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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7790973 | Easy-keys Easy-Keys, a template of thirteen slots spaced as an one octave chromatic scale, with eight moveable fingers, to be placed on a piano-like keyboard. Easy-Keys shows the forms or tonal patterns of music and the application of the rules relating to the circle of keys ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7674964 | Electronic musical instrument with velocity indicator A keyboard electronic musical instrument is of a type which comprises a keyboard including a plurality of individual keys for playing individual musical notes and arrayed in a first direction, and a key detecting device for detecting respective key depression veloci... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671265 | System and method for teaching music theory An instructional system for teaching music theory incorporates a human-readable harmony matrix which displays at least one repeat pattern of indicia corresponding to a particular placement of the notes of the twelve note scale. This pattern is arranged so that major... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7560635 | Musical information display apparatus, musical information display method, and program for implementing the method A musical information display apparatus which makes it possible to additionally display fingering information such that it can be easy to see. A sequence of note data and fingering information corresponding to respective pieces of the note data are supplied, and the... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7432432 | System and method for recognizing handwritten music notations A method and system for recognizing handwritten music notations is described. The method includes steps of recognizing notations within a notation category and receiving a plurality of input strokes corresponding to handwritten music notations. Nearby strokes may be... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7414186 | System and method of teaching musical notes A system and method of teaching musical notes are adapted to teach identification of music staff notes, the names and sounds of notes, as well as piano keys corresponding to notes. An implementation of the method entails displaying a musical keyboard having a plural... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7365261 | Musical performance data creating apparatus with visual zooming assistance In an apparatus for creating musical performance data according to operations of a user, a screen display section displays an input screen having a data input area for use in inputting of musical performance data. A position indication section operates when a first ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360151 | System and method for creating custom specific text and emotive content message response templates for textual communications Aspects of the invention present a system and methods to analyze textual communications, which include cognitive as well as emotive content. Generally accepted communication models and principles are used to create communication unique response templates which respo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358432 | Method and apparatus for teaching rhythm An apparatus for teaching rhythm includes a housing having a plurality of tempo indicator lights and a plurality of beat indicator lights corresponding to the tempo indicator lights, such that the beat indicator lights can be selectively illuminated to indicate a de... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7332665 | Slide rule devices for music study Slide-rule type devices for music study. Requires two printed parts that slide relative to each other; or three parts in the special case of a device for studying violin. Information on one of the parts is viewed through the other part. When employed together, the t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332669 | Acoustic piano with MIDI sensor and selective muting of groups of keys A high technology acoustic piano includes a piano body. A musical keyboard is mounted on the piano body. Keys are connected to the action for operating the hammers to strike strings. Strings adjacent to the hammers are arranged in different groups according to frequ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323629 | Real time music recognition and display system Systems and methods for performing simple and quick real time single music note recognition algorithm based on fuzzy pattern matching are disclosed. In one aspect, the systems and methods use a 256-point FFT and fuzzy pattern identification and recognition method. T... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321094 | Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument internally stores automatic performance data. The electronic musical instrument reads automatic performance data to perform an automatic performance, while incrementing melody tone pitch data contained in the automatic performance da... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314991 | Method of conveying musical information A method of conveying musical information is described. The method includes the steps of assigning sequential alphabetic and numeric designations as a system of reference to the physical location of individual piano keys on a piano keyboard, the physical location co... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309827 | Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument provides a player with an assisted performance to offer him/her the pleasure of performing on a musical instrument, and to help him/her in practicing the electronic musical instrument on which a tone pitch of a musical tone to be gen... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297856 | System and methodology for coordinating musical communication and display 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 provide the mu... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293060 | Electronic disc jockey service An electronic disc jockey service in which the services of a disc jockey are effectively transformed into an Internet-based (or other network-based) service that is accessible from anywhere the Internet is accessible. Disc jockey services may in theory be provided t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288712 | Music station for producing visual images synchronously with music data codes In order to make a tutor give a remote music lesson to a trainee, the audio-visual station transmits MIDI music data codes/time stamp data codes and click time data codes through a packet switching network and an audio-visual signal, which expresses real images of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277883 | Information management system This writing discloses a computerized tool to enhance the output of a user. The tool has a number of databases against which the input entered by the user is reviewed. In specificity, this tool can be used for creating songs. It offers to the user dictionaries inclu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7270602 | Keyboard game program and keyboard game device A game program KGP for playing a game by operating a keyboard connected with a computer in response to a picture displayed on a monitor 9 has a procedure for detecting and computing number of keys (S2 through S9), for detecting and computing num... