Patents Assigned to Yamaha Corporation
  • Patent number: 11659344
    Abstract: A sound signal processing method includes receiving a sound signal, generating an early reflection sound control signal that reproduces an early reflection sound and a reverberant sound control signal that reproduces a reverberant sound from the sound signal, controlling a volume of the sound signal and distributing the sound signal to generate a direct sound control signal, and mixing the direct sound control signal, the early reflection sound control signal that reproduces a direct sound, and the reverberant sound control signal to generate an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dai Hashimoto, Takayuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11653165
    Abstract: A sound signal output method of outputting sound to a plurality of areas comprises obtaining a sound signal of a sound source, receiving a setting of reproduction information indicating whether or not to output the sound signal of the above-mentioned sound source to each of the plurality of areas where the above-mentioned sound signal is to be output, and outputting the above-mentioned reproduction information and the above-mentioned sound signal, or reproducing the above-mentioned sound signal based on the above-mentioned reproduction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Futoshi Shirakihara, Tadashi Morikawa, Kentaro Noto
  • Patent number: 11653132
    Abstract: An audio signal processing method performs signal processing on a first audio signal to be outputted to a first device that a performer uses, the first audio signal on which the signal processing has been performed being a second audio signal, receiving a setting that causes the first audio signal to send to a monitor bus which is for to output the second audio signal, and performing signal processing on the second audio signal, which is received via the monitor bus and is to be outputted to a second device different from the first device, such that a sound quality of a sound to be outputted by the second device is closer to sound quality of a sound to be outputted by the first device than in a case where the signal processing is not performed on the second audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Aiso
  • Patent number: 11651795
    Abstract: An audio signal processing device including: an input reception section that receives input from a user for selection of a channel of a mixing device; an audio signal input section that receives an audio signal corresponding to the channel of the mixing device selected according to the input from the user for the selection of the channel received at the input reception section; an audio source identification section that analyzes the audio signal received at the audio signal input section and identifies a kind of audio source of the audio signal; a setting data acquisition section that acquires setting data corresponding to the kind of audio source identified by the audio source identification section; and a setting data setting section that prompts the mixing device to set the setting data acquired by the setting data acquisition section for the channel received at the input reception section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaaki Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11647535
    Abstract: A wireless transmitting device includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a reception frame from another device, and a transmitting circuit configured to transmit a broadcast transmission frame while the receiving circuit is not receiving the reception frame, and controls the transmitting circuit to delay transmission of the broadcast transmission frame for a waiting period that starts from an end of reception of the reception frame according to a frame type of the transmission frame, including a broadcast frame, a unicast frame, and a reception acknowledgement response frame, wherein the waiting period for the broadcast frame is shorter than the waiting period for the unicast frame and longer than the waiting period for the reception acknowledgement response frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sugawara, Hirokazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11646044
    Abstract: A method obtains a first sound signal representative of a first sound, including a first spectrum envelope contour and a first reference spectrum envelope contour; obtains a second sound signal, representative of a second sound differing in sound characteristics from the first sound, including a second spectrum envelope contour and a second reference spectrum envelope contour; generates a synthesis spectrum envelope contour by transforming the first spectrum envelope contour based on a first difference between the first spectrum envelope contour and the first reference spectrum envelope contour at a first time point of the first sound signal, and a second difference between the second spectrum envelope contour and the second reference spectrum envelope contour at a second time point of the second sound signal; and generates a third sound signal representative of the first sound that has been transformed using the generated synthesis spectrum envelope contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryunosuke Daido, Hiraku Kayama
  • Patent number: 11646005
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a content control device for a content divided into multiple playback sections includes at least one memory storing executable instructions and a processor that implements the executable instructions to execute a plurality of tasks. The plurality of tasks include a selecting task, a first acquiring task and an outputting task. The selecting task selects a playback section among the multiple playback sections. The first acquiring task acquires a first operation value in response to an operation of a first operation unit. The outputting task that outputs a plurality of parameter values. The plurality of parameter values are used for varying the content in the selected playback section, corresponding to the acquired first operation value based on control data that defines a relationship between the first operation value and the plurality of parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi Ohta
  • Patent number: 11646006
    Abstract: A setting device includes an operating element and a light-emitting device. The operating element is used for specifying a setting value of a first parameter by moving the operating element within a first region. The light-emitting device includes a second region that is disposed inside the first region. The second region includes a light-emitting area that changes according to the setting value. The operating element covers part of the second region. The operating element is an operating element for specifying a setting value of a first parameter related to sound by moving the operating element relative to a housing. The operating element includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion blocks light. The second portion transmits light from a first surface of the operating element to a second surface facing the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Yasuda, Yuji Yamada, Yosuke Kawata
