Patents by Inventor Ken Iwayama
Ken Iwayama 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).
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Patent number: 10959020Abstract: An audio signal control circuit includes an adjustment signal generator that extracts a frequency band, which includes a frequency at which a frequency band shared by a low-range speaker and a frequency band shared by a high-range speaker overlap each other, to generate an adjustment signal Sck; a high-range outputter that subtracts the adjustment signal Sck from an audio signal Sa to generate a high-range audio signal SaH and outputs it to a high-pass filter; and a low-range outputter that adds the adjustment signal Sck to the audio signal Sa to generate a low-range audio signal SaL and outputs it to a low-pass filter.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Mitsutaka Goto, Ken Iwayama, David Hatmaker
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Publication number: 20200213734Abstract: An audio signal control circuit includes an adjustment signal generator that extracts a frequency band, which includes a frequency at which a frequency band shared by a low-range speaker and a frequency band shared by a high-range speaker overlap each other, to generate an adjustment signal Sck; a high-range outputter that subtracts the adjustment signal Sck from an audio signal Sa to generate a high-range audio signal SaH and outputs it to a high-pass filter; and a low-range outputter that adds the adjustment signal Sck to the audio signal Sa to generate a low-range audio signal SaL and outputs it to a low-pass filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Mitsutaka GOTO, Ken IWAYAMA, David HATMAKER
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Patent number: 8675649Abstract: In an audio network system constructed from a main node and a plurality of satellite nodes each having a plurality of ports, the main node generates and transmits a main packet including audio signals of a plurality of channels. Each satellite node selects one of the plurality of ports in turn, and confirms whether the main packet arrives at the selected port every predetermined period or not. When the main packet arrives at the selected port every predetermined period, the main packet is received via the port by continuing selection of the port. In the case where reception of the main packet is lost, one is selected from the plurality of ports in turn, the operation to confirm arrival of the main packet is restarted, and another port at which the main packet arrives at the present stage is automatically found.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Nathan Bentall, Eamon Hughes, Peter Charles Eastty, Michael John Hunter Smith, Ken Iwayama, Peter Damien Thorpe, Masahiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 8554347Abstract: An apparatus is provided for remotely monitoring a plurality of amplifiers on a display device. The amplifiers are provided to process audio signals and directly or indirectly connected to a network. In the apparatus, a collecting section collects a group code from each of the amplifiers through the network. The group code is allocated to each amplifier according to a grouping system for grouping the plurality of the amplifiers. A display control section displays a tree diagram of the amplifiers according to the collected group codes on the display device as a graphical representation of the grouping system.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Akio Suyama, Takaaki Muto, Naohide Kohyama, Ken Iwayama
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Patent number: 8401680Abstract: When any one of a plurality of amplifiers has been selected in response to amplifier selecting operation, an amplifier Detail View of the selected amplifier is displayed, where corresponding parameters are displayed via elements of the amplifier Detail View. When any one of a plurality of groups has been selected in response to group selecting operation, a group Detail View of the selected group is displayed, where maximum and minimum values detected from among values of a parameter of individual amplifiers of the selected group are displayed via a band-shaped element of a corresponding fader element. In another example, where a hierarchical group is selected in a tree display section on a control screen, respective state information, including parameter values or states of parameters, of a plurality of amplifiers belonging to the selected hierarchical group is displayed in a state information section.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Takaaki Muto, Ken Iwayama, Takaaki Makino, Naohide Kohyama, Akihiko Suyama
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Patent number: 8363845Abstract: A speaker array apparatus capable of performing directivity control with ease even when sound emission is performed based on audio signals of different frequency ranges. The speaker array apparatus includes a speaker unit for emitting high-frequency range sound, and another speaker unit for emitting low- and high-frequency range sound. A signal processed by a high pass filter is used for generation of both audio signals used by these speaker units to emit the high-frequency range sounds. Since both the audio signals are rotated in phase similarly to each other, the phases of audio signals supplied to both the speaker units are in coincidence with each other in high-frequency range, which makes it easy to carry out directivity control.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Takashi Yamakawa, Kenichi Tamiya, Koji Kushida, Ken Iwayama
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Patent number: 8194904Abstract: Disclosed herein is a speaker system unit with a cone type vibration plate, a horn and a diffuser. The horn is disposed such that a small-diameter opening thereof is positioned inward from a front opening of the vibration plate, and an outer surface of the horn is arranged along an inner surface of the vibration plate to form a first acoustic path. The diffuser has a base portion, a front end portion and an outer peripheral surface extending therebetween, and is disposed such that the base portion is positioned inward from a front opening of the horn, opposite the small-diameter opening of the horn. The diffuser has a specific shape such that the outer peripheral surface expands along an inner surface of the horn to form a second acoustic path and then narrows toward the front end portion of the diffuser.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Ken Iwayama
