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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7626112 | Music editing apparatus and method and program There is provided a music editing apparatus for remix reproducing a plurality of sound materials, each formed from part or the entirety of a music piece, in combination, including a reproduction pattern control section, a reproduction speed control section; and a pi... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7462772 | Music composition system and method A system for music composition including: a display module configured to display data; a graphical user interface module in communication with the music data control module, and configured to interface with a user; a music data control module in communication with t... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459626 | Apparatus and method for detecting displacement of a movable member of an electronic musical instrument An apparatus for detecting the displacement of a movable member of an electronic musical instrument. The apparatus has superior mechanical durability compared to displacement sensors of the past and can withstand long-term use. The apparatus includes a sensor that p... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459624 | Game controller simulating a musical instrument A simulated musical instrument may be used to alter the audio of a video game, the video aspects of video game, or both. Use of a controller simulating a musical instrument allows a rhythm-action game can be enjoyed in a manner closer to a realistic state of playing... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459615 | Musical tone apparatus and method for manufacturing or altering musical tone apparatus A soundboard, which vibrates and generates tones, does not hit the mounting member (components); as a result abnormal vibration/noise is not caused; a contact members are contacted and attached on the both sides of the soundboard which generates tones; the contact m... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456352 | System of electronic musical instrument and mobile wireless terminal set An electronic musical instrument is constructed to treat music information associated to music tones, and can be coupled to a mobile wireless terminal set communicable with a public communication network. In the electronic musical instrument, a main block processes ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453038 | Musical piece extraction program, apparatus, and method Disclosed herein is a musical piece extraction program stored in a computer-readable storage medium, the program causing a computer to perform a process including the steps of, detecting a musical piece likeliness of each of pieces of processing-unit data that const... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453040 | Active bridge for stringed musical instruments A musical instrument may include a musical instrument body, a vibrating element associated with the musical instrument body for producing musical sounds, a transducer coupled to a portion of the vibrating element to apply forces to the vibrating element, a sensor re... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453035 | Methods and systems for providing musical interfaces An exemplary embodiment of a method of selecting a portion of an input of a musical instrument within a display window in a graphical user interface for staff-based musical notation and a computer readable medium containing a program code for selecting the portion a... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453033 | Detachable top pickup for musical stringed instruments A detachable and portable top pickup for a musical stringed instrument, comprising a clamp having an open end for attaching a top pickup on a pickup holder to a section of a guitar and a connector coupling the top pickup to an elongated bar, the connector allowing t... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7446251 | Musical accessory having tuner and/or metronome and having power generation function Disclosed is a musical accessory, equipped with a tuner for stringed instruments and/or a metronome, capable of generating power by itself, which is convenient to use. In an aspect, the musical accessory comprises a casing housing a sensor, an amplifier, an A/D conv... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7439440 | Audio player using sigma-delta pulse-width modulation An audio player using sigma-delta pulse-width modulation includes a Δ-Σ PWM unit, a drive unit, a speaker unit, and an error prediction unit. The Δ-Σ PWM unit receives an input signal and generates a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal by means of sigma-delta pu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432435 | Tone synthesis apparatus and method Dynamics value is acquired intermittently at predetermined time periods, and a waveform data set for a sustain tone, corresponding to the acquired dynamics value, is specified from among waveform data sets stored in a memory. To generate a tone waveform while switch... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7429699 | Electronic musical instrument and recording medium that stores processing program for the electronic musical instrument In an electronic musical instrument, when a musical tone delay time T1 read from a delay time table TBL depending on a velocity generated by a key being pressed has elapsed, a hammer string-striking sound is generated from musical tone waveform data selected ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427710 | Pickup apparatus A pickup apparatus for independently detecting the vibrations of each of a plurality of strings, and an electronic stringed instrument utilizing the pickup apparatus. The pickup apparatus minimizes the crosstalk effects between the different pickups by positioning t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427705 | Guitar pick recorder and playback device The invention disclosed herein comprises a guitar pick with a built-in recorder and playback device. The invention allows guitarists to record an audio sample into the recorder, then play it back directly through an amplified guitar or microphone. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423213 | Multi-dimensional transformation systems and display communication architecture for compositions and derivations thereof A composition display system produces a display presentation in one of a plurality of formats from an original composition, the formats being created from the original composition responsive to input variables and a selected operating mode. The system is comprised o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423214 | System and method for the creation and playback of animated, interpretive, musical notation and audio synchronized with the recorded performance of an original artist A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perha... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7420110 | Carrier assembly for percussion instruments A percussion instrument holder that allows attachment to a user mounted carrier. The holder allows adjustment for positioning about the user, and pivoting of the holder to allow the holder to pivot or rotate up to allow the holder with instruments to fit a narrower ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420115 | Memory access controller for musical sound generating system In an access controller provided for a musical sound signal generating system, a signal generating section operates when a readout of wave data of one block stored in a working memory is completed in a sound channel, for supplying a next waveform request signal to a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420116 | Music data modifier for music data expressing delicate nuance, musical instrument equipped with the music data modifier and music system A music data modifier receives pieces of original music data from a master hybrid piano, and partially modifies the pieces of original music data to pieces of modified music data for a slave hybrid piano; each piece of original music data contains a series of values... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7414377 | System and method for automatic current limit control A motor controller system comprises solid state switches for connection between an AC line and motor terminals for controlling application of AC power to the motor. A sensor senses AC line voltage. A control circuit controls operation of the solid state switches. Th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7408108 | Multiple-paramenter instrument keyboard combining key-surface touch and key-displacement sensor arrays An invention extending functionality and applications of traditional music keyboards. Individual musical keyboard keys may have individual key displacement sensors measuring key travel. Individual keys may further include surface sensors measuring two additional par... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408106 | Tele-karaoke A system and method of tele-karaoke that enables a user to perform and record karaoke using a terminal such as a cellular telephone. The karaoke performance is recorded as an MMS message which subsequently allows a user to send the recorded performance to others. Th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405354 | Music ensemble system, controller used therefor, and program A music ensemble system that enables changing the assignment of playing parts to performance terminals with a simpler operation. The music ensemble system comprising a plurality of performance terminals and a controller capable of communicating with the performance ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405351 | Event activated wind chime system and method of use An event activated wind chime system and method of use are disclosed. In one form, an event activated wind chime system includes a wind chime assembly including at least one wind chime element proximally located to a striker operable to contact the wind chime elemen... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402741 | Keyboard apparatus A keyboard apparatus which is capable of imparting a natural key depression feeling with a definite and positive load change, with a simplified construction. A key touch feeling-imparting mechanism imparts a predetermined key touch feeling to a key when it is depres... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402744 | MIDI file steganography Method for providing steganography in MIDI files. Present invention provides list steganography algorithms and methods for their application to MIDI files. Present invention further provides a 300% increase in average encoding rate and better implementation of stego... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390955 | Metronome with wireless transducer A metronome for use by a musician or group of musicians generally includes a signal generator for producing an electrical signal according to a desired timing scheme and one or more transducers in wireless communication with the signal generator. Each transducer, wh... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388144 | Method and device for storing main information with associated additional information incorporated therein To store main information with associated additional information incorporated therein, data constituting the additional information is divided into a plurality of small-size data pieces of, e.g., one bit. Then, the respective values of particular ones of predetermin... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7385134 | Wind musical instrument having pads for closing tone holes with mechanical assistance and supporting system used therein A saxophone has a complicated key mechanism for selectively closing and opening tone holes, and fingering on touch buttons and keys is not easy for children, handicapped persons and old players; a supporting system is combined with the saxophone so as to assist a hu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385132 | Electronic music apparatus and music-related data display method There are provided a first storage section that stores text files each including at least text data, and a second storage section that stores registration data including predetermined performance environment setting information and text file selection information sp... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381884 | Sound generating hand wear A glove includes a body that is positional about a user's hand. Speakers are embedded within the body and are coupled to the amp. Mechanisms are included for sensing external forces on each finger and for generating control signals when the external forces are detec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381882 | Performance control apparatus and storage medium A performance control apparatus which can reflect operations carried out by a user on variations in dynamics in real time to achieve performance expressions such as crescendo and decrescendo. A keyboard generates performance timing information in response to perform... | 06/03/2008 |