  • Patent number: 11647325
    Abstract: Headphones include a speaker unit, a baffle plate that fixes the speaker unit and includes a bass reflex port disposed therein, an ear pad disposed facing toward the baffle plate, and a sound absorber that is positioned between the baffle plate and the ear pad, and that has a hole facing the bass reflex port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoaki Mori
  • Patent number: 11631357
    Abstract: A display device for a musical instrument includes a touch panel and a switcher. The touch panel is placed to be adjacent to an exterior member that constitutes appearance of the musical instrument. The switcher switches appearance of the touch panel between a first mode and a second mode in which the appearance of the touch panel is closer to appearance of the exterior member than in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Makino, Koichi Matsuno, Takashi Handa, Haruo Okuyama, Yosuke Harada, Akihiro Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11626092
    Abstract: Provided is a device 1 including: a signal processing unit 40 that applies a rotary speaker effect corresponding to a rotation speed value to a sound signal and control a tone color of the sound signal; and a control unit 10 that gradually changes, in response to a change command of the rotation speed value, the rotation speed value from a first speed to a second speed higher than the first speed with a first change curve having a first delay, and gradually changes control of the tone color from a first characteristic to a second characteristic that is stronger in the high frequency range than the first characteristic with a second change curve having a second delay shorter than the first delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Mori, Jun Toyama
  • Patent number: 11615776
    Abstract: A sound signal processing method includes: receiving a line-inputted sound signal; controlling a volume of the line-inputted sound signal; and generating an early reflected sound control signal using the line-inputted sound signal having the controlled volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Watanabe, Dai Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11611823
    Abstract: A headphone include a speaker unit, a baffle plate, and an ear pad. The baffle plate supports the speaker unit. The ear pad is attached to a front surface of the baffle plate. The baffle plate has at least one cell having a cavity. A part of the at least one cell has a hole communicated with the cavity. The hole is provided in at least one of the front surface of the baffle plate and a back surface of the baffle plate opposite to the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Yuu Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 11611272
    Abstract: A rotation operation device includes a stepping motor and an operation element. The stepping motor has a rotating shaft. The operation element is provided on the rotating shaft. The operation element also rotates the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Ueda, Hisanobu Suzuki, Naoaki Kurita
  • Patent number: 11609736
    Abstract: An audio processing system includes at least one memory storing a program and at least one processor. The processor implements the program to analyze an audio signal including sound from a first sound source; identify, based on the analysis of the audio signal, a series of sound indicators each representing a certainty that audio components of the first sound source are included in the audio signal; identify a series of pitches, each relating to the components of the first sound source; and cause a display device to display the series of the sound indicators and the identified series of the pitches along a common time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Maezawa, Yoshimasa Isozaki
  • Patent number: 11609783
    Abstract: A signal processor and a signal processing method thereof. The signal processor obtain a first audio signal of a first channel, obtains a second audio signal of a second channel. The signal processor performs a first signal processing on the input first audio signal. The signal processor, when it does not obtain the second audio signal, performs a second signal processing on the input first audio signal having undergone the first signal processing and output a further processed first audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryotaro Aoki, Akihiko Suyama, Tatsuya Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 11601771
    Abstract: An audio signal processing apparatus includes a first bus, a second bus, and a controller that assigns a first input channel to the first bus, assigns a second input channel to the second bus, receives an amount of feed from the first input channel to the first bus, and receives an amount of feed from the second input channel to the second bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arata Imai, Shunichi Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11600252
    Abstract: A performance analysis method according to the present invention includes generating information related to a performance tendency of a user, from observed performance information relating to a performance of a musical piece by the user and inferred performance information that occurs when the musical piece is performed based on a specific tendency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Maezawa
  • Patent number: 11599135
    Abstract: A rotation operation device includes: a rotation shaft including a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft; a knob having conductivity, the knob being provided at the first end portion of the rotation shaft and being configured to rotate the rotation shaft; a touch sensor configured to detect a contact with the knob; and an elastic body having conductivity, the elastic body including a first end connected to the knob and a second end connected to the touch sensor. The knob includes a surface facing in the axial direction of the rotation shaft towards the second end portion of the rotation shaft, the surface of the knob includes a recess portion recessed in the axial direction, and the first end of the elastic body is disposed in the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Izumi, Yoshihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11595757
    Abstract: An audio signal input and output device includes a port that inputs or outputs an audio signal, an interface that receives a specification of a channel or bus to be assigned to the port, and a sender that sends information over a network for assigning the channel or bus based on the specification received by the interface. The information assigns the inputted audio signal to a predetermined input channel of the management device. A speaker emits a sound based on the inputted audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Suyama