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Космические корабли и станции, автоматические КА и методы их проектирования, бортовые комплексы управления, системы и средства жизнеобеспечения, особенности технологии производства ракетно-космических систем

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Мониторинг СМИ и социальных сетей. Сканирование интернета, новостных сайтов, специализированных контентных площадок на базе мессенджеров. Гибкие настройки фильтров и первоначальных источников.

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05-01-2012 дата публикации

Stroke sensing device for percussion instruments

Номер: US20120000345A1
Автор: Yoshiaki Mori
Принадлежит: Roland Corp

A percussion instrument striking detection device is configured to minimize time lag from striking the head until detection of head vibrations and for reliable detection of the vibrations in conformance with the striking force without regard to the head condition. A striking member has a vibration sensor. Therefore, the distance from the striking location on the head to the vibration sensor can be short, to minimize time lag. In addition, the effect of the tension or the material of the head on the vibrations detected by the vibration sensor can be minimized and vibrations in conformance with the striking force can be reliably detected.

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12-01-2012 дата публикации

Apparatus and method for playing musical instrument using augmented reality technique in mobile terminal

Номер: US20120007884A1
Автор: Ki-Yeung Kim
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

An apparatus and a method related to an application of a mobile terminal using an augmented reality technique capture an image of a musical instrument directly drawn/sketched by a user to recognize the particular relevant musical instrument, and provide an effect of playing the musical instrument on the recognized image as if a real instrument were being played. The apparatus preferably includes an image recognizer and a sound source processor. The image recognizer recognizes a musical instrument on an image through a camera. The sound source processor outputs the recognized musical instrument on the image on a display unit to use the same for a play, and matches the musical instrument play on the image to a musical instrument play output on the display unit.

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19-01-2012 дата публикации

Operation detection apparatus

Номер: US20120011989A1
Автор: Yuji Takahashi
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

Operation detection apparatus includes a sensor section, and a pad formed of a transparent or translucent material and including at least one hitting portion provided on its surface. The hitting portion is suitable for being hit by a user. The sensor section is provided in a region positionally corresponding to the hitting portion under the pad, to detect hitting of the hitting portion. The sensor section includes a see-through portion provided in association with the hitting portion for allowing a region below the sensor section to be partly seen therethrough. The sensor section is sheet-shaped as a whole, and the see-through portion is an opening provided in a predetermined position of the sheet-shaped sensor section. Display area is located under the sensor section and exposed through the opening.

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26-01-2012 дата публикации

Tone generation control apparatus

Номер: US20120017749A1
Автор: Ryuji Hashimoto
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

A tone generation apparatus detects a position of a mouthpiece section having been pressed by a human player holding the mouthpiece section in his or her mouth. The tone generation apparatus identifies a tone pitch on the basis of the detected position and human player's operation on a piston control. Also, the tone generation apparatus detects a pressure of breath blown by the human player into the mouthpiece section and generates a tone signal of a wind instrument having the identified tone pitch, and audibly reproduces the tone signal after amplifying the tone signal in accordance with a tone volume level corresponding to the detected pressure of breath.

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09-02-2012 дата публикации

Pedal Apparatus

Номер: US20120031253A1
Автор: Kiyoshi Yoshino
Принадлежит: Roland Corp

A pedal apparatus that suppress the generation of acoustic sound at the time of operation includes a belt member made of an elastic material linked to an upright section of a main body section and a belt fastening section of a pedal. When the pedal is stepped on by a performer, the belt member is tensioned from a relaxed state and displaced to a linear form while being subjected to elastic deformation. When the pedal is further stepped on from that state, the displacement of the pedal is limited by the tensile force of the belt member. Accordingly, the generation of the striking sound that would otherwise be produced due to the impacting of bodies against each other to limit the pedal displacement can be avoided.

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09-02-2012 дата публикации

Keyboard for musical instrument, and instrument comprising such a keyboard

Номер: US20120031254A1
Автор: Julien Hotrique
Принадлежит: Individual

A polyphonic, chromatic keyboard, whose notes are alternately distributed across two sub-keyboards arranged in thirds on each sub-keyboard. On each sub-keyboard, the notes are distributed across a tiling of basic triangles that is symmetrical from one sub-keyboard to the other and that peaks at one note, i.e. the major third thereof, and the minor third thereof. Thus, the quality of an interval, and consequently that of a chord or mode, does not vary with a nearby symmetry/translation. The harmonic material is represented by easily memorizable shapes. The relationships between chords are represented by geometrical movements. The keyboard can thus be a pedagogical aid for learning and understanding harmonic rules. The keyboard enables the user to play a bass line and a harmonic or melodic accompaniment simultaneously, feel the harmonic rhythm, and play with virtuosity. The keyboard can be fit onto a portable instrument, thus making it possible to play comfortably.

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01-03-2012 дата публикации

Electronic hi-hat cymbal controller

Номер: US20120048099A1
Автор: Jan Wissmuller
Принадлежит: Alesis LP

An electronic hi-hat cymbal controller is disclosed. The controller includes a hi-hat cymbal stand with a foot pedal configured and arranged to mechanically lift a control shaft. A lower cymbal is supported by the hi-hat cymbal stand. An upper cymbal is supported by the control shaft and oriented over the lower cymbal. And a position detector is configured and arranged to detect the position of the control shaft relative to the hi-hat cymbal stand.

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15-03-2012 дата публикации

Device and method for rhythm training

Номер: US20120060666A1
Автор: Andy Shoniker
Принадлежит: Individual

A programmable rhythm trainer configured to operate on a general purpose computing device including a handheld computing device or a mobile communication device. According to an embodiment, the programmable rhythm trainer comprises a component configured to generate a mix or chain comprising one or more bars and each the bars comprising one or more note arrangements. According to an embodiment, the programmable rhythm trainer comprises a component configured to rearrange one or more of the bars in the chain and save the rearranged chain to memory. According to an embodiment, the programmable rhythm trainer comprises a component configured to rearrange one or more of the note arrangements belonging to one of the bars. According to an embodiment, the programmable rhythm trainer comprises a component configured to set a beats-per-minute for one or more the chains in response to a user input. According to an embodiment, the programmable rhythm trainer comprises a graphical user interface and input for manipulating one or more of the notes, the note arrangements, the bars and/or the chains or mixes. According to an embodiment, the programmable rhythm trainer comprises an application or software program configured to run on computing device. According to another embodiment, the programmable rhythm trainer comprises a portable or handheld device.

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15-03-2012 дата публикации

Device and method for interpreting musical gestures

Номер: US20120062718A1
Автор: Dominique David

Musical rendition is provided through the use of microsensors, in particular of accelerometers and magnetometers or rate gyros, and through an appropriate processing of the signals from the microsensors. In particular, the processing uses a merging of the data output from the microsensors to eliminate false alarms in the form of movements of the user unrelated to the music. The velocity of the musical strikes is also measured. Embodiments make it possible to control the running of mp3 or wav type music files to be played back.

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22-03-2012 дата публикации

Polyphonic tuner

Номер: US20120067192A1
Принадлежит: TC Group AS

The present invention relates to a musical instrument tuner, e.g. a guitar tuner, featuring different levels of detail for displaying monophonic and polyphonic characteristics of an input signal.

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29-03-2012 дата публикации

Tone generating style notification control for wind instrument having mouthpiece section

Номер: US20120073424A1
Автор: Ryuji Hashimoto
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

Detection is made of a physical amount caused by operation performed on a mouthpiece with a human player's mouth, and a tone pitch corresponding to the detected physical amount is identified by referencing a memory storing information defining relationship between various ranges of the physical amount and tone pitches. Expected tone generating style is notified to the player based on the identified tone pitch. The memory contains a pitch table defining relationship between various ranges of the physical amount and tone pitches, and a gain table defining gain information corresponding to deviations of the physical amount from a predetermined reference point for each tone pitch and within the range of the physical amount corresponding to the tone pitch. For the detected physical amount, a tone pitch and gain information are identified by referencing the pitch gain tables, so that the identified tone pitch and gain information is notified.

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29-03-2012 дата публикации

Sound processing device, sound processing method, information storage medium, and program

Номер: US20120077592A1
Автор: Yuichi Asami
Принадлежит: Individual

Sound output units ( 201 A, 201 B) output sounds, respectively. A detection unit ( 202 ) detects existence/absence of depression performed by a player on each of a plurality of operation targets to be operated. A sound volume changing unit ( 203 ) changes the volume ratio of a sound to be output from each of the sound output units ( 201 A, 201 B) based on an operation target whose depression has been detected among the plurality of operation targets. For example, the sound volume changing unit ( 203 ) relatively increases the volume of a sound to be output from a sound output unit among the sound output units ( 201 A, 201 B) which is far from the operation target whose depression has been detected.

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10-05-2012 дата публикации

Electronic percussion instrument and recording medium with program recorded therein

Номер: US20120111179A1
Автор: Morio YAMANOUCHI
Принадлежит: Casio Computer Co Ltd

An electronic percussion instrument including: a detecting section which is provided in a stick and detects acceleration and angular speed based on movement of the stick; a first timing generating section which generates beat timing based on a predetermined tempo and beat width; a first pre-sound-production movement detecting section which detects a pre-sound-production movement that is performed prior to sound production, based on the acceleration and the angular speed detected by the detecting section; and a sound production instructing section which instructs to produce a sound at the beat timing generated by the first timing generating section, when the first pre-sound-production movement detecting section detects the pre-sound-production movement.

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17-05-2012 дата публикации

Electromagnetic pickup with multiple wire coils wound around individual pole sets to attain multiple tones

Номер: US20120118129A1
Автор: Changsoo Jang
Принадлежит: Individual

An electromagnetic pickup for electric guitars has a plural of wire coils around each pole set and two lead wires connected to each wire coil. Individual wire coils around a pole set have different oxygen contents and/or gages and/or turns and/or coating materials such that one wire coil produces a tone color distinctive from another wire coil.

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07-06-2012 дата публикации

Performance apparatus and electronic musical instrument

Номер: US20120137858A1
Автор: Naoyuki Sakazaki
Принадлежит: Casio Computer Co Ltd

A performance apparatus 11 extends in its longitudinal direction to be held by a player with his or her hand. The performance apparatus is provided with a geomagnetic sensor 22 and an acceleration sensor 23 in its extending portion. CPU 21 gives an instruction to an electronic musical instrument 19 to generate a musical tone of a tone color at a timing when a position of the performance apparatus obtained by the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor passes through a sound generation area defined in space, wherein the tone color of the musical tone corresponds to the sound generation area. The sound generation areas and corresponding tone colors are stored in an area/tone color table in RAM 26. Upon receipt of an instruction, the electronic musical instrument generates a musical tone having a tone color corresponding to the sound generation area.

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21-06-2012 дата публикации

Electronic musical instrument

Номер: US20120152088A1
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

By a musical performance guide which is in “waiting mode” with a “tempo-follow” enabled setting, an electronic musical instrument illuminates a guide lamp at a point in time which is earlier by a tone-generation start allowable period Ta than the note-on timing of a musical tone of a melody part of automatic musical performance data to start musical performance guide. The tone-generation start allowable period Ta is an allowable time # 2 which is sufficiently longer than that of a case of a tempo-follow disabled setting. When a user has depressed a correct key within the tone-generation start allowable period Ta, the electronic musical instrument starts generating a melody tone to move the position of the automatic musical performance data which is to be reproduced forward.

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28-06-2012 дата публикации

Interactive guitar game designed for learning to play the guitar

Номер: US20120165087A1
Принадлежит: Individual

An interactive game designed for learning to play a guitar. A guitar may be connected to a computer or other platform, capable of loading music and displaying notes and chords and other feedback and visual learning aids on a display screen, allowing a user to read music and play along. The goal of the software or interactive game engine is for players to learn how to play a guitar. Users may operate the game in a number of modes with different goals, playing mini-games throughout the levels of the game. The game provides feedback and statistics to help users learn how to play the guitar.

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12-07-2012 дата публикации

Intelligent keyboard interface for virtual musical instrument

Номер: US20120174735A1
Принадлежит: Apple Inc

A user interface for a virtual musical instrument presents a number of chord touch regions, each corresponding to a chord of a diatonic key. Within each chord region a number of touch zones are provided, including treble clef zones and bass clef zones. Each treble clef touch zone within a region will sound a different chord voicing. Each bass clef touch zone will sound a bass note of the chord. Other user interactions can modify or mute the chords, and vary the bass notes being played together with the chords. A set of related chords and/or a set of rhythmic patterns can be generated based on a selected instrument and a selected style of music.

