Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130068084 | ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An electronic keyboard musical instrument, including: a key; a mass body driven by a depressed key for pivotally moving in a movement region between a rest position and an end position; a back check portion to back check the mass body; a position detecting portion to detect a position of the mass body; and a controller for controlling silencing of a tone, such that the currently generated tone is silenced when the mass body reaches a preset tone silencing position in its movement from the end position to the rest position, wherein the controller is configured to change the tone silencing position on the basis of respective times required for the mass body to pass through first and second sub regions of the movement region in the movement of the mass body, the second sub region being located nearer to the rest position than the first sub region. | 03-21-2013 |
20130079910 | UPDATING MUSIC CONTENT OR PROGRAM TO USABLE STATE IN COOPERATION WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC AUDIO APPARATUS - A storage section stores therein one or more sets of music content and/or function executing programs, at least a part of the sets of music content and/or function executing programs being set in a non-usable state at least in an initial state. An audio signal containing additional information is received from an external electronic audio apparatus, and a determination is made as to whether the additional information satisfies a predetermined condition. If the additional information satisfies the predetermined condition, any of the sets of music content and/or function executing programs, stored in the storage section, that is currently set in the non-usable state is updated to a usable state. A model of the external electronic audio apparatus is identified, and any of the sets of music content and/or function executing programs that corresponds to the identified model is updated to the usable state. | 03-28-2013 |
20130118267 | Strain Sensor - A strain sensor includes a flexible substrate, a CNT film made of a plurality of CNT fibers aligned in an orientation direction, a pair of electrodes, and a protective coat. The electrodes are formed at the opposite ends of the CNT film in a perpendicular direction to the orientation direction of the CNT fibers. The protective coat protecting the CNT film is made of a resin, a water-based emulsion, or an oil-based emulsion. The protective coat is placed in contact with at least part of the CTN fibers on the surface of the CNT film. The strain sensor including the protective coat is able to prevent damage/breakage of the CNT film and to prevent foreign matters from entering into gaps between CNT fibers, thus improving durability in maintaining adequate sensing functionality. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125733 | MUSICAL SOUND GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MUSICAL SOUND BASED ON ELEMENT DATA - In a musical sound generator that generates plural element tones based on plural pieces of element data and generates a musical sound by combining the generated element tones, a selector selects, upon detecting a sound generation control event, one or more pieces of element data among the plural pieces of element data according to the sound generation control event and in the way corresponding to the sound generation type of each of the plural pieces of element data, and a generator generates, in accordance with each of the element data selected by the selector, an element tone having sound characteristics corresponding to the parameter included in the detected sound generation control event and the characteristic control data included in each of the selected element data. | 05-23-2013 |
20130125734 | MUSICAL SOUND GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MUSICAL SOUND BASED ON ELEMENT DATA - In a musical sound generator that generates plural element tones based on plural pieces of element data and generates a musical sound by combining the generated element tones, a selector selects, upon detecting a sound generation control event, one or more pieces of element data among the plural pieces of element data according to the sound generation control event and in the way corresponding to the sound generation type of each of the plural pieces of element data, and a generator generates, in accordance with each of the element data selected by the selector, an element tone having sound characteristics corresponding to the parameter included in the detected sound generation control event and the characteristic control data included in each of the selected element data. | 05-23-2013 |
20130126268 | Acoustic Structure - An acoustic structure (e.g. an acoustic tuning panel) includes a plurality of boards and a plurality of resonance tubes with a plurality of openings. The openings are formed at different positions on the side faces of the resonance tubes. One resonance tube may be interposed in and supported by a pair of boards, or one board may be interposed in and supported by a pair of resonance tubes. The resonance tubes are mutually movable in the axial direction so as to independently adjust the opening area of the opening of the resonance tube. With this behavior, it is possible to adjust a ratio of the opening area of the resonance tube to the sectional area of the internal cavity of the resonance tube, thus adjusting the bandwidth of a band causing a sound-absorbing effect and a sound-scattering effect in an acoustic space (e.g. a sound chamber). | 05-23-2013 |
