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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435893 | Image display device with built-in karaoke and method for controlling the same An image display device with a built-in karaoke and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, wherein an audio of a broadcasted program is divided into a plurality of elements, so as to be selectively controlled when required. The method for controlling the i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427711 | Particle based touch interaction for the creation of media streams Methods and apparatus for manipulating physical objects to produce sounds that are correlated with the feel of the objects being manipulated. Example devices called the PebbleBox, CrumbleBag and ScrubberGlove each use the manipulation of physical objects of arbitrar... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7408107 | Keyboard with audio output A keyboard provides an analog sound signal for a sound producing device. The keyboard includes an interface circuit that couples the keyboard to a digital sound source through a universal serial bus (USB) cable. The keyboard further includes an audio rendering circu... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7402743 | Free-space human interface for interactive music, full-body musical instrument, and immersive media controller “Method and apparatus entraining interactive media players into a sustained experience of “Kinesthetic Spatial Sync,” defined as a perceived simultaneity and spatial superposition between a non-tactile, full body (“free-space”) input control process and im... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396991 | Electronic percussion instrument, system and method with rim shot detection An electronic percussion instrument includes input means, comparison means, and musical tone generation control means. The input means allows for the input of a vibration of a head section and a vibration of a rim section that have been detected by a striking detect... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390956 | Automatic player musical instrument, noise suppressor incorporated therein, method used therein and computer program for the method Black/white keys are selectively moved by key actuators energized with a driving signal in a playback mode, and plunger sensors, which are provided inside of the key actuators, report the measured values of the keystroke to a motion controlling section; since the me... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390953 | Waveform data interpolation device and waveform data interpolation program With a decimal-fraction address representing a position between two continuous sample values and input from a decimal-fraction address calculation block (5-2) assumed as x, a product-sum block (5-5) calculates the value of x(1−x) as the... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390957 | Information processing apparatus and sound volume control method An information processing apparatus comprises an operating member used for changing a sound volume, a display device which displays volume data of the sound volume changed in response to an operation of the operating member and a controller which changes the volume ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385130 | Music selecting apparatus and method A music selecting apparatus and method, which are capable to indicate a music piece matching with the sensitivities of the user. A degree of chord change is stored as data for each of a plurality of music pieces, a sensitivity word for music selection is set in acco... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385128 | Metronome with projected beat image A laser or other substantially collimated light source is operatively connected to a reciprocating driver that causes a beam from the laser to sweep across a conveniently viewable surface at an adjustable frequency, thereby tracing a pattern on the surface between a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385129 | Music reproducing system The reproducing of the MP3 part is started from a first reproducing start position that is positioned prior to a second pointed reproducing start position. In this case, this MP3 part is mute-reproduced in a period that extends from the first reproducing start posit... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381880 | Musical instrument recording advanced music data codes for playback, music data generator and music data source for the musical instrument In order to precisely express motion of a key or motion of a hammer, a voice message for the polyphonic key pressure and another voice message for the control change, which stand idle in an automatic player piano, are used to express rough key position or rough hamm... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381881 | Simulation of string vibration A method of simulating a string using a wave equation relates movement of the string in time to force acting on the string, wherein the force acting on the string simulates a stream of a fluid medium flowing relative to the string. The simulated string is supported ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371956 | Musical content utilizing apparatus A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B11, transformation process portion B13 and utilization process portion B15 implemented via programmed processes. The data input portion B11 inputs musical content data compri... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365260 | Apparatus and method for reproducing voice in synchronism with music piece Music piece sequence data are composed of a plurality of event data which include performance event data and user event data designed for linking a voice to progression of a music piece. A plurality of voice data files are stored in a memory separately from the musi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361825 | Electronic keyboard instrument In an electronic keyboard instrument, each key moves from an initial position to a full stroke position via first, second, and third positions sequentially. A velocity detector detects a first key velocity of the key when the key moves from the first position to the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355111 | Electronic musical apparatus having automatic performance feature and computer-readable medium storing a computer program therefor In an automatic performance system, song and style data DAi and DCj (i:1 through n, j:1 through m) contains tempo and meter data TPa, TMa; TPc, TMc, respectively, so that the style data DCj whose tempo and meter data matches with those of the song data DAi is reprod... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351903 | Musical composition data editing apparatus, musical composition data distributing apparatus, and program for implementing musical composition data editing method There is provided a musical composition data editing apparatus which enables the generation of musical composition data using which a user can cause his/her own musical image to be reflected to a high degree in a musical composition performance through simple operat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7335833 | Music performance system A method and apparatus for producing a musical output is disclosed. The method and apparatus permit the creation, storage and retrieval of a first data structure representing a musical piece. The first data structure includes digital music information that represent... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332667 | Automatic performance apparatus An automatic performance apparatus comprises a storage device that stores performance data and accompaniment data having a plurality of sections, a detector that detects a specific note in the performance data, a reproduction device that simultaneously reproduces th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323632 | Percussion transducer A ring-shaped percussion transducer for converting a striking impact into a representative electrical pulse triggering signal is suitable for mounting on the center axis of a percussion instrument. In a preferred embodiment, the transducer is formed of a piezo elect... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7309826 | Browser-based music rendering apparatus method and system Atomic music segments are visually and sonically rendered within a browser window as directed by a set of interface controls thus providing the ability to directly control various performance parameters while also communicating the intentions of the composer and arr... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304227 | Method and system for synthesizing electronic transparent audio A method and system for synthesizing electronic watermarks is disclosed. The method includes generating electronic watermark sounds for music data by converting harmonic overtones that match the music data into signals. The generated electronic watermark sounds are ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304228 | Creating realtime data-driven music using context sensitive grammars and fractal algorithms Musical approaches are applied to the sonification of data. The musical approaches do not require directly mapping data to sound. Data is interpreted and transformed into sound through Lindemayer-systems or other methods. Where fractals are used in the interpretatio... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304229 | Method and apparatus for karaoke scoring A karaoke scoring apparatus includes a memory element, a feature extraction element, a similarity measurement element, and a scoring element. The karaoke system includes a reference audio input to be compared with a target audio input for giving a score. The referen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301094 | Device for driving vibration source A vibration source driving device that realizes various vibration functions on portable telephones. The vibration source driving device includes a sound source for generating musical tone signals in response to music data. A vibration source to generate vibration, a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301091 | Performance data transmission controlling apparatus, and electronic musical instrument capable of acquiring performance data An electronic organ 1 and a personal computer 2 are connected with a MIDI cable. The personal computer 2 is connected to a server 4 via a communication network 3. The personal computer 2 downloads a controlling program from ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294777 | Electronic tone generation system and batons therefor An electronic tone generation system including a plurality of separate, portable, handheld transmitters, or batons, that are provided as “instruments” to one or more players. Each baton can be activated to send a signal, preferably a wireless signal, to a single... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294776 | Content supply method and apparatus Client apparatus (10, 11, 12, . . . ) receives, from a server (20) or CD-ROM, content data and first management information that enables trial use of the content data and store the received content data and first management information in an HDD. When ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291780 | Transducer for converting between mechanical vibration and electrical signal The present invention provides a transducer for converting between mechanical vibration and electrical signal, the transducer comprising a housing enclosing a substantially cylindrical permanent magnet and a coil, the magnet having a side-to-side polar orientation. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288711 | Chord presenting apparatus and storage device storing a chord presenting computer program CPU 31 reads out plural chord data which are stored in external storage device 34 or the like and represent a series of chords, and presents to a user the chords represented by the chord data. In presenting the chords to the user, display 21 or ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7268287 | Music data providing apparatus, music data reception apparatus and program A music data providing apparatus comprises: a storage device that stores music data in a musical performance data event format; a receiver that receives a request for providing music data and a setting parameter from a user via a network; a converter that, in accord... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259315 | Waveform production method and apparatus Performance event data designating rendition style modules are supplied in order of time. When a given performance event data at a given time is to be processed in accordance with the supplied performance event data, another performance event data related to one or ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253350 | Vibration source driving device A vibration source driving device that realizes various vibration functions on portable telephones. The vibration source driving device includes a sound source for generating musical tone signals in response to music data. A vibration source to generate vibration, a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253351 | Performance data transmission controlling apparatus, and electronic musical instrument capable of acquiring performance data An electronic organ 1 and a personal computer 2 are connected with a MIDI cable. The personal computer 2 is connected to a server 4 via a communication network 3. The personal computer 2 downloads a controlling program from ... | 08/07/2007 |