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23-08-2012 дата публикации

Pickup system with a cartridge

Номер: US20120210847A1
Принадлежит: Individual

The present invention is a pickup system including a transducer, a mount, and a cartridge for modifying perceived sound from a musical instrument. The transducer includes a housing, a magnet and an electric signal carrier. The mount attaches the transducer to the instrument. The cartridge includes a container and attachment device, which positions the container in proximity to the transducer. The attachment device engages the container with the transducer so as to affect the electric signal created by the instrument. The cartridges and container can be either integral or interchangeable to vary resonance materials to the transducer. The container may be filled with another material, including ferromagnetic fluid for an induced magnet effect upon the perceived sound from the transducer.

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20-09-2012 дата публикации

Music and light synchronization system

Номер: US20120234160A1

An apparatus for synchronizing light signals to a music input signal includes an analog to digital converter to generate a digital signal equivalent of the analog music input signal, an digital signal decoder to generate an output pulse width modulated signal that is representative of the tempo and the volume of the music input signal, a light driver unit that receives the output pulse width modulated signal to correspondingly light up a lighting unit, and a lighting unit that emits light. Thus, light brightness synchronizes with the music volume amplitude, and the light blinks on and off with the music tempo and beating.

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04-10-2012 дата публикации

Piano with electronic tone generator

Номер: US20120247309A1
Автор: Toshinori Matsuda
Принадлежит: Individual

A piano with an electronic tone generator capable of outputting musical sound signals of a reverberation and/or a resonance, in accordance with whether an external output is performed or not.

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06-12-2012 дата публикации

Optical Instrument Pickup

Номер: US20120304848A1
Автор: Waleed Sami Haddad
Принадлежит: Waleed Sami Haddad

An optoelectronic pickup for a musical instrument includes at least one light source which directs light to impinge a string of the musical instrument in at least one photoreceiver located to detect the reflected light, so as to generate an electrical signal that is responsive to string vibrations. A number of different filter approaches are disclosed that can control undesired effects of spurious light. The filter approaches may be structure-based, signal processing-based, and/or optics-based.

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31-01-2013 дата публикации

System and Method for Producing a More Harmonious Musical Accompaniment

Номер: US20130025437A1
Принадлежит: Music Mastermind Inc

A system and process for producing a more harmonious musical accompaniment for a musical compilation, the process comprising determining a plurality of probable key signatures for the musical compilation, creating an interval profiling matrix for each of the probable key signatures, finding products of a major key interval profile matrix with each of the interval profiling matrices, summing each of the major key interval products into a running major key sum, finding a product of a minor key interval profile with each of the interval profiling matrices, summing each of the minor key interval products into a running minor key sum, and selecting the most probable key signature from the plurality of probable key signatures by comparing the minor key sum and the major key sum.

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21-03-2013 дата публикации

Digital jukebox device with karaoke and/or photo booth features, and associated methods

Номер: US20130070093A1
Принадлежит: TouchTunes Music Corp

Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, certain exemplary embodiments relate to jukebox systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features along with karaoke jukebox and/or photo booth features. A combined karaoke/photo booth/jukebox may enable more integrated performance-like experiences in an in-home or out-of-home location or venue. By leveraging vast audio media libraries, trusted rights-respecting network infrastructure, and on-site image/video capturing from integrated recorders and/or remote portable devices, a more sociable experience may be created for karaoke jukebox patrons, e.g., where custom content can be generated and shared in a safe and legally appropriate manner.

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16-05-2013 дата публикации

Keyboard instrument

Номер: US20130118333A1
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

In response to an operation of a key, a drive signal indicating a sound waveform corresponding to the key is supplied to an excitation unit provided on a soundboard. The soundboard is vibrated in response to a mechanical vibration generated by the excitation unit and generates an actively-vibrated-soundboard sound as well as an acoustic effect generated by propagation of the vibration of the soundboard to a string. The excitation unit has a voice coil excited by the drive signal. The length of the voice coil is equal to or smaller than a sum of a magnetic path width (mw) of a magnetic path space and a double of a maximum deflection amount (sw) of the vibration member connected to the soundboard. In this way, an effective drive force for exciting the soundboard can be obtained and an enhanced responsiveness in a high frequency band can be obtained.

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23-05-2013 дата публикации

Cymbal pickup and stand provided with the same

Номер: US20130125735A1
Автор: Yoshiaki Mori
Принадлежит: Roland Corp

A cymbal pickup is described, including a sensor detecting the vibration of the cymbal, and a sensor attaching part to which the sensor is attached. The cymbal has, through its center, a hole that allows a rod to be inserted through. The sensor attaching part includes: a first abutting part having a first insertion hole for pass of the rod, a second abutting part configured opposite to a side of the first abutting part and having a second insertion hole for pass of the rod, and an insertion part between the two abutting parts to maintain a separation distance between the opposite sides of the two abutting parts. The sensor is attached to a side of the first or the second abutting part. The cymbal pickup abuts the cymbal and is fixed together with the cymbal to detect its vibration while the rod is inserted through them.

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23-05-2013 дата публикации

Music and audio playback system

Номер: US20130131850A1
Автор: Chad M. Carrier
Принадлежит: InMusic Brands Inc

A music and audio playback system is implemented on a computer with a playback engine that enables the operator to apply a variety of effects. The system may store one or more snapshots, or a combination of settings for a plurality of controls that are applied by the playback engine. These snapshots allow for changes to settings for effects, mixing and playback to be made quickly, some of which would normally be difficult to perform. A sampler module permits a user to specify one or more samples that may be triggered for playback. The most frequently used samples may be designated as scratching files that may be quickly activated through the push of a button (or other control). Additionally, a waveform display represents a window of audio samples around a current playback time.

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01-08-2013 дата публикации

Processing device and method for displaying a state of tone generation apparatus

Номер: US20130192448A1
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

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.

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22-08-2013 дата публикации

Musical system for promoting brain health

Номер: US20130217495A1

A musical brain fitness system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a display device configured to display a visual signal according to selected music; a control box configured to control the display device by receiving input of a user; and a controller including an acceleration sensor, and configured to drive the acceleration sensor according to a movement of the user to transmit a signal to the control box, in which the control box compares the signal received from the controller with a signal controlling the display device, processes the comparison, and outputs a result of the comparison.

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05-09-2013 дата публикации

System and method for pacing repetitive motion activities

Номер: US20130228063A1
Автор: William D. Turner
Принадлежит: PACING TECHNOLOGIES LLC

A repetitive motion pacing system for pacing a user that comprises a user profile database that contains a plurality of user-defined parameters that include at least a pre-selected interval type, a pre-selected interval profile, and a target tempo value for a repetitive motion activity. A data storage and playback device is programmed to identify tempo information of one or more data files and matching or closely matching the tempo of the one or more data files with the target tempo value. A communications device for transferring the matched or closely matched one or more data files to the user.

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19-09-2013 дата публикации

Musical instrument, method and recording medium

Номер: US20130239781A1
Автор: Yuki YOSHIHAMA
Принадлежит: Casio Computer Co Ltd

A musical instrument includes memory that stores layout information defining regions arranged on a predetermined virtual plane, and a position sensor that detects the position coordinates on the virtual plane of a music playing member that can be held by a player. First, it is determined whether the position coordinates of the music playing member belong to a region arranged on the virtual plane based on the layout information, at a timing at which a specific music playing operations is made. Herein, in a case of having determined as belonging to a region, the generation of sound of a musical note corresponding to this region is instructed, in a case of having determined as not belonging to a region, the layout information stored in the memory is modified in order to modify this region so as to include the position coordinates of the music playing member.

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19-09-2013 дата публикации

Performance apparatus, a method of controlling the performance apparatus and a program recording medium

Номер: US20130239784A1
Автор: Yuji Tabata
Принадлежит: Casio Computer Co Ltd

A performance apparatus prevents a player's unintentional motion from being detected as a playing, thereby generating no sound, when the player plays a virtual musical instrument. The performance apparatus has a player operated stick, a ROM for storing layout information, which correlates plural areas set on a pickup-image plane to tone colors, respectively, an image sensor for continuously taking pickup images of a subject including the stick, and a CPU 21 for calculating a difference image between a first pickup image and a second pickup image taken prior to the first pickup image and for detecting an operating position of the stick based on the difference image. A CPU 31 refers to the ROM to specify a tone color correlated to the area corresponding to the operating position detected by CPU 21 , and a sound source generates a tone of the tone color specified by CPU 31.

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10-10-2013 дата публикации

Liquid-contact activated musical instrument

Номер: US20130263722A1
Принадлежит: Individual

Devices, systems, and methods that make music in response to be contacted by a stream of liquid are disclosed. A music making device may include a sensor to detect when a stream of liquid is substantially in contact with the sensor. The sensor may produce an indicator signal at or around the time the liquid substantially contacts the sensor. A circuit may generate an electrical pulse in response to detecting the indicator signal. The electrical pulse may be coupled to a speaker which converts the electrical pulse into sound.

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10-10-2013 дата публикации

Advanced video gaming methods for education and play using camera based inputs

Номер: US20130267318A1
Принадлежит: MOTION GAMES LLC

This application discloses active movement based and other video games which may be played over the internet as well in the home or elsewhere. One or two or more persons can play, generally using one or more cameras to determine the relation of an object or a part of a person to a video display on which game related graphics are displayed. Determination of object position and orientation in up to 6 degrees of freedom is disclosed, at data rates sufficient to make game play rewarding.

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24-10-2013 дата публикации

Keyboard system for multi-student training and visualization

Номер: US20130276618A1
Автор: Yoshinari Yoshikawa
Принадлежит: MISELU INC

Embodiments generally relate to providing a multi-user keyboard system. In one embodiment, a multi-user keyboard system comprises a display screen, a first keyboard apparatus, a second keyboard apparatus, and one or more digital processors, all operably connected together. The display screen is viewable simultaneously by first and second users of the first and second keyboard apparatuses. An image directly related to the use of at least one of the keyboard apparatuses by a corresponding user is displayed on the display screen by at least one of the one or more digital processors.

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24-10-2013 дата публикации

Electronic device including finger movement based musical tone generation and related methods

Номер: US20130278380A1
Автор: Arthur Leslie Stewart
Принадлежит: Apple Inc, Authentec Inc

An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor and an audio output transducer. The electronic device may further include a controller cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user's finger. The controller may also cooperate with the finger biometric sensor for causing the audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of a user's finger relative to the finger biometric sensor.

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07-11-2013 дата публикации

Virtual audio effects package and corresponding network

Номер: US20130291708A1
Автор: Jesse Harris Orshan
Принадлежит: Individual

A system, method and computer-readable medium incorporating instructions are provided to enable a user to create and to share a digital effects package. The instructions enable user input of a first sound effect, and a first trigger that, when activated, plays the first sound effect, and to associate the first sound effect and the first trigger with the digital effects package. The trigger can be on a musical instrument, such as on a fretboard or fingerboard of a stringed instrument. The digital effects package may be created and shared by a user at a first terminal connected via a network.

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21-11-2013 дата публикации

Midi re-mapping process for utilizing proper music theory when playing a keyboard

Номер: US20130305906A1
Принадлежит: Individual

A process and a system are disclosed for some embodiments of the invention that map MIDI signals in a manner which always puts the harmony and melody octaves of an electronic MIDI keyboard in perfect pitch for a user of the keyboard. The process of some embodiments includes (i) receiving a selection of a key signature, (ii) receiving a selection of a scale, (iii) organizing the left side octave(s) (“chord” side) into a chord generator that places all scale tones on white keys and applies a chord effect to each white key, relative to the scale tone position, and (iv) organizing the right side octave(s) (“melody” side) into a melody lock that provides multiple settings for mapping the seven scale tones onto white keys.

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05-12-2013 дата публикации

Apparatus and method for high speed visualization of audio stream in an electronic device

Номер: US20130325154A1
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

An electronic device and a method for high speed visualization of an audio stream are provided. The method of operating the electronic device includes extracting only header information from at least one frame included in a specific audio file, extracting a global gain value, which is an average volume of respective frames, by using the extracted frame header information, filtering the extracted global gain value, and displaying the filtered value.

