Top Inventors for class "Music" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | Ichiro Osuga | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200410964 - KEY ASSEMBLY AND KEYBOARD APPARATUS | 17 |
2 | Yuji Fujiwara | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Oct 16, 2014 / 20140305286 - KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING HALF PERFORMANCE OF PEDAL OR KEY DAMPER ON KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | 16 |
3 | Kenneth R. Lemons | US | Indianapolis, IN | Aug 29, 2013 / 20130220101 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING MUSIC AND OTHER SOUNDS | 16 |
4 | Kenichi Nishida | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277713 - SOUND PRODUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS, KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND SOUND PRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD | 15 |
5 | Akihiko Komatsu | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Jul 01, 2021 / 20210201869 - SOUND SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE, KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT AND SOUND SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD | 14 |
6 | Yamaha Corporation | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130204628 - ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND AUDIO GUIDE PROGRAM | 14 |
7 | Suresh Devalapalli | US | San Diego, CA | Oct 21, 2010 / 20100263520 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE SIMILARITY OF THE OUTPUT VOLUME BETWEEN AUDIO PLAYERS | 12 |
8 | Eli T. Manjarrez | US | Sunnyvale, CA | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150348526 - METHOD OF PLAYING CHORD INVERSIONS ON A VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT | 11 |
9 | Yasuhiko Oba | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277713 - SOUND PRODUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS, KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND SOUND PRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD | 11 |
10 | Ryuji Hashimoto | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170263222 - DRUM | 11 |
11 | Cosmos Lyles | US | New York, NY | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277711 - STRING TENSIONER FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | 10 |
12 | Yasushi Miyajima | JP | Kanagawa | Oct 21, 2021 / 20210327313 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 10 |
13 | Waleed Sami Haddad | US | San Francisco, CA | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170263232 - OPTOELECTRONIC PICKUP FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | 10 |
14 | Prajakt Kulkarni | US | San Diego, CA | Oct 14, 2021 / 20210319801 - SHARED SPEECH PROCESSING NETWORK FOR MULTIPLE SPEECH APPLICATIONS | 9 |
15 | Kirk Burgett | US | Sacramento, CA | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130247741 - LOST MOTION COMPENSATION DEVICE FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO ACTION | 9 |
16 | Hiroshi Harimoto | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Jan 26, 2017 / 20170025100 - Support Assembly and Keyboard Apparatus | 9 |
17 | Alexander Harry Little | US | Woodside, CA | Nov 19, 2015 / 20150332661 - MUSICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 9 |
18 | Takashi Mizuhiki | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Apr 23, 2015 / 20150110281 - SOUND EFFECT DATA GENERATING APPARATUS | 8 |
19 | Philip Lee Rovner | US | Timonium, MD | May 22, 2014 / 20140137718 - CLARINET MOUTHPIECE AND BARREL SYSTEM | 8 |
20 | Yuji Tabata | JP | Tokyo | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190005932 - ELECTRONIC WIND INSTRUMENT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC WIND INSTRUMENT, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC WIND INSTRUMENT | 8 |
21 | Akito Takegawa | JP | Chiba | May 19, 2016 / 20160140938 - DRUM HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE DRUM SHELL SEGMENTS | 8 |
22 | Andrzej Krol | US | Wayne, NJ | Sep 17, 2015 / 20150262564 - Eyebolt Bracket Assembly | 8 |
23 | Naoki Sato | JP | Nagoya | Aug 27, 2015 / 20150240850 - PIPE HOLDING DEVICE | 8 |
24 | Susan Yake Kenagy | US | Dix Hills, NY | Apr 09, 2015 / 20150096425 - Piano Extended Soft Pedal / CIP | 7 |
25 | Victor Filonovich | US | Clifton, NJ | Nov 12, 2015 / 20150325221 - ADJUSTABLE CAJON INSTRUMENT | 7 |
26 | Christoph Buskies | DE | Hamburg | Aug 06, 2015 / 20150221297 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RHYTHMIC ACCOMPANIMENT FOR A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE | 7 |
27 | Scott Finkle | US | Randolph, MA | May 05, 2016 / 20160125854 - Stringed Instrument System | 7 |
28 | Hideyuki Ishida | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200090633 - KEYBOARD DEVICE INCLUDING LINK MECHANISM | 7 |
29 | Shin Yamamoto | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160104464 - KEYBOARD DEVICE | 7 |
30 | Beverley I. Charles | US | Orlando, FL | Aug 04, 2011 / 20110185880 - Music Teaching Tool for Steel Pan and Drum Players and Associated Methods | 7 |
31 | Christopher Adams | DE | Hamburg | Jul 25, 2013 / 20130190092 - CONTROL DEVICE FOR A GAME CONSOLE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GAME CONSOLE | 7 |