20130129099 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE - In a sound processing device, an index value calculation unit calculates a first index value that follows change of a sound signal at a first following degree and a second index value that follows the change of the sound signal at a second following degree which is lower than the first following degree. An adjustment value calculation unit calculates an adjustment value effective to adjust a reverberation component of the sound signal based on difference between the first index value and the second index value. A reverberation adjustment unit applies the adjustment value to the sound signal. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129121 | ELECTROSTATIC LOUDSPEAKER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROSTATIC LOUDSPEAKER - An electrostatic loudspeaker includes: a first electrode; a second electrode which is opposed to the first electrode; and a vibrating member which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in which an insulation membrane and a conductive membrane are stacked, the insulation membrane being disposed on both end faces of the vibrating member in a direction of the stacking. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131841 | Remote Control System and Method - When a controlled device receives a change command from a control device, the controlled device changes a real current memory, generates a change notification that includes first data indicative of the control device having transmitted the change command and second data indicative of the change result in response to the change command, and transmits the generated change notification to the plurality of control devices. Each control device receives a change notification from the controlled devices, changes a virtual current memory based on the second data of the change notification if the first data of the change notification does not indicate the control device. Each control device does not change the virtual current based on the second data included in the change notification if the first data indicates the control device. | 05-23-2013 |
20130145922 | Signal Processing Device - A signal processing device is designed to automatically calculate a transfer characteristic representing sound-box resonance of a guitar due to acoustic excitation of vibration which may occur due to white noise. White noise emitted toward the guitar causes vibration propagating via strings so as to produce an audio signal via a pickup. A transfer characteristic is calculated based on an audio signal and a white-noise signal. A filter performs convolution, using the transfer characteristic, on audio data representing user's playing sound of the guitar, thus reproducing sound-box resonance indicating distinctive peaks which may appear in a low-frequency range of guitar's sound. It is possible to store a plurality of transfer characteristics in memory, whereby any user may be allowed to select a desired transfer characteristic among transfer functions stored in memory or to utilize a transfer characteristic actually calculated by the signal processing device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146389 | Speaker - A speaker, including: a casing having a baffle plate; and a sound source fixed to the baffle plate of the casing, wherein at least one cutout is formed in the baffle plate, the at least one cutout having a configuration in which a width of the at least one cutout increases with an increase in a distance from the sound source. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151556 | SOUND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - For each performance part, a database stores therein a plurality of part performance data. The part performance data for each part includes a sound generation pattern and tone data corresponding thereto. A query pattern indicative of a sound generation pattern to be made an object of search is input by a user. A search is made through the database for part performance data including a sound generation pattern matching the query pattern. In response to a user's operation, one part performance data is identified from among searched-out results, and the sound generation pattern of the identified part performance data is instructed as a new query pattern. Then, a further search is made through the database for part performance data including a sound generation pattern matching the new query pattern. The searched-out pattern can be edited by the user and a further search can be made based on the edited pattern. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156228 | Sound Processing Apparatus, Sound System and Sound Processing Method - A sound processing apparatus processes a first sound signal and a second sound signal. The sound processing apparatus includes a first adjustor which adjusts a volume of the first sound signal, a second adjustor which adjusts a volume of the second sound signal, and a control unit which causes the first adjustor and the second adjustor to adjust the first sound signal gradually changed over a first gradually-change time and the second sound signal gradually changed over a second gradually-change time, wherein the second gradually-change time is shorter than and included in the first gradually-change time. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156236 | Audio Apparatus and Method of Changing Sound Emission Mode - An audio apparatus includes a main body, a plurality of speakers provided in the main body, a storage section configured to store a conversion table which indicates a correspondence between postures of the main body and control contents of audio signals to be supplied to the speakers, and a control section configured to refer to the conversion table of the storage section, and control the audio signals to be supplied to the speakers in accordance with a posture of the main body. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162649 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A control section analyzes sound data to acquire data indicative of a plurality of attributes, such as pitch and volume, and displays, on a display screen, graphics indicative of the acquired pitch and volume. At that time, the control section displays, on the display screen, a pitch curve where a value of pitch is represented by the vertical axis while the passage of time is represented by the horizontal axis. Also, at a position on the display screen based on a displayed position of the pitch curve, the control section displays a volume graphic where a level of volume is represented by a length or distance or width, in the vertical-axis direction, of the volume graphic. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163782 | Sound Processing Apparatus and Sound Processing Method - A sound processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit which acquires control information including at least one of mode information for designating a reproduction mode of the sound processing apparatus and attribute information for designating an attribute of an audio content represented by a sound signal, a frequency band expansion unit which performs frequency band expansion processing for adding an expanded component generated from the sound signal to the sound signal, and a control unit which changes parameters to be applied to the frequency band expansion processing in accordance with the control information acquired by the information acquisition unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163786 | MIXING SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MIXING SIGNAL PROCESSING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - User is allowed to designate a desired mode defining the respective numbers of channels and mixing buses, and processing for mixing input signals of the number of channels corresponding to the designated mode is performed repetitively to generate signals for the individual buses. The time of arrival of the last step in the mixing processing for the number of channels, corresponding to the designated mode, is detected to output an accumulation result obtained at the last step, and new accumulation is started with a digital audio signal inputted at a step following the last step. Digital audio signals processed by a first signal processing circuit are stored into a memory and transmitted to a second signal processing circuit via a cascade-connection. The second signal processing circuit adds the audio signal, processed for each of the steps, to audio signals input via the cascade-connection and writes added signal into the memory. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166478 | Content Management Apparatus - When modification information acquired by an acquisition unit indicates that content is a modification of other content, a computation unit calculates charge of the content by summing a charge of the other content and a price of the content and stores charge information indicating the calculated charge in a storage unit in correspondence to the content. When the modification information corresponding to used content indicates that the used content is a modification of other content, an addition unit adds a price of the other content to a distributed amount allocated to a creator who creates the other content. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173262 | VOICE CLARIFICATION APPARATUS - The voice clarification apparatus includes a plurality of band-pass filters that respectively extract a plurality of band components, which are included in a voice band, from an input audio signal; a gain determination unit that determines a gain according to the level of a signal of a band component which is extracted by at least one band-pass filter of the plurality of band-pass filters; a level adjustment unit that adjusts the levels of signals of the plurality of band components which are extracted by the plurality of band-pass filters using the gain; and a first addition unit that adds a signal which is based on the audio signal to a signal in which the gain is adjusted by the level adjustment unit, and outputs a signal obtained through the addition. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174714 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE APPARATUS - A musical performance apparatus has a waveform memory WM in which sample values indicative of waveforms of a plurality of tones are stored so that the sampling periods correspond to addresses. The musical performance apparatus also has a tone generation circuit | 07-11-2013 |
20130174715 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM - The musical performance apparatus has a ROM | 07-11-2013 |
20130174716 | WAVEFORM DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND WAVEFORM DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - The waveform data generating apparatus has a waveform data generating circuit WP which inputs a digital signal formed of a plurality of bits which form a control signal for controlling an external apparatus, and generates waveform data indicative of a waveform of a control tone which corresponds to the input digital signal, is formed of tones corresponding to respective values of the bits of the input digital signal, and is formed of frequency components included in a certain high frequency band. The waveform data generating circuit WP has a basic waveform data extraction portion WP | 07-11-2013 |
20130174718 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE APPARATUS - A musical performance apparatus is provided with a tone generation circuit | 07-11-2013 |
20130180376 | DRIVE MECHANISM OF LIFTING RAIL FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING THE SAME - A drive mechanism of a lifting rail for a musical instrument including a lifting rail, the drive mechanism including: a connection member connected to the lifting rail; and a movement-force giving mechanism configured to move the lifting rail via the connection member, wherein the lifting rail includes: a hollow portion opening at one end; and a through-hole formed through an upright wall portion of the lifting rail, wherein the connection member includes: an insertion member having an attachment hole corresponding to the through-hole; a fixing member for connecting the lifting rail and the connection member; and a contact portion configured to come into contact with the one end of the lifting rail when the insertion member is inserted in the hollow portion by a prescribed distance so as to prevent the insertion member from being further inserted in the hollow portion, thereby positioning the attachment hole relative to the through-hole. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180377 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH A PEDAL, AND METHOD THEREFOR - In a player piano, a position sensor is provided cm an end portion of a lifting rail for detecting a vertical position of the lifting rail. In storing performance data of dampers, a signal output from the position sensor and indicative of a vertical position of the lifting rail is converted into a digital signal, and a position value indicative of the position of the lifting rail is generated on the basis of the digital signal and stored into a buffer. A conversion section converts the position value into a vertical position of a pedal rod connected to a damper pedal, and the thus-converted vertical position is converted, into a control value which a control change message of the damper pedal in MIDI-format data can take. The control value obtained in the aforementioned manner can be recorded into a recording medium as performance information. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180387 | SPEAKER UNIT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A speaker unit used for a musical instrument and configured to generate music sounds based on a performance operation in a main body of the musical instrument, including: an electrostatic speaker; and a stationary portion which is a portion fixed to the main body of the musical instrument or which is a member attachable to the main body of the musical instrument, wherein the electrostatic speaker is supported by the stationary portion such that at least one of a position and a posture of the electrostatic speaker with respect to the stationary portion is variable. | 07-18-2013 |
