Patents by Inventor Hirokatsu Kawano

Hirokatsu Kawano 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).

  • Patent number: 10923151
    Abstract: A device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to obtain music piece information containing at least information on a beat position in music piece data; a lighting control unit configured to control a lighting fixture with reference to a change point of a lighting effect, whose minimum unit is defined by the beat position; and an operation interlock control unit configured to apply, in response to an operation performed on a music piece reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce the music piece data or a music piece reproduction controller configured to control the music piece reproduction apparatus, the lighting effect corresponding to the operation to the control of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ALPHATHETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10708998
    Abstract: A lighting controller includes: an information acquiring unit configured to acquire music piece information including at least information on a beat position in music piece data; a lighting controller configured to control a lighting fixture with reference to a lighting-effect change point, a minimum unit of the lighting-effect change point being defined by the beat position; and an operation interlock control unit configured to apply, in response to a predetermined operation applied on a music piece reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce the music piece data as a music piece or a music piece reproduction controller configured to control the music piece reproduction apparatus, a predetermined lighting effect corresponding to the operation or a process executed by the operation to the control of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: AlphaTheta Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10512139
    Abstract: A lighting controller is configured to make lighting control data in which lighting control information corresponding to a music piece is recorded and to control a lighting apparatus based on the lighting control data. The lighting controller includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire beat position information indicating beat positions of music piece data; a reference position plotting unit configured to plot a plurality of reference positions corresponding one-to-one to the beat positions of the beat position information; a lighting control information setting unit configured to set the lighting control information corresponding to the music piece; and a lighting control information editing unit configured to record the lighting control information with reference to the reference positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190313506
    Abstract: A lighting controller includes: an information acquiring unit configured to acquire music piece information including at least information on a beat position in music piece data; a lighting controller configured to control a lighting fixture with reference to a lighting-effect change point, a minimum unit of the lighting-effect change point being defined by the beat position; and an operation interlock control unit configured to apply, in response to a predetermined operation applied on a music piece reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce the music piece data as a music piece or a music piece reproduction controller configured to control the music piece reproduction apparatus, a predetermined lighting effect corresponding to the operation or a process executed by the operation to the control of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokatsu KAWANO, Toshiki NAKAI, Junichiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 10390410
    Abstract: A device for selecting a music piece for generating lighting control data is configured to select, among pieces of music piece data each containing transition information of characteristic sections that characterize a music structure, a target piece of music piece data suitable for generating the lighting control data for each of the pieces of music piece data. The music piece selecting device includes: a transition information acquirer acquiring the transition information of the characteristic sections in each piece of music piece data; a characteristic section type determiner determining respective types of the characteristic sections based on the transition information of the characteristic sections acquired by the transition information acquirer; and a music piece data selector selecting the target piece of music piece data for generating the lighting control data based on the respective types of the characteristic sections determined by the characteristic section type determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190212971
    Abstract: A sound equipment control operation input device includes: a plurality of operation units, at least one of the operation units being operated to control sound equipment; a control mode switcher configured to switch one or more of the operation units to a first control mode for controlling the sound equipment or a second control mode for controlling lighting equipment; a control mode determiner configured to determine respective control mode settings of the operation units; and a control mode visual indicator configured to visually indicate the respective control mode settings of the operation units based on results of determination by the control mode determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Pioneer DJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190200432
    Abstract: A device for selecting a music piece for generating lighting control data is configured to select, among pieces of music piece data each containing transition information of characteristic sections that characterize a music structure, a target piece of music piece data suitable for generating the lighting control data for each of the pieces of music piece data. The music piece selecting device includes: a transition information acquirer acquiring the transition information of the characteristic sections in each piece of music piece data; a characteristic section type determiner determining respective types of the characteristic sections based on the transition information of the characteristic sections acquired by the transition information acquirer; and a music piece data selector selecting the target piece of music piece data for generating the lighting control data based on the respective types of the characteristic sections determined by the characteristic section type determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Pioneer DJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190088285
    Abstract: A device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to obtain music piece information containing at least information on a beat position in music piece data; a lighting control unit configured to control a lighting fixture with reference to a change point of a lighting effect, whose minimum unit is defined by the beat position; and an operation interlock control unit configured to apply, in response to an operation performed on a music piece reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce the music piece data or a music piece reproduction controller configured to control the music piece reproduction apparatus, the lighting effect corresponding to the operation to the control of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190021153
    Abstract: A lighting controller is configured to make lighting control data in which lighting control information corresponding to a music piece is recorded and to control a lighting apparatus based on the lighting control data. The lighting controller includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire beat position information indicating beat positions of music piece data; a reference position plotting unit configured to plot a plurality of reference positions corresponding one-to-one to the beat positions of the beat position information; a lighting control information setting unit configured to set the lighting control information corresponding to the music piece; and a lighting control information editing unit configured to record the lighting control information with reference to the reference positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Kawano, Toshiki Nakai, Junichiro Inoue