32 | Yuichiro Suenaga | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Dec 27, 2018 / 20180374458 - KEY UNIT AND WIND INSTRUMENT | 7 |
33 | Hisashi Takeyama | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Sep 12, 2013 / 20130233150 - KEYBOARD APPARATUS | 7 |
34 | Georg Vochezer | DE | Argenbuehl-Christazhofen | Oct 02, 2014 / 20140290460 - SHOULDER SUPPORT FOR A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | 6 |
35 | Shunsuke Ichiki | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Jan 26, 2017 / 20170025100 - Support Assembly and Keyboard Apparatus | 6 |
36 | Marcus A. Matusiak | GB | Clifton | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160189698 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS AND CREATION OF MUSIC | 6 |
37 | Richard Simons | US | Garfield, NJ | Mar 19, 2015 / 20150075354 - Channeled Shaker | 6 |
38 | David Byrd Ribner | US | Andover, MA | Feb 04, 2016 / 20160035328 - DRUM AND DRUM-SET TUNER | 6 |
39 | Keith Mcmillen | US | Berkeley, CA | Aug 07, 2014 / 20140222243 - FOOT-OPERATED CONTROLLER | 6 |
40 | Scott Humphrey | US | Hollywood, CA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277661 - SYNCHRONIZED AUDIOVISUAL WORK | 6 |
41 | Franklin N. Eventoff | US | Bow, WA | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170178611 - ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | 6 |
42 | Tatsuya Dejima | JP | Tokyo | Dec 11, 2014 / 20140360341 - MUSIC PLAYING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, MUSIC PLAYING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 6 |
43 | Kosei Yamashita | JP | Kanagawa | May 05, 2016 / 20160125392 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM | 6 |
44 | Winfried Holl | DE | Illertissen-Au | Feb 06, 2014 / 20140033896 - TILTER FOR A STAND, IN PARTICULAR A CYMBAL STAND | 6 |
45 | Haruki Uehara | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160379514 - MUSICAL-PERFORMANCE-INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND MUSICAL-PERFORMANCE-INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | 6 |
46 | Yoshiyuki Kobayashi | JP | Tokyo | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220286746 - RECEPTION DEVICE AND RECEPTION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD | 6 |
47 | Motoyuki Takai | JP | Tokyo | Oct 15, 2015 / 20150293362 - IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, MOBILE APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | 6 |
48 | Takuya Fujishima | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210335331 - IMAGE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE | 6 |
49 | Kiyoshi Yoshino | JP | Hamamatsu-City | Mar 06, 2014 / 20140060284 - DRUM HEADS AND DRUMS | 6 |
50 | Yoshinari Yoshikawa | US | Los Altos, CA | Jan 21, 2016 / 20160019874 - INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLS | 6 |
51 | Nidish Ramachandra Kamath | US | Placentia, CA | Sep 25, 2008 / 20080235494 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE HARDWARE INSTRUCTION SET | 6 |
52 | Yoshiaki Mori | JP | Shizuoka | Jan 07, 2016 / 20160005386 - DRUM STAND | 6 |
53 | Esben Skovenborg | DK | Arhus C | Jul 25, 2013 / 20130186253 - POLYPHONIC TUNER | 6 |
54 | Kiyoshi Yoshino | JP | Shizuoka | Jun 25, 2015 / 20150179159 - ELECTRONIC CYMBAL | 6 |
55 | Yoshiaki Mori | JP | Hamamatsu-City | May 15, 2014 / 20140133901 - PIPE HOLDER ASSEMBLY | 6 |
56 | Yamaha Corporation | US | | Aug 29, 2013 / 20130227000 - Server Apparatus For Providing Contents To Terminal Devices | 6 |
57 | Jan-Hinnerk Helms | DE | Hamburg | Sep 12, 2013 / 20130233152 - Musical Instruction and Assessment Systems | 6 |
58 | Kenta Ohnishi | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Jul 23, 2015 / 20150206514 - INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | 6 |
59 | Alexander H. Little | US | Woodside, CA | Aug 06, 2015 / 20150221297 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RHYTHMIC ACCOMPANIMENT FOR A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE | 6 |
60 | Hideyuki Masuda | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130036895 - MUTE FOR BRASS INSTRUMENT | 6 |
61 | Gavin Van Wagoner | US | Salt Lake City, UT | Feb 26, 2015 / 20150053065 - STRINGED INSTRUMENT PRACTICE DEVICE AND SYSTEM | 6 |
62 | Clemens Homburg | DE | Hamburg | Jan 15, 2015 / 20150016631 - DYNAMIC TAIL SHORTENING | 6 |
63 | Paul Dowd | US | Bronxville, NY | Jan 23, 2014 / 20140020544 - STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING SPRING TENSION | 6 |
64 | Mitsuru Kitajima | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160104464 - KEYBOARD DEVICE | 6 |
65 | Lester F. Ludwig | US | Belmont, CA | Jul 10, 2014 / 20140195907 - TOUCH USER INTERFACE SUPPORTING GLOBAL AND CONTEXT-SPECIFIC TOUCH GESTURES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO AT LEAST ONE FINGER ANGLE | 5 |
66 | Julia D. Truchsess | US | Sandy Hook, CT | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170178612 - MECHANIZED SPRING DRUM | 5 |
67 | Kevin Burke | US | Haverhill, MA | Sep 24, 2009 / 20090235804 - HAMMER ASSEMBLY FOR GRAND PIANO | 5 |
