Patents by Inventor ATSUO YUKAWA

ATSUO YUKAWA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electronic musical instrument system
    Patent number: 9633642
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic musical instrument system. A PC is configured to perform an operation of emulating an analog synthesizer by a first software synthesizer. The PC installs a second software synthesizer to a hardware synthesizer on condition that the hardware synthesizer is confirmed to be the device corresponding to the second software synthesizer. The hardware synthesizer performs the operation of emulating the analog synthesizer by the second software synthesizer. The first software synthesizer and the second software synthesizer related to the operation of emulating the analog synthesizer have the same function respectively, and are capable of generating the same tone respectively, the effect of reproducing the same function and tone as the synthesizer that is to be emulated can be achieved respectively in two different devices, i.e. the PC and the hardware synthesizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ROLAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuo Yukawa, Atsushi Hoshika, Hirofumi Yui
  • ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170025112
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic musical instrument system. A PC is configured to perform an operation of emulating an analog synthesizer by a first software synthesizer. The PC installs a second software synthesizer to a hardware synthesizer on condition that the hardware synthesizer is confirmed to be the device corresponding to the second software synthesizer. The hardware synthesizer performs the operation of emulating the analog synthesizer by the second software synthesizer. The first software synthesizer and the second software synthesizer related to the operation of emulating the analog synthesizer have the same function respectively, and are capable of generating the same tone respectively, the effect of reproducing the same function and tone as the synthesizer that is to be emulated can be achieved respectively in two different devices, i.e. the PC and the hardware synthesizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: ATSUO YUKAWA, ATSUSHI HOSHIKA, HIROFUMI YUI