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09-01-2014 дата публикации

Pay-per-play audiovisual system with touch screen interface

Номер: US20140013226A1
Принадлежит: TouchTunes Music Corp

An audiovisual reproduction system triggered by payment from a user is developed around a microprocessor device. The system includes memory containing, in compressed digital form, audio and visual information, and a display and digital audio reproduction unit, for creating a multimedia environment. The display includes a video monitor and an interactive user interface which reacts to external events and translates the external events for a multitasking operating system as events activating, via a graphical module of a library of integrated tools and services, a display of windows or frames providing control of physical operating parameters of the audiovisual reproduction system. The external events includes at least a down-event where the user contacts a representation displayed on the touch screen, selecting a parameter to modify, and an up-event where the use breaks contact with the screen, which triggers modification of the selected parameter, saving the parameter in the memory.

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16-01-2014 дата публикации

Percussion instrument and method of manufacture

Номер: US20140013930A1
Автор: Jon Greg DAHL
Принадлежит: Individual

A percussion instrument including a first acoustic chamber housing having a tapered shape, a second acoustic chamber housing having the tapered shape, a sound board having the tapered shape arranged between the first acoustic chamber housing and the second acoustic chamber housing to form a first acoustic chamber defined by the first acoustic chamber housing and the sound board, and a second acoustic chamber defined by the second acoustic chamber housing and the sound board.

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20-02-2014 дата публикации

Portable piano keyboard computer

Номер: US20140047970A1
Принадлежит: MISELU INC

A piano keyboard computer includes a piano-type keyboard adjacent to a display screen. The system allows music tutorials, visualizations and other applications. A docking system allows additional devices to be placed on, adjacent to, or near the piano keyboard computer. The additional device then communicates with the piano keyboard computer to add functionality such as additional speakers, controllers, etc. The piano keyboard computer can act as a controller for other devices.

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20-02-2014 дата публикации

Digital jukebox device with karaoke and/or photo booth features, and associated methods

Номер: US20140053217A1
Принадлежит: TouchTunes Music Corp

Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, certain exemplary embodiments relate to jukebox systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features along with karaoke jukebox and/or photo booth features. A combined karaoke/photo booth/jukebox may enable more integrated performance-like experiences in an in-home or out-of-home location or venue. By leveraging vast audio media libraries, trusted rights-respecting network infrastructure, and on-site image/video capturing from integrated recorders and/or remote portable devices, a more sociable experience may be created for karaoke jukebox patrons, e.g., where custom content can be generated and shared in a safe and legally appropriate manner.

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27-02-2014 дата публикации

System and method for conforming an audio input to a musical key

Номер: US20140053710A1
Принадлежит: Music Mastermind Inc

A system and method for conforming an audio input to a musical key. Audio input is received and the musical key is determined. Sequentially for each consecutive note, a pitch value for each note and an interval between each preceding and subsequent note is determined; alternative subsequent notes based on the musical key and the pitch value of the subsequent note are determined; each interval between each alternative subsequent note and each respective note of the alternative subsequent notes corresponding to the preceding note is scored based on the interval between the preceding note and the subsequent note of the audio input; and a best interval is selected for each alternative subsequent note. A best-match note is selected for each note of the audio input based on the best intervals of all the notes, and each audio input note is conformed to a frequency of the best-match note.

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27-03-2014 дата публикации

Gaming system and method configured to provide a musical game associated with unlockable musical instruments

Номер: US20140087878A1
Принадлежит: INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to gaming systems and methods configured to provide a musical game associated with unlockable musical instruments. In one embodiment, the musical game is associated with a plurality of different musical instruments that are initially unlocked or locked and a plurality of different instrument playing events, each of which is associated with one or more of the musical instruments. Upon an occurrence of one of the instrument playing events, the gaming system produces at least one sound and provides an award associated with each unlocked musical instrument associated with that instrument playing event. The gaming system does not produce any sounds or provide any awards associated with any locked musical instruments associated with that instrument playing event. Upon an occurrence of an instrument unlock event, if any of the musical instruments are locked, the gaming system unlocks at least one locked musical instrument.

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01-01-2015 дата публикации

Pole Position Sliding Pickup System

Номер: US20150000508A1
Автор: Canavan Michael John
Принадлежит:

The Pole Position Sliding Pickup System changes the way tonal variety is arrived at by electric guitar players. Rather than installing multiple pickups in different positions in order to achieve a limited variety in tone, the Pole Position Sliding Pickup System uses a single pickup which can be moved quickly and easily to any position between the base of the neck and the bridge in order to achieve a much greater variety in tone. Not only are the variety of possible tones increased, but so is the ease with which they can be attained, because the method of sliding the pickup into place is easier than conventional methods of choosing stationary pickups. 1The invention claimed is an electric guitar pickup positioning system consisting of an enlarged body cavity which contains a system of rails or sliders which sit beneath the electric guitar's pickguard.The invention claimed is an electric guitar pickup positioning system consisting of a single pickup which can generate a wide variety of tonal possibilities through repositioning as opposed to two or more stationary pickups.. The invention claimed is an electric guitar pickup positioning system consisting of a slider handle and a rail system which enables the guitar player to position a single pickup anywhere from the base of the neck to the bridge in order to get the most tonal variety from the instrument. Not ApplicableNot ApplicableNot ApplicableNot ApplicableThe Pole Position Sliding Pickup System is relevant to the field of musical instruments, in particular the electric guitar. It is relevant both to live performance and to recording in providing increased tonal variety from electric guitars.The Pole Position Sliding Pickup System allows an electric guitar player to get more tonal variety from his/her instrument than is currently possible by allowing the instrument's pickup to be easily positioned in numerous positions, and changed as often as desired. This is a complete change from the current system of fixed- ...

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06-01-2022 дата публикации

System and Method for a Motion Sensing Device

Номер: US20220001243A1
Автор: BINDER Yehuda
Принадлежит:

A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed. 1. A method for use with a device comprising:producing, by a two-axis accelerometer an output signal responsive to sensed acceleration;affecting, by an electric motor, a physical movement;executing, by a processor, a software;powering, by a rechargeable battery, the accelerometer, the electric motor, and the processor;contactless charging, a battery charger, the rechargeable battery; andactivating or controlling, using an electrically controlled switch controlled by the processor, the electric motor in response to the output signal, by switching DC power from the rechargeable battery to the electric motor,wherein the device comprises a single enclosure that houses the accelerometer, the electric motor, the processor, the battery charger, and the electrically controlled switch.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the battery charger comprises claim 1 , or consists of claim 1 , an induction coil for inductively receiving AC power when in an electromagnetic field claim 1 , wherein the contactless charging is induction-based claim 1 , and wherein the contactless charging comprises charging the ...

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06-01-2022 дата публикации

Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion

Номер: US20220001245A1
Автор: BINDER Yehuda
Принадлежит:

A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed. 1. A method for use by a device in a portable enclosure , the method comprising:producing, by an accelerometer in the portable enclosure, an output signal responsive to an acceleration;visually displaying, by a display in the portable enclosure, information to a person;emitting, by an audible signaling component in the portable enclosure, an audible sound in response to the output signal;receiving, by a wireless receiver in the portable enclosure, data via a wireless RF signal carried over a wireless network;displaying, by the display, the received data;controlling, by a processor in the portable enclosure that executes software, the display and the audible signaling component in response to the output signal;powering, by a rechargeable battery in the portable enclosure, the processor, the display, and the wireless receiver; andinduction-based contactless charging, by a battery charger, the rechargeable battery,wherein the battery charger comprises, or consists of, an induction coil for inductively receiving AC power carried in an electromagnetic field for charging the rechargeable battery from the ...

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05-01-2017 дата публикации

Parameter controller and method for controlling parameter

Номер: US20170004811A1
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

For a parameter used by a tone generator unit to generate an audio signal, type of an effect to be given to the audio signal and degree of the effect to be given to the audio signal are set according to an operation of a panel strip which functions as a combination of an increase control decrease controls with an upper cursor part and a lower cursor part. This setting is made so that when an operation to further decrease the degree of the effect to be given to less than zero is detected, the type of the effect to be given to the audio signal is changed.

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05-01-2017 дата публикации

DETECTING SYSTEM FOR A STRING INSTRUMENT

Номер: US20170004812A1
Принадлежит:

A detection system is provided for detecting a musical note played on a string instrument having a fretboard provided with a plurality of conductive frets and conductive strings. The system includes at least one conductor coupled to each of the frets; an inverter having a first terminal coupled to the conductor and a second terminal coupled to the conductive string, the inverter being configured to logically invert a signal transmitted therethrough, such that when the conductive string is pressed against one of the frets allowing thereby for a signal to be transmitted therethrough, the signal is sequentially inverted between two logical states at a frequency being dependent on the distance between the inverter and the fret; a frequency detector configured to measure the frequency; and a controller configured for determining the location of the fret along the fretboard in accordance with the frequency, and to thereby detect the musical note. 1. A detection system for detecting a musical note played on a string instrument having a fret board provided with a plurality of conductive frets and at least one conductive string extending along thereof , the detection system comprising:at least one conductor coupled to each of said frets;an inverter having a first terminal coupled to said conductor and a second terminal coupled to the conductive string, said inverter being configured to logically invert a signal transmitted therethrough, such that when the conductive string is pressed against one of said frets allowing thereby for a signal to be transmitted therethrough, said signal is sequentially inverted between two logical states at a frequency being dependent on the distance between said inverter and said fret;a frequency detector configured to measure said frequency; and,a controller configured for determining the location of said fret along the fretboard in accordance with said frequency, and to thereby detect the musical note.2. The detection system according to claim ...

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05-01-2017 дата публикации

Piano Keyboard with Key Touch Point Detection

Номер: US20170004813A1
Автор: Pogoda Gary S.
Принадлежит:

The present invention provides touch sensor means for detecting the touch location along the length of an outfitted piano key as it is pressed, so as to then offset the notes of an associated piano keyboard accordingly during play. When such an outfitted key is pressed in combination with other piano keys, the touch location along the length of the outfitted key, and the separation intervals and timing of the key presses, are analyzed to determine the intended chord, such that before any notes are sounded, the notes of the pressed keys are configured for the sounding of that chord. This arrangement enables playing a wide range of notes using just a few keys, so as to provide a substantially reduced-size keyboard with full-sized keys sufficient for real-time playing. This arrangement also enables configuring the note offsets of those pressed keys to conform to a selected musical key, so as to simplify the layout of the keyboard by eliminating its black keys, while still supporting the playing of non-conforming notes. This arrangement further enables applying pitch variation to those note offsets in order to emulate the “string stretching,” “whammy bar,” and “fretless neck” playing techniques for guitars and basses. This arrangement even further enables playing advanced chords in a simplified manner. Finally, this arrangement enables providing a wide assortment of keyboards that can differ in the type, number, size, and functionality of their outfitted keys. 1. A piano-type keyboard apparatus , including a plurality of piano-type keys , where:each of said piano-type keys has a length;each of said piano-type keys can be pressed from a point along said length;each of said piano-type keys can sound a corresponding note when so pressed;said corresponding notes can be configured during play; and one of said piano-type keys having been outfitted for touch detection;', 'said touch detection identifying said press point of said outfitted key so pressed;', 'said identified ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

LYRIC PAGE GENERATION METHOD AND LYRIC PAGE GENERATION APPARATUS

Номер: US20180004740A1
Принадлежит:

The present disclosure discloses a lyrics page generation method and a lyrics page generation apparatus, belonging to the field of network technologies. The method includes: receiving a lyrics page generation instruction, the lyrics page generation instruction being used for instructing to display a lyrics page of a selected multimedia file list; obtaining a lyrics file of at least one multimedia file in the multimedia file list; and generating a lyrics page according to the lyrics file of the at least one multimedia file, the lyrics page including lyrics information of the at least one multimedia file. The present disclosure provides a brand-new lyrics display manner, which can achieve an effect similar to a lyrics book, so that a user can collect lyrics that the user likes, for subsequent appreciation, so that an application becomes more humanistic, and an amount of information that a lyrics page can provide is greatly increased. 1. A method for generating a lyrics page , the method comprising: receiving a lyrics page generation instruction, the lyrics page generation instruction being used for generating a lyrics page of a selected multimedia file list;', 'obtaining a lyrics file of at least one multimedia file in the multimedia file list;', 'generating a lyrics page according to the lyrics file of the at least one multimedia file, the lyrics page comprising lyrics information of the at least one multimedia file; and', 'displaying the lyrics page., 'at a device having one or more processors and memory2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the lyrics information displayed on the lyrics page is lyrics information of a specified part of the multimedia file of the at least one multimedia file claim 1 , and after the generating a lyrics page according to the lyrics file of the at least one multimedia file claim 1 , the method further comprises:loading and displaying lyrics information of one or more portions of the multimedia file other than the specified part ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

Method for making music recommendations and related computing device, and medium thereof

Номер: US20210004402A1
Автор: Bo Chen, Hanjie WANG, Hao YE, Yan Li
Принадлежит: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd

This application discloses a method for making music recommendations. The method for making music recommendations is performed by a server device. The method includes obtaining a material for which background music is to be added; determining at least one visual semantic tag of the material, the at least one visual semantic tag describing at least one characteristic of the material; identifying a matched music matching the at least one visual semantic tag from a candidate music library; sorting the matched music according to user assessing information of a user corresponding to the material; screening the matched music based on a sorting result and according to a preset music screening condition; and recommending matched music obtained through the screening as candidate music of the material.