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262783 | System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images A system, including apparatuses, software and methods, is disclosed for capturing and delivering images as to which various interactive functions are enabled for a user. The images introduced to the system can come from any one of a variety of sources, including the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253349 | Engineers piano with bisymmetrical manuals and accompanying musical notation system A 2 manual musical keyboard with the pitch progression on one of the manuals reversed. The keys on these manuals are segregated into 2 groups of 2 different heights in the same way as a standard musical keyboard. The key configurations on these manuals have 12 semi-... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247788 | Integrated computer and music keyboard module An integrated computer and music keyboard module includes a key assembled base, on a first side of which a plurality of music keys are parallelly arranged. The key assembled base is provided on at least one lateral end with a connecting member for turnably connectin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7220909 | Apparatus for displaying musical information without overlap A musical information displaying apparatus is to display musical notes in progression along the time axis on a musical staff together with chords and words based on the respective event data contained in a music performance data file representing a musical performan... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212213 | Color display instrument and method for use thereof A method for graphically displaying on a display device, a musical note in a range of notes within an octave, in a range of octaves. The method including, determining the display attributes of a reference octave selected from the range of octaves, receiving a musica... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199299 | Apparatus and computer program for displaying a musical score An electronic musical instrument displays a musical score including lyric character strings on a displayer 21, using music data stored in a storage device 43, by program-processing by a computer main unit 42. The music data includes a series of ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199300 | Information search apparatus, information search method, and information recording medium on which information search program is computer-readably recorded The song search apparatus for searching a song among songs including lyrics and performances, comprises: a song feature information database which stores song feature information indicating acoustic feature of the performances or feature of the lyrics included in th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189909 | Camera assembly for finger board instruments A camera assembly for filming the hands of a musician playing a finger board instrument includes a guiding device mounted to the finger board instrument. A stage movably engages the guiding device. A camera is mounted on the stage for filming the hands of the finger... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176371 | Algorithmic combo-instrument slide ruler for musical reference An algorithmic combo-instrument slide ruler comprising one common part working in cooperation with two interchangeable parts selected from separate multitudes of unique yet related parts. An opaque slidable combo-instrument tuning card is selected having thereon inf... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174510 | Interactive game providing instruction in musical notation and in learning an instrument A musical keyboard is connected to a computer. The computer implements a graphical user interface for teaching users to play the musical instrument. A computer readable music file, such as a MIDI file, is used to drive the creation of game objects that travel from a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169998 | Sound generation device and sound generation program A sound generation device is composed of a main unit and a game cartridge storing a sound generation program. The game cartridge includes an XY-axes acceleration sensor for detecting a tilt in two respective directions of a game device housing. When a button of the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166792 | Storage medium containing musical score displaying data, musical score display apparatus and musical score displaying program Musical score displaying data include note or musical score information indicative of a note or musical score symbol to be displayed, position information indicative of a display position on a musical score where the note or musical score symbol is to be placed, and... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164075 | Music session support method, musical instrument for music session, and music session support program A music session support method which enables each of players in a music session which is performed via a network to immediately recognize whether or not the other players are in the state of being able to participate in the session. A session support apparatus 10... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161587 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing keyboard assistance to a software application user A software application has certain keyboard hot key combinations. If the application is active the pressing of a key is detected for the application. A number of keyboard keys are selected responsive to the key pressed. The selected keys correspond to hot key combin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7094960 | Musical score display apparatus A musical score display apparatus reads note data and lyric data, and displays the read note data and lyric data on a displayed musical score. In the case where the lyric data are displayed to match the displayed note data, a position where character strings of the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7071404 | Laser activated synthesizer system A laser activated synthesizer system for efficiently translating finger positions on a surface into sounds. The laser activated synthesizer system includes a housing member which encloses a plurality of lasers near an upper surface, each laser aligned with a piano l... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7041891 | Choral keyboarding non-note reading methodology A non-note reading methodology developed for the instant ability of lay people/students to use any keyboard instrument to play notes combined with cardinal numbers (1–8). They can instantly play melodies/choral parts. The notes of the scale are numbered from 1–8... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7030307 | Music teaching device and method Methods and apparatus are provided that help users learn to play one or more instruments by employing simplified note recognition techniques, improved feedback, and a simplified keyboard tablature. In one aspect, users are encouraged to play specified notes within a... | 04/18/2006 |