20130180391 | DAMPER DRIVE DEVICE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An elongated lifting rail is displaceable to collectively pivot a plurality of damper levers. An actuator is provided beside or underneath the lifting rail for automatically displacing the lifting rail. The lifting rail is displaced, in response to driving of the actuator, to displace the damper levers so that the dampers are moved away from contact with sounding members. Further, a position sensor is provided for detecting a displaced position of the lifting rail, so that position data detected by the position sensor is used for operating position control and/or operating position recording of the dampers. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188810 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RECORDING METHOD - A processing apparatus communicatively connected with a mixer apparatus and having an audio recording function is capable of recording in real time audio signals of one or more channels output from the mixer apparatus. When a snapshot change is to be made for collectively changing a state of a set of signal-processing setting data, the mixer apparatus transmits, to the processing apparatus, a command for setting a given parameter. Upon receipt of the command, the processing sets and records the given parameter, instructed by the received command, into a project that is recording in real time the audio signals of one or more channels. | 07-25-2013 |
20130192448 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A STATE OF TONE GENERATION APPARATUS - An electronic musical instrument is capable of generating tones in correspondence with individual ones of a plurality of sound generation parts and allocating desired sound colors and pitch ranges to the individual sound generation parts. A display area for displaying information related to the plurality of sound generation parts is presented on a display device. The individual sound generation parts are set either in a sound generating state or in a non-sound-generating state. The display area is divided in order to set sub display areas corresponding to one or more of the sound generation parts having been set in the sound generating state. The information related to the sound generation parts, having been set in the sound generating state, is displayed in the corresponding sub display areas. | 08-01-2013 |
20130199356 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS - A keyboard apparatus wherein a hammer body having movable and stationary engagement portions is configured such that, in its pivotal movement in a forward direction, a click feeling in a key depression touch is generated when the movable engagement portion comes into contact with and gets over the stationary engagement portion, wherein a distance from a hammer pivot shaft to the movable engagement portion at a certain key stroke position in a key depression stroke becomes smaller with an increase in a pressing drive force, and wherein the movable engagement portion comes into contact with the stationary engagement portion in the pivotal movement in the forward direction where a magnitude of the pressing drive force is less than a prescribed value, and the movable engagement portion does not come into contact with the same where the magnitude of the force is equal to or larger than the prescribed value. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202133 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An audio signal processing system for recording a sound inputted into a channel of a mixer which receives a plurality of audio signals, processes the audio signals in a plurality of channels and outputs the processed signals, and reproducing the recorded audio signal for adjusting parameters of the mixer is provided. The audio signal processing system records, when record is instructed a channel is selected, an audio signal inputted to the selected channel with relation information indicating the selected channel, and reproduces, when reproduction is instructed and a channel is selected, an audio signal which has been stored with relation information indicating the selected channel. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204623 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND FUNCTION GUIDE METHOD THEREOF - In an electronic apparatus having a plurality of functions, a connecting unit connects the electronic apparatus to an external device which presents text information in a form recognizable by a visually impaired user. A function selection unit selects a function to be executed. A storage unit stores a table defining correspondence between the plurality of functions and a plurality of text files each containing text information. A text file selection unit selects a text file corresponding to the selected function with reference to the table. An acquisition unit acquires file information from the selected text file. A transmission unit transmits the acquired file information to the external device. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204628 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND AUDIO GUIDE PROGRAM - In an electronic apparatus, a function selection unit selects a function to be executed. A storage unit stores a table defining correspondence between a plurality of functions and a plurality of audio data. An audio data specifying unit specifies audio data corresponding to the function selected by the function selection unit with reference to the table. A search target determination unit determines whether or not a source of the audio data exists as a search target. A search unit searches the source for the audio data specified by the audio data specifying unit when the search target determination unit determines that the source exists. A playback unit plays back the audio data located by the search unit. | 08-08-2013 |