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS METHOD AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS APPARATUS

Номер: US20210005173A1
Автор: Li Bochen, MAEZAWA Akira
Принадлежит:

An apparatus is provided that accurately estimates a point at which a musical performance is started by a player. The apparatus includes the musical performance analysis unit , and the musical performance analysis unit obtains action data that includes a time series of feature data representing actions made by a player during a musical performance for a reference period and estimating a sound-production point based on the action data at an estimated point using a learned model L. 1. A musical performance analysis method realized by a computer , the method comprising:obtaining action data that includes a time series of feature data representing actions made by a player during a musical performance for a reference period; andestimating a sound-production point based on the action data at an estimated point using a learned model.2. The musical performance analysis method according to claim 1 , wherein the estimating of the sound-production point includes:calculating a probability that the estimated point, which follows the reference period, is the sound-production point, using the learned model; andestimating the sound-production point based on the probability using the learned model.3. The musical performance analysis method according to claim 2 , wherein:the reference period include a plurality of analysis points, andthe calculating of the probability sequentially calculates, for the plurality of analysis points on a time axis, the probability that the estimated point, which follows the plurality of analysis points, is the sound-production point.4. The musical performance analysis method according to claim 2 , wherein the estimating of the sound-production point estimates the sound-production point based on a distribution of a plurality of the probabilities corresponding to the plurality of respective analysis points.5. The musical performance analysis method according to claim 1 , further comprising:generating the time series of feature data based on image data ...

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07-01-2021 дата публикации

Repetitive-Motion Activity Enhancement Based Upon Media Content Selection

Номер: US20210005225A1
Принадлежит: SPOTIFY AB

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for repetitive-motion activity enhancement based upon media content selection are provided. An example media-playback device for enhancement of a repetitive-motion activity includes a media-output device that plays media content items, a plurality of media content selection engines, and a repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine. The plurality of media content selection engines includes a cadence-based media content selection engine and an enhancement program engine. The cadence-based media content selection engine is configured to select media content items based on a cadence associated with the repetitive-motion activity. The enhancement program engine is configured to select a media content items according to an enhancement program for the repetitive-motion activity. The repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine is configured to select a media content selection engine from the plurality of engines and to cause the media-output device to playback media content items selected by the selected engine. 120-. (canceled)21. A method of enhancing a repetitive-motion activity , the method comprising:acquiring a cadence of a user associated with a repetitive-motion activity;communicating the acquired cadence to the user;receiving media content items for playback based on the acquired cadence;determining whether the acquired cadence of the user has intentionally changed by determining whether an updated cadence is different from the acquired cadence by more than a predetermined threshold or the updated cadence is different from the acquired cadence for more than a predetermined duration;upon determining that the acquired cadence of the user has intentionally changed, changing the playback of the media content items by receiving different media content items for playback that are selected based on the updated cadence; andwhile the user performs the repetitive-motion activity, ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

BI-DIRECTIONAL MUSIC SYNCHRONIZATION USING HAPTIC DEVICES

Номер: US20180005616A1
Принадлежит: Intel Corporation

Systems and methods may provide for capturing one or more inbound wireless transmissions and identifying a remote user movement based on at least one of the one or more inbound wireless transmissions. Additionally, a local haptic output may be generated, by an actuator, based on the remote user movement. In one example, the actuator is a piezoelectric actuator. 1. A mobile device comprising:a receiver to capture one or more inbound wireless transmissions;a haptic controller communicatively coupled to the receiver, the haptic controller to identify a remote user movement based on at least one of the one or more inbound wireless transmissions;a piezoelectric actuator communicatively coupled to the haptic controller, the piezoelectric actuator to generate a local haptic output based on the remote user movement, wherein a pulse timing of the local haptic output is to indicate a tempo of the remote user movement, an intensity of the local haptic output is to indicate an intensity of the remote user movement, a waveform shape associated with the local haptic output is to indicate a tone of the remote user movement, and a frequency modulation associated with the local haptic output is to indicate a pitch associated with the remote user movement;a motion sensor to detect local user movement; anda transmitter communicatively coupled to the motion sensor, the transmitter to generate one or more outbound wireless transmissions based on the local user movement.2. The mobile device of claim 1 , further comprising a housing that includes a handheld form factor.3. The mobile device of claim 2 , wherein the handheld form factor is selected from a group consisting of a baton form factor claim 2 , a microphone form factor and a microphone stand form factor.4. The mobile device of claim 1 , further comprising a housing that includes a wearable form factor claim 1 , wherein the local haptic output is to be generated via the housing.5. A mobile device comprising:a receiver to capture ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

Information processing method, terminal device and computer storage medium

Номер: US20180005618A1
Автор: LIU Pei
Принадлежит:

A method for processing information, terminal device and a computer storage medium are disclosed. The method for processing information includes that: a first control instruction is acquired, and a first application is switched to a preset mode according to the first control instruction; a first triggering operation is acquired based on the preset mode, at least two pieces of multimedia data are selected based on the first triggering operation, and a first playing interface is generated; when a second control instruction is acquired, the at least two pieces of multimedia data in the first playing interface are sequentially played; in a process of playing first multimedia data in the at least two pieces of multimedia data, first audio data is acquired; and the first multimedia data and the first audio data are synthesized as second multimedia data. 1. A method for processing information , comprising:acquiring a first control instruction, and switching a first application to a preset mode according to the first control instruction;acquiring a first triggering operation based on the preset mode, selecting at least two pieces of multimedia data based on the first triggering operation, and generating a first playing interface;when a second control instruction is acquired, sequentially playing the at least two pieces of multimedia data in the first playing interface;in a process of playing first multimedia data in the at least two pieces of multimedia data, acquiring first audio data, the first multimedia data being any multimedia data in the at least two pieces of multimedia data; andsynthesizing the first multimedia data and the first audio data as second multimedia data.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring the first control instruction comprises: acquiring a second triggering operation claim 1 , and generating the first control instruction based on the second triggering operation claim 1 , wherein the second triggering operation is for a preset region ...

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04-01-2018 дата публикации

MAGNETICALLY SECURED INSTRUMENT TRIGGER

Номер: US20180005619A1
Автор: Suitor Stephen Riley
Принадлежит: Rare Earth Dynamics, Inc.

An apparatus, system, and method for a magnetically and releasably attachable trigger for an instrument is provided. The trigger and securing device are disposed on either side of a drumhead or other instrument surface via magnetic force, keeping the instrument surface intact and not deforming the instrument surface. Additionally, the trigger provides for an increased sensitivity of sound by being in direct physical contact with the surface on which it is attached. 1) A method for causing an electronic module to perform a function based on a detected vibration from a percussion instrument , the method comprising: a housing;', 'a magnet disposed and secured within the housing and adapted to removably secure the trigger to the percussion instrument; and', 'a piezo-electric transducer having an electrical output and being disposed within the housing, the piezo-electric transducer being essentially electrically and physically isolated from the magnet and adapted to generate an electrical signal in response to a detected mechanical vibration associated with operation of the percussion instrument;, 'releasably securing a trigger to a percussion instrument, the trigger comprisingplacing the trigger electrical output in electrical communication with the electronic module;generating a trigger output signal in response to a detected mechanical vibration associated with operation of the percussion instrument;sending the trigger electrical output signal to the electronic module;receiving at the electronic module the trigger electrical output signal;determining, at the electronic module, which function from a set of functions to execute on the received trigger electrical output signal; andexecuting, by the electronic module, the determined function.2) The method of wherein the trigger further comprises a second magnet claim 1 , the second magnet disposed opposite the first magnet with a striking surface of the percussion instrument disposed between the first and second magnets ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

MUSIC PRACTICE FEEDBACK SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

Номер: US20200005664A1
Принадлежит:

A music practice feedback system, includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to perform, forecasting an ability to retain playing skills of a sheet music by a user via machine learning and changing a display of the sheet music based on the forecasted ability. 1. A music practice feedback system , comprising:a processor; and forecasting an ability to retain playing skills of a sheet music by a user via machine learning; and', 'changing a display of the sheet music based on the forecasted ability., 'a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to perform2. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a music practice feedback program , the program causing a computer to perform:forecasting an ability to retain playing skills of a sheet music by a user via machine learning; andchanging a display of the sheet music based on the forecasted ability3. A music practice feedback method , comprising:forecasting an ability to retain playing skills of a sheet music by a user via machine learning; andchanging a display of the sheet music based on the forecasted ability. The present application is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/791,628, filed on Oct. 24, 2017 which is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/441,916, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,842,510, issued on Dec. 12, 2017, which is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/985,160, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,672,799, issued on Jun. 6, 2017, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.The present invention relates generally to a music practice feedback system, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a music practice feedback system for changing a visualization of sheet music based on collecting of information related to the playing of regions of the sheet music.Conventional techniques for visualization of music and other sounds use note extraction. The ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

Cyber Reality Device Including Gaming Based on a Plurality of Musical Programs

Номер: US20200005742A1
Принадлежит: Beamz IP, LLC

A system enabling the performance of sensory stimulating content including music and video using gaming in a cyber reality environment, such as using a virtual reality headset. This disclosure includes a system and method through which a performer can virtually trigger and control a presentation of pre-packaged sensory stimulating content including musical programs through gaming. A theme for the performer is that the pre-packaged sensory stimulating content is preferably chosen such that, even where the performer is a novice, the sensory stimulating data is presented in a pleasing and sympathetic manner and scoring is provided as a function of the performer's ability to provide a gesture in association with a displayed virtual trigger. 1an electronic processor configured to generate a control signal as a function of virtual triggers selected by a user;the electronic processor also configured to generate the control signal as a function of a plurality of music programs, wherein each said music program comprises sound elements comprising a subset of a musical composition, and the music programs are correlated to each other;the electronic processor configured to generate a score as a function of the user selecting the virtual triggers; anda cyber reality headset configured to display the virtual triggers and the score.. A device, comprising: This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/483,910 filed Apr. 10, 2017, which is a continuation-in-part (CIP) of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/402,012 filed Jan. 9, 2017 entitled Cyber Reality Musical Instrument and Device, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/215,427 filed Jul. 20, 2016 entitled Cyber Reality Musical Instrument and Device, the teachings of which are included herein in their entirety.The present disclosure relates to the composition and performance of sound and video content in a cyber reality environment, including gaming.This ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

Music composition tools on a single pane-of-glass

Номер: US20200005743A1
Автор: Dhruv Ashwin Joshi
Принадлежит: Vertical Craft LLC

The disclosure is directed to a system to create a musical compilation utilizing multiple tools on a single pane-of-glass (screen). The system may include a text display module that may display text. The system may include an interactive portion located adjacent to the text display module. The interactive portion may include a playback module configured to output musical notes upon a first action onto a playback module interaction area. The interactive portion may include a recording module configured to record sounds upon a first action on a recording module interaction area. The interactive area may include a drafting module configured to allow modification of the text upon a first action on the drafting module interaction area. The playback module interaction area may be located adjacent to the recording module interaction area and the drafting module interaction area.

