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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7766121 | Methods and apparatus for conditioning and degassing liquids and gases in suspension A method and apparatus are provided for the controlled application of ultrasonic energy for conditioning of mixtures of gas and liquids by evolving and/or agglomerating gas bubbles existing with or in a liquid or for coalescing droplets of liquid dispersed in anothe... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7641023 | Mechanism generating at least one type of sonority The invention concerns a sound generator mechanism including a control member (10) and a mechanism (14) for locking/unlocking the control member (10), the control member (10) being able to move between a first position in which the contro... | 01/05/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7319186 | Scrambling method of music sequence data for incompatible sound generator A data format of music sequence data represents a music piece and enables a compatible sound generating apparatus to reproduce the music piece at a first quality while allowing a non-compatible sound generating apparatus to reproduce the music piece at a second qual... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7297238 | Ultrasonic energy system and method including a ceramic horn An acoustic system for applying vibratory energy including a horn connected to an ultrasonic energy source. The horn defines an overall length and wavelength, and at least a leading section thereof is comprised of a ceramic material. The leading section has a length... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293722 | Method and apparatus for generation of low impact sprays In many applications where it is desired to distribute a liquid onto a surface at a very small angle of incidence, it will be necessary to reduce the momentum of the droplets to prevent ricochet off the surface. Obvious methods such as using a restrictor, reducing t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287537 | Megasonic probe energy director A megasonic cleaning apparatus configured to provide effective cleaning of a substrate without causing damage to the substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a megasonic probe, a transducer configured to energize the probe, and a heat transfer element disposed ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7260023 | Remote underwater laser acoustic source A method for generating an acoustic source in a liquid includes transmitting an optical pulse through the liquid so the optical pulse reaches ILIB through pulse compression and ionizes a liquid volume. The pulse compression is achieved through at least on... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7145836 | Underwater acoustic generator using pulse engine and gas disperser A high-pressure, moving-piston pulse engine (modified HIPPE) 10 is used to produce one or a series of pulses of acoustic energy in a marine environment for acoustic communication, detection, classification or jamming. The HIPPE engine 10 is modified by... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7102069 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing music are provided, particularly systems and methods employing a top-down process, where the user is provided with a musical composition that may be modified and interacted with and played and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088836 | Door with structural components configured to radiate acoustic Energy A door leaf includes a stiff, light structural part that maintains fed-in vibrational energy and, by flexural waves, propagates this energy in at least one active surface perpendicular to its thickness to distribute resonance mode vibration components over at least ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078609 | Interactive digital music recorder and player A digital multi-media device provides features for a user unskilled in musical arts or sound handling techniques that provides automatic musical score composition in accordance with contained composition instructions. Stored sound samples and interfaces for obtainin... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073383 | Apparatus and method for determining clamping status of semiconductor wafer An apparatus determines how well a semiconductor wafer (4) is clamped to a support member (1). The apparatus has at least one ultrasonic transducer (2a,2b,2c,2d) configured to emit ultrasonic ener... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7028807 | Non-explosive acoustic source A non-explosive acoustic source utilizes the combustion of aluminum and water to generate an acoustic pulse. The operation of the non-explosive acoustic source relies on a water/aluminum reaction to generate a burst pressure. The source may be deployed as a single c... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026534 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method of adjusting an externally supplied audio signal as part of internally generated music data using a computing system is disclosed. At least one music generation algorithm is provided, which consists of at least one music rule associated with a set of accept... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022906 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing music are provided, particularly systems and methods employing a top-down process, where the user is provided with a musical composition that may be modified and interacted with and played and... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015389 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method for embedding algorithmic musical data into MIDI format using pitch is disclosed. Program instructions are executed and one or more music composition algorithms are applied to song data in accordance with a song data structure to generate music output for t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010445 | Automated fault diagnosis device and method A diagnostic apparatus and method for sensing a signal emanating from a machine and determining a periodic machine event based on the emanated signal. The apparatus includes analog to digital processing components for digitizing the sensed signal, producing a digiti... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004282 | Ultrasonic horn An ultrasonic horn in accordance with the present invention comprises a horn body having a longitudinal transmission axis, a proximal end attachable at least indirectly to a source of ultrasonic vibrations, and a distal end with an active end face. The end face is p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6979767 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method for playing a song employing a musical controller is disclosed. Program instructions are executed, and one or more music composition algorithms are applied to song data in accordance with a song data structure to generate music output for the song. User inp... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977335 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method for electronically generating a song is disclosed. At least one parameter value representing a range of note pitch values associated with a musical instrument is accessed and program instructions are executed. One or more music composition algorithms are ap... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972363 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method for playing a song in a handheld device is disclosed. A visual representation for a plurality of musical components is provided. The visual representation includes a plurality of lanes, with each lane corresponding to one of the musical components. User inp... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960714 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method for playing a song of a particular musical style is disclosed. Program instructions are executed, and one or more music composition algorithms are applied to song data in accordance with a song data structure to generate music output for the song. A plurali... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958441 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method of playing music using a computing system in which MIDI events are synchronized with samples is disclosed. A sequence of MIDI events is provided. At least one of the MIDI events includes delta time parameter data, and the MIDI events are provided to a digit... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6916978 | Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions A method for playing a song employing a song data structure is disclosed. Program instructions are executed, and one or more music composition algorithms are applied to song data in accordance with a song data structure to generate music output for the song, and var... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909670 | Ultrasonic sensor assembly for a vehicle reversing radar An ultrasonic sensor assembly for a vehicle reversing radar has an ultrasonic sensor (10) with two electric wires (12). A sleeve (20) is made of rubber material and has a chamber (22) receiving the sensor (10). A cone-shaped openin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6850623 | Parametric loudspeaker with improved phase characteristics A parametric loudspeaker which uses multiple piezoelectric bimorph transducers. These multiple piezoelectric bimorphs have a resonant frequency which varies from unit to unit. The phase response at and near the resonant frequency changes at a very high rate with sli... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6834992 | Acoustic pyrometer An acoustic pyrometer measures the average gas temperature across a wide space of known distance, especially turbulent, high temperature gas loaded with caustic particulates. It includes an acoustic signal generator that generates a high amplitude acoustic signal wi... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6818128 | Apparatus for directing ultrasonic energy An apparatus and method for transmitting ultrasonic energy. The apparatus may include a vessel, such as a conduit, having a first end, a second end, and a vessel axis between the first and second ends. An ultrasonic energy emitter is positioned toward the first end ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6652992 | Corrosion resistant ultrasonic horn Ultrasonic horns of titanium are made corrosion resistant in aqueous media by the providing the horns with a silver end surface, either as a portion of the end surface or as the entire end surface.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6578659 | Ultrasonic horn assembly An ultrasonic sonication device includes a velocity transformer or probe which, when coupled to a vibrating transducer of the piezoelectric or magnetostrictive type, resonates in sympathy with the transducer and either increases or decreases the magnitude... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6478108 | Speaker box For a selective sound propagation pattern that has an especially high directivity, including in the bass frequency region, there is inventively provided a loudspeaker box (1) with a housing (2) and at least one loudspeaker (4) with chassis (6) which is su... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6359835 | High intensity directed light and sound crowd dispersion device A device for influencing human behavior comprises an audio system arranged to produce a sound wave that may be directed to a selected location and a video system arranged to produce a light beam that may be directed to the selected location. The audio sys... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6341518 | Ultrasonic standard The invention provides a device that generates predictable and reproducible sounds. The device according to the invention serves as a standard to calibrate ultrasonic measuring equipment through either a gaseous medium or a solid medium. The device accord... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6327221 | Steered beam ultrasonic sensor for object location and classification A vehicle occupant sensor which utilizes an acoustic system for determining object range, extent, and direction. The system is composed of an ultrasonic transmitter formed from an array of air chamber resonator elements driven in relative phase to each ot... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6201878 | Portable compact disc player A portable compact-disc player (41), characterized by an opposed pair of loudspeakers (81) attached to the player, and in that each loudspeaker comprises a distributed mode acoustic radiator having a transducer (9) wholly and exclusively mounted thereon t... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6173803 | High amplitude sound wave generator A method and device for generating a high amplitude sound wave is provided. The device includes a housing having an open end. A piston is slidably disposed in the open end of the housing and forms a chamber for holding a pressurized liquid. The pressurize... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6151402 | Vibration transducers A vibration transducer adapted to be mounted on and launch bending waves into a member having opposed faces by applying a localized couple to the member. Also disclosed is a loudspeaker having such a transducer mounted on a member which acts as an acousti... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6065562 | System for imparting compressional and shear waves into the earth A seismic vibrator system for imparting compressional and shear wave vibrations into the earth has an earth contacting base with a vertical post. A tubular hub is slidably received on the post in a piston/cylinder relationship. Spaced apart horizontal top... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5973999 | Acoustic cannon An acoustic cannon has a plurality of acoustic sources with output ends symmetrically arranged in a planar array about a central point. Pressure pulses are generated in each acoustic source at substantially the same time. The pressure pulses exit the outp... | 10/26/1999 |
