibility word. The song selection device selects a song having a song characteristic quantity corre... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247784 | Musical sound generator, portable terminal, musical sound generating method, and storage medium There are provided a musical tone-generating apparatus which neither requires hardware having an increased circuit size nor imposes a heavy burden on a CPU thereof, and a mobile terminal apparatus including the musical tone-generating apparatus, as well as a musical... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244885 | Server apparatus streaming musical composition data matching performance skill of user In a server apparatus, a storage section stores musical composition data representing a plurality of musical compositions. A transmission section transmits musical composition data which represents a first musical composition to an electronic musical apparatus via a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230176 | Method and apparatus to modify pitch estimation function in acoustic signal musical note pitch extraction In one aspect thereof this invention provides a method to estimate pitch in an acoustic signal. The method includes initializing a function ƒt and a time t, where t=0, x′0=ƒ0(F0), x′0 is a pitch estimate a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227072 | System and method for determining the similarity of musical recordings A system and method for determining the similarity of music files based on a perceptual metric is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic components are generated for each of the music files. The dimensionality of t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227074 | Transport control for initiating play of dynamically rendered audio content A transport control, e.g., for use with an audio content playing device, the transport control for initiating play of dynamically rendered audio content selections that are rarely, if ever, played the same way twice is provided. The transport control includes a play... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223912 | Apparatus and method for converting and delivering musical content over a communication network or other information communication media User enters information of a melody or other musical material and, when necessary, desired parameters. The input information and parameters are transmitted to a server via a network or other communication media. On the basis of the received musical material and para... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223911 | Portable telephone set with reproducing and composing capability of music A music apparatus is provided in a portable terminal set having a plurality of controls. In the music apparatus, a storage stores a plurality of performance patterns. An allocating section allocates the plurality of the performance patterns to the plurality of the c... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214869 | Method for generating and playing a musical file and a computer-readable media storing the musical file A method for generating and playing a musical file and a computer-readable record medium with the musical file. The method records events performed at the same time respectively by an event field, and also the event fields correspond to a time field, such that a mus... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208670 | System to enable the use of white keys of musical keyboards for scales A method for the use of the white keys of a musical keyboard such as a MIDI keyboard for the playing a selected scale whereby all while keys of the keyboard are remapped to the selected scale such that adjacent keys of the keyboard can be used to play adjacent notes... | 04/24/2007 |