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

Music Composition Aid

Номер: US20200005744A1
Автор: GODUNOV Vladimir
Принадлежит:

Disclosed herein are computer-implemented method, computer-readable storage medium, and DAW embodiments for implementing a music composition aid. An embodiment includes retrieving a first constraint value, receiving a selection of a set of musical elements, and accepting a second constraint value corresponding to the set of musical elements. Some embodiments further include invoking an iterator function, using at least the second constraint value as an argument, and generating an output of the iterator function, limiting a size of the output of the iterator function, according to the lesser of the first constraint value or a transform of the second constraint value. Output of the iterator function may include, of the set of musical elements, a subset determined by the second constraint value. The size of the output may be no more than the first constraint value. Further embodiments may render the output of the iterator function visually and/or audibly, for example. 1. A computer-implemented method , comprising:retrieving, by at least one computer processor, via a memory, a first constraint value;receiving, by the at least one computer processor, via a first module of a user interface, a selection of a set of musical elements;accepting, by the at least one computer processor, via a second module of the user interface, a second constraint value corresponding to the set of musical elements;storing, by the at least one computer processor, the second constraint value in the memory;invoking, by the at least one computer processor, an iterator function, using at least the second constraint value as an argument;generating, by the at least one computer processor, an output of the iterator function, wherein the output of the iterator function comprises at least part of a subset of the set of musical elements, wherein the subset is determined by the second constraint value;limiting, by the at least one computer processor, a size of the output of the iterator function, ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF AUDIO-FILE PLAYBACK DURING PLAYBACK MANIPULATION

Номер: US20200005745A1
Принадлежит: INMUSIC BRANDS, INC.

Systems and methods for generating a graphical representation of audio-file playback during playback manipulation are provided. The system may include a processor that performs a method including displaying a waveform during audio-file playback by scrolling the waveform from a right to a left portion of a display. The method includes receiving a command to manipulate the audio-file playback and displaying a first half of the waveform corresponding to the manipulated audio-file playback until a command is received to resume the audio-file playback. The first half of the waveform is a portion of the waveform adjacent to a horizontal or vertical axis. The method includes simultaneously displaying a second half of the waveform and displaying the first half of the waveform corresponding to the manipulated audio-file playback. The second half of the waveform is on an opposite side of the axis from the first half of the waveform. 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one processor to facilitate displaying an audio-file playback-resume waveform during audio-file playback manipulation according to a method , the method comprising:displaying a waveform during audio-file playback, wherein displaying the waveform during the audio-file playback comprises scrolling the waveform from a first portion of a display to a second portion of the display;receiving a command to manipulate the audio-file playback;displaying a first half of the waveform corresponding to the manipulated audio-file playback until a command is received to resume the audio-file playback, wherein the first half of the waveform is a portion of the waveform adjacent to a horizontal or vertical axis; andsimultaneously displaying the scrolling of a second half of the waveform and displaying the first half of the waveform corresponding to the manipulated audio-file playback, wherein the second half of the waveform is on an opposite side of the horizontal or vertical ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

SIGNAL SUPPLY DEVICE, KEYBOARD DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Номер: US20200005746A1
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A signal supply device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal corresponding to an operation input to an operation body and an adjuster configured to calculate an acceleration of the operation body in accordance with the instruction signal and to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the acceleration. 1. A signal supply device comprising:a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal corresponding to an operation input to an operation body; andan adjuster configured to calculate an acceleration of the operation body in accordance with the instruction signal and to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the acceleration.2. The signal supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the relationship includes a relationship in production timing between the first sound signal and the second sound signal.3. The signal supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the adjuster is configured to adjust the relationship in production timing so that a time from a production timing of the second sound signal to a production timing of the first sound signal is longer as the acceleration is higher.4. The signal supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the adjuster is further configured to calculate a velocity of the operation body in accordance with the instruction signal and changes modes of adjustment of the relationship in production timing according to the velocity claim 2 , andin a case where the velocity takes on a predetermined value, the adjuster is configured to adjust the relationship in production timing so that the second sound signal is generated before the first sound signal when the acceleration takes on a first value and the second sound ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

SIGNAL SUPPLY DEVICE, KEYBOARD DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Номер: US20200005747A1
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A signal supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal including operation body information corresponding to an operation input to an operation body and linked member information corresponding to a movement of a linked member linked with the operation body and an adjuster configured to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the operation body information and the linked member information. 1. A signal supply device comprising:a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal including operation body information corresponding to an operation input to an operation body and linked member information corresponding to a movement of a linked member linked with the operation body; andan adjuster configured to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the operation body information and the linked member information.2. The signal supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the relationship includes a relationship in production timing between the first sound signal and the second sound signal.3. The signal supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the adjuster is configured to calculate a velocity or acceleration of the operation body on the basis of the operation body information and to adjust the relationship in production timing on the basis of the velocity or acceleration.4. The signal supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the adjuster configured to calculate an acceleration of the operation body on the basis of the operation body information and to adjust the relationship in production timing so that a time from a production timing of the second sound signal to a production timing of the first sound signal is longer as the ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

Keyboard apparatus

Номер: US20200005748A1
Принадлежит: Yamaha Corp

A keyboard apparatus includes a plurality of keys, a frame supporting the plurality of keys arranged in a first direction, a first member, a longitudinal direction of the first member being along the first direction, and a second member including a first section, a second section, and a third section, the first section, the third section, and the second section being arranged in this order in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first section being a plate-shaped member sandwiched between the first member and the frame, the second section being connected to the first member at a position away from the first section, the third section being separated from the first member between the first section and the second section, and a longitudinal direction of the second member being along the first direction.

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

KEYBOARD DEVICE

Номер: US20200005749A1
Автор: ICHIKI Shunsuke
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A keyboard device includes: a frame; a plurality of keys including a first key and a second key, the plurality of keys rotating around the frame; and a plurality of guides for restricting an operation of each of the plurality of keys, at positions different in a vertical direction, each of the plurality of guides including a first member that is softer than the frame and the plurality of keys, and a second member that is harder than the first member, wherein each of the plurality of guides is in a first state where a corresponding one of the keys comes into contact with the first member, or in a second state where the corresponding one of the keys comes into contact with the second member. 1. A keyboard device comprising:a frame;a plurality of keys including a first key and a second key, the plurality of keys rotating around the frame; anda plurality of guides for restricting an operation of each of the plurality of keys, at positions different in a vertical direction, each of the plurality of guides including a first member that is softer than the frame and the plurality of keys, and a second member that is harder than the first member,wherein each of the plurality of guides is in a first state where a corresponding one of the keys comes into contact with the first member, or in a second state where the corresponding one of the keys comes into contact with the second member, andthe number of guides restricting the second key in the second state is greater than the number of guides restricting the first key in the second state.2. The keyboard device according to claim 1 ,wherein the first key is a white key, andthe second key is a black key.3. The keyboard device according to claim 2 ,wherein a member to which the first member that comes into contact with the white key is attached and the second member that comes into contact with the white key are the same member.4. The keyboard device according to claim 2 ,wherein a member to which the first member that comes into ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

KEYBOARD APPARATUS

Номер: US20200005750A1
Автор: ICHIKI Shunsuke
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A keyboard apparatus includes a key, a frame, and a flexible section which rotates the key with respect to the frame, the flexible section having a longitudinal direction, and including a region where both a length of the flexible section in a first direction perpendicular to a scale direction and a length of the flexible section in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction continuously increase toward ends of the flexible section in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the flexible section. 19-. (canceled)10. A keyboard apparatus comprising:a key;a frame arranged below the key;a key-side supporting section connected to a member a positional relationship of which is fixed to the key and extending more downward than the member; anda flexible section supported by the key-side supporting section, having flexibility in at least an up-and-down direction, and configured to rotate the key with respect to the frame.11. The keyboard apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the flexible section has a longitudinal direction and has an outer edge including a curved line in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.12. The keyboard apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the flexible section has a longitudinal direction and has an outer edge including an angle in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.13. The keyboard apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the flexible section includes a region where a length of the flexible section in a direction perpendicular to a scale direction increases toward both ends of the flexible section in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.14. The keyboard apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the flexible section includes a region where a length of the flexible section in a direction perpendicular to a scale direction increases toward both ends of the flexible section in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.15 ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

SWITCHING DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

Номер: US20200005751A1
Автор: TANOUE Michiko
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Provided is a switching device for an electronic musical instrument, comprising: a plurality of first electrodes that are adjacently arranged; a second electrode arranged between a pair of the plurality of first electrodes, and insulated from the plurality of first electrodes by a plurality of spaces; a rotatable actuator; and a conductive member configured to electrically connect the first electrodes and the second electrode according to rotation of the actuator. The plurality of spaces extend longitudinally in a first direction. The first direction is a direction between a rotational shaft direction of the actuator and a direction orthogonal to the rotational shaft direction. 1. A switching device for an electronic musical instrument , comprising:a plurality of first electrodes that are adjacently arranged;a second electrode arranged between a pair of the plurality of first electrodes, and insulated from the plurality of first electrodes by a plurality of spaces;a rotatable actuator; anda conductive member configured to electrically connect the first electrodes and the second electrode according to rotation of the actuator,wherein the plurality of spaces extend longitudinally in a first direction, andthe first direction is a direction between a rotational shaft direction of the actuator and a direction orthogonal to the rotational shaft direction.2. The switching device according to claim 1 ,wherein the first direction is inclined 10° to 80° relative to the direction orthogonal to the rotational shaft direction.3. A switching device for a keyboard device claim 1 , comprising:{'claim-ref': {'@idref': 'CLM-00001', 'claims 1'}, 'the switching device according to ; and'}keys,wherein the actuator is configured to operate according to operation of the keys.4. A switching device for a keyboard device claim 1 , comprising:{'claim-ref': {'@idref': 'CLM-00002', 'claim 2'}, 'the switching device according to ; and'}keys,wherein the actuator is configured to operate according ...

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02-01-2020 дата публикации

TRANSDUCER APPARATUS FOR A LABROSONE AND A LABROSONE HAVING THE TRANSDUCER APPARATUS

Номер: US20200005752A1
Автор: Davey Paul, SMITH BRIAN
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A transducer apparatus for a labrosone is disclosed, the labrosone having a labrosone resonant chamber. A labrosone speaker delivers a sound signal to the labrosone resonant chamber. A labrosone microphone receives a resultant sound from the labrosone resonant chamber. A mouthpiece microphone receives sound from a labrosone mouthpiece. An electronic processor is connected to the labrosone speaker, and receives signals from the labrosone microphone and the mouthpiece microphone. The electronic processor generates an excitation signal which is delivered as an acoustic excitation signal to the labrosone resonant chamber by the labrosone speaker. The electronic processor uses the signals from the labrosone microphone and the mouthpiece microphone to determine a desired musical note which a player of the labrosone wishes to play. The electronic processor then synthesizes and outputs the desired musical note to an output device, whereby the musical note is played audibly and/or displayed visually to the player. 1. A transducer apparatus for a labrosone , the labrosone having a labrosone resonant chamber , the transducer apparatus comprising:a labrosone speaker configured to deliver a sound signal to the labrosone resonant chamber;a labrosone microphone configured to receive sound in the labrosone resonant chamber;a mouthpiece microphone configured to receive sound from a labrosone mouthpiece; andan electronic processor configured to receive signals from the labrosone microphone and the mouthpiece microphone, the electronic processor connected to the labrosone speaker, the mouthpiece microphone receives sound from the labrosone mouthpiece;', 'the electronic processor generates an excitation signal which is delivered as an acoustic excitation signal to the labrosone resonant chamber by the labrosone speaker;', 'the labrosone microphone receives a resulting sound from the labrosone resonant chamber;', 'the electronic processor uses the signals from the labrosone microphone ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

Musical Score Generator

Номер: US20190005929A1
Принадлежит: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