68 | Tsutomu Sasaki | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Aug 04, 2011 / 20110185876 - KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | 5 |
69 | Tetsuichi Nakae | JP | Tokyo | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150348525 - ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOUND GENERATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | 5 |
70 | Reza Rassool | US | Stevenson Ranch, CA | Aug 29, 2013 / 20130220102 - Method for Generating a Musical Compilation Track from Multiple Takes | 5 |
71 | Junichi Minamitaka | JP | Tokyo | May 26, 2016 / 20160148606 - AUTOMATIC COMPOSITION APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC COMPOSITION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 5 |
72 | Emi Kanayama | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Sep 18, 2014 / 20140260921 - ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT | 5 |
73 | Wu-Hong Hsieh | TW | Lu Chou City | Feb 18, 2010 / 20100037747 - Portable instrument stand | 5 |
74 | Takashi Kato | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Oct 09, 2014 / 20140298976 - ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | 5 |
75 | Masao Sato | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Sep 18, 2014 / 20140260921 - ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT | 5 |
76 | Jamie Marks | US | Haverhill, MA | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130247741 - LOST MOTION COMPENSATION DEVICE FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO ACTION | 5 |
77 | Casio Computer Co., Ltd. | JP | Tokyo | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130204898 - TEXT SEARCH APPARATUS AND TEXT SEARCH METHOD | 5 |
78 | Brian R. Shim | US | Providence, RI | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130100505 - DOCUMENT SCANNER FOR A HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE | 5 |
79 | Michihiko Sasaki | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Aug 23, 2012 / 20120214644 - NOTIFICATION SIGNAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD | 5 |
80 | Matthias Gros | DE | Hamburg | Aug 06, 2015 / 20150221297 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RHYTHMIC ACCOMPANIMENT FOR A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE | 5 |
81 | Richard A. Sikra | US | Thousand Oaks, CA | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160379609 - DRUM PEDAL WITH INTERLOCKING FEATURES | 5 |
82 | Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Jul 18, 2013 / 20130180390 - KEYBOARD DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT | 5 |
83 | Ge Wang | US | Palo Alto, CA | Jan 07, 2016 / 20160005416 - Continuous Pitch-Corrected Vocal Capture Device Cooperative with Content Server for Backing Track Mix | 5 |
84 | Ray Enhoffer | US | Clifton, NJ | Mar 19, 2015 / 20150075354 - Channeled Shaker | 5 |
85 | Dana Mazzaglia | US | Haverhill, MA | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130247741 - LOST MOTION COMPENSATION DEVICE FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO ACTION | 5 |
86 | Tatsuya Hiraku | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160111068 - METHOD OF FABRICATING BOW STICK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENT AND BOW STICK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENT | 5 |
87 | Akihiro Suzuki | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293068 - KEYBOARD DEVICE FOR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT | 5 |
88 | Samuel Ruttenberg | US | Cherry Hill, NJ | Nov 07, 2013 / 20130291707 - HINGED DRUMSTICK | 5 |
89 | Kouichi Kashiwazaki | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | May 23, 2013 / 20130125734 - MUSICAL SOUND GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MUSICAL SOUND BASED ON ELEMENT DATA | 5 |
90 | Tsun-Chi Liao | TW | Taichung City | Jul 03, 2014 / 20140182445 - PEDAL BEATING APPARATUS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | 5 |
91 | Gerhard Lengeling | US | Los Altos Hills, CA | Nov 28, 2013 / 20130318464 - Altering Sound Output on a Virtual Music Keyboard | 5 |
92 | Shigeru Muramatsu | JP | Mori-Machi | Sep 29, 2011 / 20110232456 - UPRIGHT PIANO TYPE ACTION | 5 |
93 | Jim Dunlop | US | Benicia, CA | Apr 23, 2015 / 20150107436 - CAPO DEVICE | 5 |
94 | Michael Wallace | US | Vancouver, WA | Dec 17, 2015 / 20150362359 - System and Method for Maintaining Recipe Ratios when Measuring Ingredients for Culinary Combinations | 5 |
95 | William D. Turner | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 02, 2015 / 20150090100 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES | 5 |
96 | Yoshiya Matsuo | JP | Hamamatsu-Shi | Jul 23, 2015 / 20150206514 - INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | 4 |
97 | Hartley D. Peavey | US | Meridian, MS | Jul 14, 2011 / 20110170716 - Methods And Apparatus For Variable Solid State-To-Tube Rectification In An Amplifier | 4 |
98 | Akihiro Komori | JP | Tokyo | Oct 21, 2021 / 20210327430 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | 4 |
99 | Randall L. May | US | Newport Beach, CA | Jun 14, 2012 / 20120144974 - INSTRUMENT AND SPEAKER LIFT STAND | 4 |
100 | Randall L. May | US | Irvine, CA | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210012757 - Drum Suspension Apparatus | 4 |