A method of generating a musical score file for one or more target musical instruments with a score generation component based on input audio data. The score generation component finds candidate musical notes within the input audio data using a frequency analysis to identify segments that share substantially the same audio frequency, and finds a best match for those candidate musical notes in audio data associated with target musical instruments in a sound database. A generated musical score file can be printed as sheet music or audibly played back over speakers. 1. A musical score generator device , comprising:a target instrument parameter for a target musical instrument based on a set of instructions to:receive an input audio data and a selection of one or more target musical instruments at a score generator component;identify candidate musical notes within the input audio data by performing a frequency analysis on the input audio data in an input audio interpretation parameter and identify segments of the input audio data that share substantially the same audio frequency within the input audio interpretation parameter;generate a musical score file with a page description header that identifies print settings and a musical instrument information section that identifies one or more target musical instruments; anda display component that displays the generated musical score file for the target musical instrument on a display screen.2. The musical score generator device of claim 1 , further comprising instructions to perform frequency analysis on the input audio data and identify notes within frequencies present in the input audio data.3. The musical score generator device of claim 1 , further comprising instructions to identify candidate musical note information for the one or more target musical instruments from a sound database by performing frequency analysis on the input audio data and identify musical notes in the target musical instrument that share ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

ELECTRONIC WIND INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF PERFORMING A TONGUING PROCESS

Номер: US20190005931A1
Принадлежит: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

An electronic wind instrument is provided with a processor (CPU ) and plural touch sensors (a detecting unit and detecting units ) disposed along a first direction. A first output variable da/dt is obtained, representing a variation per unit time of an output value from a first sensor (detecting unit ) in the plural touch sensors disposed on the side close to first end (tip side) in the first direction. A second output variable dS/dt is obtained, representing a variation per unit time of a sum of output values from second sensors (detecting units ) disposed between a second end (heel side) and the first sensor in the first direction. The processor judges based on the first output variable da/dt and the second output variable dS/dt whether a tonging process should be performed. 1. An electronic wind instrument comprising:plural touch sensors disposed on the wind instrument along a first direction; anda processor which judges based on a first output variable and a second output variable whether a tonging process should be performed, whereinthe first output variable represents a variation per unit time of an output value from a first sensor among the plural touch sensors, which first sensor is disposed on the side close to a first end in the first direction; andthe second output variable represents a variation per unit time of output values from at least one or more second sensors among the plural touch sensors which are disposed between a second end in the first direction and the first sensor.2. The electronic wind instrument according to claim 1 , whereinthe processor does not perform the tonguing process, when an output value from the first sensor does not reach a first threshold value, and the processor judges based on the first output variable and the second output variable whether the tonging process should be performed, when the output value from the first sensor reaches the first threshold value.3. The electronic wind instrument according to claim 2 , ...

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03-01-2019 дата публикации

Electronic wind instrument, method of controlling the electronic wind instrument, and computer readable recording medium with a program for controlling the electronic wind instrument

Номер: US20190005932A1
Автор: Yuji Tabata
Принадлежит: Casio Computer Co Ltd

An electronic wind instrument is provided, which is capable of representing a wide range of performances using a tonguing operation. The electronic wind instrument has at least one sensor, a sound source for generating a tone, and a controller. The controller controls a tonguing performance detecting process for detecting a tonguing performance played by the player based on the output value from the one sensor, and a tone muting process for muting the tone output from the speaker in accordance with the lip position of the player determined in the lip position determining process, while the tonguing performance is being detected in the tonguing performance detecting process.

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08-01-2015 дата публикации

DETECTING BEAT INFORMATION USING A DIVERSE SET OF CORRELATIONS

Номер: US20150007708A1
Принадлежит: MICROSOFT CORPORATION

A beat analysis module is described for determining beat information associated with an audio item. The beat analysis module uses an Expectation-Maximization (EM) approach to determine an average beat period, where correlation is performed over diverse representations of the audio item. The beat analysis module can determine the beat information in a relative short period of time. As such, the beat analysis module can perform its analysis together with another application task (such as a game application task) without disrupting the real time performance of that application task. In one application, a user may select his or her own audio items to be used in conjunction with the application task. 1. A beat analysis module for analyzing an audio item , comprising:an average beat period determination module for determining an average beat period of an audio item, the average beat period determination module being configured to use an Expectation-Maximization (EM) approach to determine the average beat period, wherein correlation is performed over plural representations of the audio item; anda beat onset determination module for determining, on a basis of the average beat period, onset information associated within the commencement of beats within the audio item.2. The beat analysis module of claim 1 , wherein the beat analysis module is used within an application module claim 1 , wherein the beat analysis module is configured to determine the average beat period and the onset information substantially concurrently with respect to another task performed by the application module.3. The beat analysis module of claim 2 , wherein the application module is a game module claim 2 , wherein the beat analysis module is configured to determine the average beat period and the onset information substantially concurrently with respect to a game playing operation performed by the game module.420-. (canceled)21. The beat analysis module of claim 1 , wherein the correlation is ...

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12-01-2017 дата публикации

Interactive Performance Direction for a Simultaneous Multi-Tone Instrument

Номер: US20170011722A1
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A musical instrument performance solution is described. Labels with visual indicators provide a reference to performers such that a proper combination of instrument inputs may be selected at the appropriate time. The visual indicators include colors and/or shapes. The visual indicators may be presented using differently-colored lyrical text, where each color corresponds to a set of notes. Each set of notes may for a chordal group such as a triad. The visual indicators may be associated with labels that are able to be adhered to various instrument inputs such as keys of a keyboard or piano. 1. A method that provides interactive music playback media , the method comprising:establishing a base key;receiving a selection of a media item;extracting musical parameters associated with the media item, the musical parameters including at least a target key;transposing the media item from the target key to the base key; andlinking the transposed media item to at least one musical parameter associated with the media item.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one musical parameter includes lyrics.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:extracting musical parameters comprises identifying a chord progression associated with the media item, and 'generating a text-based lyrical representation where each text element is represented in a color associated with at least one musical note.', 'linking the transposed media item comprises4. The method of claim 3 , wherein each color is associated with a bass key label and a plurality of harmony key labels.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein each key label is associated with a key of at least one of a piano and keyboard.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base key is associated with a particular target instrument.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the musical parameters further include a chord progression and a set of lyrics. This application is a divisional of U.S. patent Application Ser. No. 14/798,317, filed on Jul. 13, 2015. U.S. ...

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12-01-2017 дата публикации

Interactive Performance Direction for a Simultaneous Multi-Tone Instrument

Номер: US20170011723A1
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A musical instrument performance solution is described. Labels with visual indicators provide a reference to performers such that a proper combination of instrument inputs may be selected at the appropriate time. The visual indicators include colors and/or shapes. The visual indicators may be presented using differently-colored lyrical text, where each color corresponds to a set of notes. Each set of notes may for a chordal group such as a triad. The visual indicators may be associated with labels that are able to be adhered to various instrument inputs such as keys of a keyboard or piano. 1. A musical instruction graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:a set of lyrical elements;a set of visual indicators, at least one visual indicator associated with each lyrical element in the set of lyrical elements; anda set of corresponding instrument input element labels.2. The musical instruction GUI of claim 1 , wherein the set of visual indicators includes a set of colors.3. The musical instruction GUI of claim 1 , wherein the set of corresponding instrument input element labels comprises a set of adhesive elements.4. The musical instruction GUI of claim 1 , wherein the set of visual indicators comprises a set of display colors associated with the set of lyrical elements.5. The musical instruction GUI of claim 4 , wherein each display color is associated with a triad.6. The musical instruction GUI of claim 1 , wherein each instrument input label comprises at least one visual indicator. This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/798,317, filed on Jul. 13, 2015. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/798,317 claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/025,276, filed on Jul. 16, 2014.Various ways to learn to play an instrument are available. For instance, many users may receive person instruction, utilize playbooks or other study materials, review video or audio lessons, etc.Such methods are time-consuming, expensive and ...

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12-01-2017 дата публикации

SYNTHETIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH TOUCH DYNAMICS AND/OR EXPRESSIVENESS CONTROL

Номер: US20170011724A1
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Notwithstanding practical limitations imposed by mobile device platforms and applications, truly captivating musical instruments may be synthesized in ways that allow musically expressive performances to be captured and rendered in real-time. Synthetic musical instruments that provide a game, grading or instructional mode are described in which one or more qualities of a user's performance are assessed relative to a musical score. By providing a range of modes (from score-assisted to fully user-expressive), user interactions with synthetic musical instruments are made more engaging and tend to capture user interest over generally longer periods of time. Synthetic musical instruments are described in which force dynamics of user gestures (such as finger contact forces applied to a multi-touch sensitive display or surface and/or the temporal extent and applied pressure of sustained contact thereon) are captured and drive the digital synthesis in ways that enhance expressiveness of user performances. 1. A method comprising:using a portable computing device as a synthetic musical instrument;presenting a user of the synthetic musical instrument with visual cues on a multi-touch sensitive display of the portable computing device, the presented visual cues indicative of temporally sequenced note selections in accord with a musical score;capturing note sounding gestures indicated by the user based on finger contacts with the multi-touch sensitive display, wherein individual ones of the captured note sounding gestures are characterized, at least in part, based on position and dynamics of finger contact with the multi-touch sensitive display; andaudibly rendering a performance on the portable computing device in real-time correspondence with the captured note sounding gestures, including the finger contact dynamics thereof.2. The method of claim 1 ,wherein the finger contact dynamics include a characterization of finger contact force applied to the multi-touch sensitive ...

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12-01-2017 дата публикации

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CREATION AND PLAYBACK OF ANIMATED, INTERPRETIVE, MUSICAL NOTATION AND AUDIO SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL ARTIST

Номер: US20170011725A1
Принадлежит: Family Systems, Ltd.

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, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience. 1. A method of guiding a user through a music application for enhancing a performance signal , comprising:prompting the user to store the performance signal in a performance track of the music application;prompting the user to store information in accordance with the tempo of the contents of the performance track in a tempo track of the music application;prompting the user to store enhancement data that is both associated with the contents of the performance track and temporally linked to the contents of the tempo track in at least a first enhancement track of the music application; andprompting the user to save the contents of the tempo track and the contents of at least the first enhancement track as an enhancement file.260-. (canceled) This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/412,458, filed Sep. 19, 2002, which is hereby incorporated-by-reference herein in its entirety.This invention relates to educational applications and, more particularly, to musical educational applications for “ ...

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12-01-2017 дата публикации

Solar Guitar

Номер: US20170011726A1
Автор: BEZGINAS Aleks
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A musical instrument, having; at least one solar panel which corresponds to the body of the musical instrument, where the at least one solar panel is outwardly facing the sun; a battery to store solar energy; a power control board; an amplifier; an interactive display for monitoring a plurality of levels corresponding to a variety of components of the musical instrument; a strap connected to the musical instrument; the strap has at least one solar panel; at least one speaker for emitting sound; a bridge; a port; a stand, where the stand has at least one solar panel; and a carrying case; where the carrying case has at least one solar panel. 1. A musical instrument , comprising;at least one solar panel adapted and configured to correspond to a body of the musical instrument: where the at least one solar panel is outwardly facing the sun;a battery adapted and configured to store solar energy;a power control board;an amplifier;an interactive display for monitoring a plurality of levels corresponding to a variety of components of the musical instrument;a strap connected to the musical instrument; said strap adapted and configured with at least one solar panel;at least one speaker for emitting sound;a bridge;a port;a stand; said stand adapted and configured with the at least one solar panel; anda carrying case; said carrying case adapted and configured with the at least one solar panel.2. The musical instrument of claim 1 , further comprising a guitar.3. The musical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the at least one solar panels are custom die cut to correspond to the body of the musical instrument.4. The musical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the at least one solar panels is secured to the musical instrument through a plurality of locking magnets.5. The musical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the battery claim 1 , power control board claim 1 , amplifier and processor are internal components of the musical instrument.6. The musical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the ...

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15-01-2015 дата публикации

Portable Recording, Looping, and Playback System for Acoustic Instruments

Номер: US20150013526A1
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Embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic looping, recording, and playback apparatus. The apparatus may comprise a clamp, enabling the apparatus to be positioned in or on an acoustic instrument, such as an acoustic guitar. The clamp may be used to attach the apparatus to a portion of the acoustic instrument. The apparatus may further comprise, but not be limited to, for example, a speaker, a rechargeable battery, a microphone, a volume knob, an LED indicator light, a switch, and a processing module. The switch may be used to activate the electronic recording, looping, and playback system, much like a pedal in a stompbox configuration. 1. An apparatus comprising:a clamp configured to attach the apparatus to an acoustic instrument; record an audio signal received from a microphone; and', 'cause a looped playback of the recorded signal;, 'a processing module configured toa switch configured to operate the processing module;a microphone configured to provide a signal to the processing module; anda speaker configured to playback the recorded signal.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a volume knob configured to control a volume of playback.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a light emitting diode (LED) operative to provide an indication of a state of the apparatus.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a port configured for at least one of the following:receiving a signal to the apparatus, andproviding a power supply to the apparatus.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the switch is an omni-directional switch configured to be flipped at any angle.6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first activation of switch is configured to cause a recording of the audio signal.7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a second activation of switch is configured to cause a looped-playback of the recorded audio signal.8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a third activation of switch is configured to cause an overdubbing of the ...

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15-01-2015 дата публикации

System and method for modifying musical data

Номер: US20150013528A1
Принадлежит: Apple Inc

A computer-implemented method comprises receiving musical data including reference timing data, and a succession of musical notes arranged with respect to the reference timing data, receiving input corresponding to a selection of a groove template, and altering the arrangement of the notes (shifting in a positive or negative direction) with respect to the reference timing data based on the selected groove template. Altering the arrangement of notes can further include adding additional musical notes to the succession of musical notes to add stylistic embellishments particular to the selected groove template, where one of the selectable groove templates includes adding a shuffle dynamic to the succession of musical notes by determining a positive offset associated with each of the musical notes along the musical bar, and applying the positive offset to each of the musical notes, wherein the positive offset corresponds to the position of the musical note.

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

Methods, Devices, and Methods for Creating Control Signals

Номер: US20190011987A1
Автор: Young Joshua Michael
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A interface comprising a hand operated input device with a series of activation points activated by the digits (fingers and/or thumb) of a user; a sensor component measuring a current motion, orientation, and/or position of the input device and a output component interconnected to the activation points and the sensor component for outputting in a series the currently active activation points and the current motion, orientation, and/or position of the input device. 1. An interface comprising:a hand operated input device with a plurality of activation points configured to be activated by the digits of the user;at least one sensor for measuring a current rotational motion, translational motion, position, or orientation value of the input device; andan output component interconnected to the activation points and said sensor for outputting a series of currently active activation points and at least one rotational motion, translational motion, position, or orientation value of the input device;2. The interface as claimed in wherein the device comprises components that attach the device to the user's hand.3. The interface as claimed in wherein claim 1 , when the device is in a fixed position relative to the user's hand claim 1 , said device includes at least one activation point capable of being actuated by contact with the distal phalanx of one of the user's digits and at least one more activation point capable of being actuated by contact with a segment of the same digit other than its distal phalanx.4. The interface as claimed in wherein the device's activation points are mapped to musical notes.5. The interface as claimed in wherein the number of activation points per digit on the device is at least 1.6. The interface as claimed in wherein the number of activation points per digit on the device is at least 2.7. The interface as claimed in wherein the number of activation points per digit on the device is at least 3.8. The interface as claimed in wherein the output of ...

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11-01-2018 дата публикации

DATA STRUCTURE FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

Номер: US20180012389A1
Принадлежит: DENTSU INC.

The present invention is designed to allow easy synchronization of the movement of a computer graphics (CG) model with sound data. The data structure according to an embodiment of the present invention presents a data structure that relates to a computer graphics (CG) model, including first time-series information for designating the coordinates of the components of the CG model on a per beat basis, and the first time-series information is used on a computer to process the CG model. 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store a data structure related to a computer graphics (CG) model , wherein:the data structure includes first time-series information for specifying coordinates of components of the CG model, in chronological order, on a per beat basis;the data structure conforms to SMF (Standard MIDI File) format; andthe first time-series information is used on a computer to process the CG model.2. (canceled)3. The storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein a channel of the SMF format corresponds to one or a plurality of pieces of the first time-series information.4. The storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein a note number and a velocity of a note-on signal in the SMF format are used on the computer as information about the coordinates of the components of the CG model.5. The storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein a delta time in the SMF format is used on the computer as information about a duration of a beat where coordinates of a component of the CG model change.6. The storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the CG model is constituted by a skeleton claim 1 , which is comprised of two joint points and bones connecting between these.7. The storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein the first time-series information includes information about a relative angle of a bone of the CG model.8. The storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein the first time-series information includes information about a relative ...

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11-01-2018 дата публикации

EXTERNAL EXTENDED DEVICE AND AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD

Номер: US20180012581A1
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An external extended device, an audio processing method and an audio playback method are provided. The external extended device is configured to receive power supplied and a signal transmitted by a television device and the external extended device includes: an integrated physical interface connecting the external extended device and the television device; and a sound-mixing processing chip electrically connected with the integrated physical interface and configured to: acquire an accompaniment audio signal transmitted by the television device via the integrated physical interface; perform sound-mixing processing on a user voice signal gathered by a microphone device and the accompaniment audio signal; and transmit a sound-mixed signal to a power amplifier circuit of the television device via the integrated physical interface. 1. An external extended device , configured to receive power supplied and a signal transmitted by a television device , the external extended device comprising:an integrated physical interface connecting the external extended device and the television device; acquire an accompaniment audio signal transmitted by the television device via the integrated physical interface;', 'perform sound-mixing processing on a user voice signal gathered by a microphone device and the accompaniment audio signal; and', 'transmit a sound-mixed signal to a power amplifier circuit of the television device via the integrated physical interface., 'a sound-mixing processing chip electrically connected with the integrated physical interface and configured to2. The external extended device according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated physical interface comprises an Inter-IC Sound (I2S) subinterface configured to transmit an I2S signal; andwherein the external extended device is configured to receive the accompaniment audio signal via the I2S interface and transmit the sound-mixed signal via the I2S interface.3. The external extended device according to claim 2 , ...

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09-01-2020 дата публикации

Biometric-music interaction methods and systems

Номер: US20200012682A1
Принадлежит: BIOBEATS GROUP LTD, BioBeats Inc

A system and method for the automatic, procedural generation of musical content in relation to biometric data. The systems and methods use a user's device, such as a cell phone to capture image data of a body part, and derive a biometric signal from the image data. The biometric signal includes biometric parameters, which are used by a music generation engine to generate music. The music generation can also be based on user-specific data and quality data related to the biometric detection process.

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Номер: US20190012997A1
Автор: KATZ Shelley
Принадлежит: Symphonova, Ltd.

According to some aspects, an apparatus is provided for controlling the production of music, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to receive data indicative of acceleration of a user device, detect that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded a predetermined threshold based at least in part on the received data, determine that no beat point has been triggered by the apparatus for at least a first period of time, and trigger a beat point in response to said detecting that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded the predetermined threshold and said determining that no beat point has been triggered for at least the first period of time. 1. An apparatus for controlling the production of music , the apparatus comprising:at least one processor; and receive data indicative of acceleration of a user device;', 'detect whether the acceleration of the user device has exceeded a predetermined threshold based at least in part on the received data;', 'determine whether a beat point has been triggered by the apparatus within a prior period of time; and', 'trigger a beat point when the acceleration of the user device is detected to have exceeded the predetermined threshold and when no beat point is determined to have been triggered during the prior period of time., 'at least one processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor-executable instructions claim 1 , when executed by the at least one processor claim 1 , further cause the at least one processor to generate acoustic data according to a digital musical score in response to the beat point trigger.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a tempo of the acoustic data generated according to the digital musical score is ...

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

ELECTROPHONIC CHORDOPHONE SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD

Номер: US20190012998A1
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Provided is an electrophonic chordophone system () comprising sensor () configured to be operatively responsive to respective strings of a guitar (). The system () also includes non-transitory processor-readable storage means () which contains first and second user-configurable tonal formats () and (). Also included is processor (), arranged in signal communication with the sensor () and storage means (), and adapted to associate a melody group of notes producible by the strings with the first tonal format () in a one-to-one mapping or direct correlation, and to associate a control group of notes producible by the strings with the second tonal format () in a one-to-many mapping or indirect correlation. Also included is a synthesiser (), arranged in signal communication with the processor (), and configured to produce both the first and second tonal formats simultaneously in substantial real-time. The first tonal format () is actuatable via the melody group of notes and the second tonal format () is dynamically selectable via the control group of notes and also actuatable via the melody group of notes. In this manner, a melody is producible via the first tonal format () with a dynamic backing track producible via the second tonal format (), all using one guitar (). 1. An electrophonic chordophone system comprising:a sensor operatively responsive to respective strings of a guitar;non-transitory processor-readable storage means containing first and second user-configurable tonal formats; i) allow a user to associate a melody group of notes producible by the strings with the first tonal format in a one-to-one mapping, and', 'ii) allow the user to associate a control group of notes producible by the strings with the second tonal format in a one-to-many mapping, said control group forming a subset of the melody group; and, 'a processor arranged in signal communication with the sensor and storage means, said processor adaptable toa synthesiser arranged in signal ...

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

STRINGED-INSTRUMENT PICKUP WITH MAGNET FRAGMENTS

Номер: US20190013000A1
Автор: Scott Jamie
Принадлежит: 3rd Power Amplification LLC

The present disclosure provides for a magnetic pickup configured for use in a stringed instrument, for example, an electric guitar. The magnetic pickup creates a signal indicative of the vibration in a number of metallic strings. When the strings are strummed or otherwise agitated, the resonating strings modify the magnetic field, which is captured in an electric signal that is sent to an amplifier for reproduction of the sound resonating from the strings. The magnetic pickup has a number of different strength magnetic fragments such that different strings are proximate to the different magnetic fragments. The different strengths of the magnetic fragments result in a static magnetic field that is different for the different strings. 1. A pickup for stringed instrument , the pickup comprising:a first magnetic fragment;a second magnetic fragment aligned with the first magnetic fragment, wherein alignment is perpendicular to strings during normal operation; a first subset of the plurality of pole pieces are coupled to the first magnetic fragment, and', 'a second subset of the plurality of pole pieces are coupled to the second magnetic fragment., 'a plurality of pole pieces, wherein2. The pickup for the stringed instrument of claim 1 , further comprising a third magnetic fragment having a different alloy than at least one of the first and second magnetic fragments.3. The pickup for the stringed instrument of claim 1 , further comprising four magnetic fragments coupled to the first and second magnetic fragments.4. The pickup for the stringed instrument of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic strength of the first magnetic fragment is different from the second magnetic fragment.5. The pickup for the stringed instrument of claim 1 , wherein the first and second magnetic fragments are rectangular.6. The pickup for the stringed instrument of claim 1 , wherein the shape of the first magnetic fragment is different from the second magnetic fragment.7. A pickup for a stringed ...

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14-01-2021 дата публикации

Electronic musical instrument, electronic musical instrument control method, and storage medium

Номер: US20210012758A1
Принадлежит: Casio Computer Co Ltd

An electronic musical instrument includes: a memory that stores lyric data including lyrics for a plurality of timings, pitch data including pitches for said plurality of timings, and a trained model that has been trained and learned singing voice features of a singer; and at least one processor, wherein at each of said plurality of timings, the at least one processor: if the operation unit is not operated, obtains, from the trained model, a singing voice feature associated with a lyric indicated by the lyric data and a pitch indicated by the pitch data; if the operation unit is operated, obtains, from the trained model, a singing voice feature associated with the lyric indicated by the lyric data and a pitch indicated by the operation of the operation unit; and synthesizes and outputs singing voice data based on the obtained singing voice feature of the singer.

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09-01-2020 дата публикации

BEAT DECOMPOSITION TO FACILITATE AUTOMATIC VIDEO EDITING

Номер: US20200013379A1
Автор: Vaucher Christophe
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The disclosed technology relates to a process for detecting musical artifacts within a musical composition. The detection of musical artifacts is based on analyzing the energy and frequency of the digital signal of the musical composition. The identification of musical artifacts within a musical composition would be used in connection with audio-video editing. 1. A computer-implemented method for identifying musical artifacts , the method comprising:receiving a primary waveform representing a musical composition, wherein the musical composition comprises a plurality of musical artifacts;filtering the primary waveform to generate alternative waveforms associated with the plurality of musical artifacts; andautomatically analyzing the alternative waveforms to identify time points in the primary waveform that correspond with the plurality of musical artifacts.2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the filtering of the primary waveform comprises a first filtering process using two or more interlaced band pass filters that outputs two or more secondary waveforms claim 1 , and wherein the first filtering process comprises:a) calculating samples' module of the two or more secondary waveforms,b) identifying the samples' module that exceeds a first predetermined frequency range threshold, wherein each of the musical artifacts has a different frequency range threshold,c) identifying frequency ranges for each of the musical artifacts which one of the two or more secondary waveforms is featuring a most samples' module exceeding the first predetermined frequency range threshold, andd) identifying a preliminary list of the musical artifacts based on the samples' module of the two or more secondary waveforms featuring the most samples' module exceeding the first predetermined frequency range threshold for each of the musical artifacts.3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the filtering of the primary waveform further comprises a second filtering ...

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09-01-2020 дата публикации

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMING DIGITAL AUDIO CONTENT INTO VISUAL TOPIC-BASED SEGMENTS

Номер: US20200013380A1
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A system for platform-independent visualization of audio content, in particular audio tracks utilizing a central computer system in communication with user devices via a computer network. The central system utilizes various algorithms to identify spoken content from audio tracks and selects visual assets associated with the identified content. Thereafter, a visualized audio track is available for users to listen and view. Audio tracks, for example Podcasts, may be segmented into topical audio segments based upon themes or topics, with segments from disparate podcasts combined into a single listening experience, based upon certain criteria, e.g., topics, themes, keywords, and the like. 1. A method for packaging audio content by an audio content system to facilitate searching and sharing of said audio content comprising:with a segmentation module, dividing an audio signal of an audio track containing content and having a runtime into at least one audio segment;generating an indexed audio segment by associating the at least one audio segment with at least one textual element; and,pairing at least one visual asset to the indexed audio segment.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the audio track is a podcast.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the segmentation module is configured to divide the audio signal based on the content contained within the audio track.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein each audio segment is defined by a start time and end time claim 3 , each of the start time and end time corresponding to the runtime of the audio track.5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the start time and end time of each audio segment is generated by a user via one of a software application and dedicated hardware device.6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a voice recognition module is configured to convert the content contained within the audio to an audio text and the segmentation module divides the audio signal into the at least ...

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09-01-2020 дата публикации

FOUR-PEDAL BASS KEYBOARD

Номер: US20200013382A1
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An electronic synthesizer instrument incorporating four bass pedals which can be played either with the heel or the toe of the foot, so as to allow the playing of all twelve notes in a chromatic octave with just the four pedals. The apparatus is an improvement upon existing bass pedal devices which enables easier playing of the bass parts for musicians simultaneously playing other instruments. The assignment of the pitch to the pedals is selectable, but two of the easiest-to-play embodiments are described in detail. The four pedals rock on a central pivot, each giving two distinct notes. Half pitches between notes addressed by adjacent pedals can be accessed by holding both adjacent pedals down. 1. A four-pedal keyboard monophonic musical instrument incorporating an improved note layout , comprising:a. Four hinged adjacent pedals fixed together so that a user can play a one note by depressing one end of a pedal with his toe and the other end of the pedal with his heal; andb. Said pedals constructed such that a user can press two adjacent pedals at the same end at one time to play a different note than either of the two notes which are played when the pedals' ends are played separately.2. The instrument described in claim 1 , further limited by:a. The notes played when pressing each pedal end is two chromatic steps higher than the note played when pressing the pedal to its left on the same pedal end; andb. The note played when a user presses two adjacent pedal ends is the note between the notes played when pressing either of said adjacent pedal ends.3. The instrument described in claim 1 , in which notes played by pressing the toe end of the pedals are five chromatic steps higher than those played when the pedals' heel ends are pressed.4. The instrument described in claim 1 , in which notes played by pressing the toe end of the pedals are seven chromatic steps higher than those played when than those played when the pedals' heel ends are pressed.5. The instrument ...

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

TOYS WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH FEATURES

Номер: US20220035471A1
Принадлежит: KIDS II HAPE JOINT VENTURE LIMITED

A children's toy with capacitive touch interactivity. The children's toy generally includes a user input overlay panel and one or more capacitive touch sensors. The overlay panel may be formed from a capacitive touch conductive natural organic material such as wood. The toy can be shaped and ornamented to resemble a musical instrument and configured to play music in response to user input applied to the user input overlay panel and sensed by the capacitive touch sensors. 1. A children's toy comprising:a user interface panel comprising a plurality of separate user input areas arranged in an array, the user interface panel comprising a continuous unitary component incorporating the plurality of separate user input areas and continuous interconnecting webs of material extending between the separate user input areas;a capacitive touch sensor system comprising a plurality of separate capacitive touch sensors, each of the plurality of separate capacitive touch sensors being operatively associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of separate user input areas of the user interface panel; andan electronic input-output system configured to receive input signals from each of the plurality of capacitive touch sensors and to output different audible sounds responsive to input signals received from each of the capacitive touch sensors.2. The children's toy of claim 1 , comprising a simulated drum toy claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of separate user input areas in the array is generally circular to simulate the appearance of a drum head.3. The children's toy of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the generally circular user input areas in the array is offset at an oblique angle from other generally circular user input areas in the array.4. The children's toy of claim 3 , wherein the array of separate user input areas comprises a generally trapezoidal array of four generally circular user input areas claim 3 , with continuous interconnecting webs of material ...

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21-01-2016 дата публикации

PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Номер: US20160019024A1
Принадлежит: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

A playback device includes a first buffer and a second buffer, each having storage regions, and a processing unit. The processing unit performs: a storage process that causes input audio data to be stored in the storage regions of the first buffer in order; a first playback process that causes the stored audio data to be played back in the order in which the audio data was stored; a designation process that designates, in response to a user input, at least one of the plurality of storage regions of the first buffer in which the audio data is stored; a copy process that causes the audio data stored in the designated storage region of the first buffer to be copied to the second buffer; and a second playback process that causes the audio data copied to the second buffer to be repeatedly played back.

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18-01-2018 дата публикации

Overlay for Touchscreen Piano Keyboard

Номер: US20180018058A1
Автор: Pogoda Gary S.
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The present invention relates to an overlay for a touchscreen piano keyboard implemented on an iPad or similar touchscreen device. It includes a screen covering sheet, that has a top surface pitted with hollows, such that it blocks activation of the touchscreen piano keys when lightly pressed, but not when more firmly pressed, thereby emulating the pressing of physical piano keys. 1. A touch screen overlay , whose top surface includes at least one hollow that blocks activation of the touch screen when lightly pressed , but not when more firmly pressed.2. The touch screen overlay as claimed in claim 1 , further including a non-empty subset of the following:sheet-like covering means;rib-like framing means;rib-like framing means, at least a portion of which is configured in an essentially flat arrangement;rib-like framing means, at least a portion of which forms an outline of at least one designated touch area of a touch screen apparatus;rib-like framing means, at least a portion of which forms an outline of at least one designated touch area of a touch screen apparatus, wherein a portion of said outline is of construction sufficient to retain its delineation of said designated touch area upon inadvertent contact of said portion by the touches typically directed at a touch screen;rib-like framing means, at least a portion of which forms an outline of at least one designated touch area of a touch screen apparatus, wherein a portion of said outline is of construction sufficient to constrain touches typically directed at said designated touch area to within said designated touch area upon inadvertent slippage of such directed touches;rib-like framing means, at least a portion of which forms an outline of at least one designated touch area of a touch screen apparatus, wherein a portion of said outline is of construction sufficient to channel touches typically directed at said designated touch area into said designated touch area if they are slightly misdirected;rib-like ...

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19-01-2017 дата публикации

MUSICAL NOTATION, SYSTEM, AND METHODS

Номер: US20170018202A1
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In one aspect, provided herein is a device for notating a musical composition. The device, in various implementations, is structured so as to be less laborious to notate, easier to read, and more simple to employ in notating, reading, and/or playing the music of a given composition to be composed and/or played. Accordingly, in its most basic form, the device herein disclosed includes a template, upon which template one or more symbols may be notated, where such notation is configured in a manner that more closely relates the note to be played with the mechanical action needed to be performed so as to play that note, such as on an instrument to be or being played. 1. A musical instrument device for the teaching and playing of music , the musical instrument device comprising:musical componentry for producing musical note sounds in response to a corresponding activating event;a keyboard having a plurality of keys the manipulation of which producing the activating event that in turn activates the musical componentry so as to produce the corresponding musical note sounds;a housing, for encasing the electronic musical componentry, and including the keyboard having the plurality of keys, the housing having an extended body including a top member opposed to a bottom member, wherein the top and bottom members are separated one from the other by a plurality of opposed side members, a portion of the housing bounding the keyboard of keys;a plurality of indicator elements positioned within the housing and proximate the keys of the keyboard for being activated and thereby indicating which key of the keyboard is to be played at any given time when playing a musical composition;a display associated with the housing and for displaying the musical note to be played;an electronic controller, housed within the housing, and configured for corresponding the activation of the indicating element with the display of the musical note, and further adapted for generating the corresponding ...

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21-01-2016 дата публикации

SYSTEM FOR NETWORKING AUDIO EFFECTS PROCESSORS, ENABLING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION AND STORAGE/RECALL OF DATA

Номер: US20160019877A1
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Systems and methods of networking and managing audio effects processors for musical instruments and vocal microphones, in which multiple sets of parameter settings involved in audio effects processing can be stored as well as modified within a central management hub. In response to one or more simple user inputs, the respective sets of parameter settings can be recalled or otherwise accessed from the central management hub and applied to selected ones of the audio effects processors, thereby allowing both musicians and vocalists to create a multitude of characteristic sounds with their musical instruments and vocal microphones, respectively, with increased convenience and ease-of-use.

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19-01-2017 дата публикации

Method, device and computer program product for scrolling a musical score

Номер: US20170018262A1
Принадлежит: NEWMUSICNOW SL

A method for scrolling a musical score on a screen of a device, comprising: loading a file having a digital score in a piece of memory of said device, wherein said digital score is in a digital format for representing musical notation; displaying a plurality of notes or at least one measure from said score on the screen. The method further comprises: scrolling said score in a continuous way by moving the notes or measures displayed on the screen, in such a way that additional notes of music or additional measures start to appear on the screen while the already scrolled notes or measures start to disappear from the screen; adjusting the scrolling speed according to the displayed notes or measures and to a tempo. Device, computer program product and computer-readable memory/medium.

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19-01-2017 дата публикации

Interactive instruments and other striking objects

Номер: US20170018264A1
Принадлежит: MUZIK LLC

Systems, methods, and devices for providing interactive striking objects (e.g., drumsticks) and performing actions in response to striking motions of the striking objects are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide an interactive drumstick, which includes a lighting display located at a tip portion of the interactive drumstick, a motion detector contained at least partially within the drumstick, a processor and memory contained at least partially within the drumstick, and an interactive system stored within the memory of the drumstick. The interactive system includes a striking motion module that determines striking motions of the drumstick with respect to a virtual percussion instrument based on accessing information measured by the motion detector, and a display module that causes the lighting display to present a certain type of illumination based on the striking motions determined by the striking motion module.

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03-02-2022 дата публикации

REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD, REPRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20220036866A1
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A computer-implemented reproduction control method includes reproducing sound from sound data representing a series of sounds including first sound and second sound that follows the first sound. The method includes starting reproducing the first sound, continuing the reproduction of a first sound until an end of the first sound in response to receiving a first instruction in a reproduction period of the first sound, stopping the reproduction of the first sound, and after the stopping of the reproduction of the first sound, starting reproducing the second sound in response to receiving a second instruction provided by a user. 1. A computer-implemented reproduction control method of reproducing sound from sound data representing a series of sounds including first sound and second sound that follows the first sound , the method comprising:starting reproducing the first sound;continuing the reproduction of a first sound until an end of the first sound in response to receiving a first instruction in a reproduction period of the first sound;stopping the reproduction of the first sound; andafter the stopping of the reproduction of the first sound, starting reproducing the second sound in response to receiving a second instruction provided by a user.2. The reproduction control method according to claim 1 , wherein:the sound data is performance data representative of a sounding period for each sound of the series of sounds, andin response to receiving the first instruction, the first sound is reproduced continuously until an end of the sounding period of the first sound specified by the performance data.3. The reproduction control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first instruction and the second instruction are each generated in accordance with a manipulation of a manipulation device by the user.4. The reproduction control method according to claim 3 , wherein:the first instruction is generated in response to a manipulation by the user to shift a state of the ...

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