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Patent number: 8165334Abstract: A speaker system includes an enclosure, a first speaker unit for low frequency and a plurality of second speaker units for high frequency. The enclosure includes a front plate portion which is a baffle plate and a rear plate portion. A length of the rear plate portion in a first direction perpendicular to a forward and backward direction is shorter than a length of the front plate portion in the first direction. The first speaker unit and the second speaker units are mounted to the front plate portion. The plurality of second speaker units are arranged in the first direction. Vibration plates of the plurality of second speaker units are located in the vicinity of the front plate portions in the forward and backward direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Toa CorporationInventor: Ken Iwayama
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Patent number: 8155350Abstract: An amplifier controller for controlling a plurality of amplifiers connected therewith is provided. Each of said amplifiers is provided with one or more audio output channels. The amplifier controller operates in two modes of solo mode and normal mode. When the solo mode is initiated, the amplifier controller instructs all of the amplifiers to turn off output of all audio output channels provided in the amplifiers, and only in the solo mode, according to selection of an output channel for which solo output is to be performed, the amplifier controller instructs the amplifier provided with the selected channel to turn on output of the channel, and instructs each of the amplifiers provided with an audio output channel other than the selected channel to turn off output of the audio output channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Akio Suyama, Takaaki Muto, Naohide Kohyama, Ken Iwayama
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Patent number: 7840024Abstract: A wide dispersion speaker system 1 comprises a cone type speaker unit 2, and a restricting element 10A. The restricting element 10A is provided with a center hole 11 at a center section thereof, and a peripheral hole 12 located outward relative to the center hole 11. The restricting element 10A has an annular sound travel inhibiting portion 19 positioned radially outward relative to the center hole 11 and radially inward relative to the peripheral hole 12. An outer end in a radial direction of the sound travel inhibiting portion 19 is positioned at a substantially middle point between an outer end in the radial direction of the center hole 11 and an outer end in the radial direction of the peripheral hole 12 or positioned radially outward relative to the substantially middle point.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: TOA CorporationInventors: Ken Iwayama, Takashi Nishino
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Publication number: 20100128658Abstract: In an audio network system constructed from a main node and a plurality of satellite nodes each having a plurality of ports, the main node generates and transmits a main packet including audio signals of a plurality of channels. Each satellite node selects one of the plurality of ports in turn, and confirms whether the main packet arrives at the selected port every predetermined period or not. When the main packet arrives at the selected port every predetermined period, the main packet is received via the port by continuing selection of the port. In the case where reception of the main packet is lost, one is selected from the plurality of ports in turn, the operation to confirm arrival of the main packet is restarted, and another port at which the main packet arrives at the present stage is automatically found.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Nathan Bentall, Eamon Hughes, Peter Charles Eastty, Michael John Hunter Smith, Ken Iwayama, Peter Damien Thorpe, Masahiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 7598461Abstract: An electronic apparatus is mountable in either of a standard mount state in a rack, or an offset mount state which offsets forward from the standard mount state in a depth direction of the rack. A pair of side boards extend rearward from a front panel in the depth direction, and are spaced apart from each other at left and right sides in a width direction perpendicular to the depth direction. A pair of rack angles are attached to the pair of the side boards, respectively. The rack angle is composed of a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate intersecting perpendicularly to the first mounting plate. One of through-holes formed in the first mounting plate of the rack angle and screw holes formed in the side board is positioned in correspondence to both of the standard mount state and the offset mount state, so that the rack angle is selectively attached to the side board in either of the standard mount state and the offset mount state.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yoshikuni Kitamura, Ken Iwayama
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Publication number: 20090232331Abstract: An amplifier controller for controlling a plurality of amplifiers connected therewith is provided. Each of said amplifiers is provided with one or more audio output channels. The amplifier controller operates in two modes of solo mode and normal mode. When the solo mode is initiated, the amplifier controller instructs all of the amplifiers to turn off output of all audio output channels provided in the amplifiers, and only in the solo mode, according to selection of an output channel for which solo output is to be performed, the amplifier controller instructs the amplifier provided with the selected channel to turn on output of the channel, and instructs each of the amplifiers provided with an audio output channel other than the selected channel to turn off output of the audio output channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Akio Suyama, Takaaki Muto, Naohide Kohyama, Ken Iwayama
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Publication number: 20090138110Abstract: When any one of a plurality of amplifiers has been selected in response to amplifier selecting operation, an amplifier Detail View of the selected amplifier is displayed, where corresponding parameters are displayed via elements of the amplifier Detail View. When any one of a plurality of groups has been selected in response to group selecting operation, a group Detail View of the selected group is displayed, where maximum and minimum values detected from among values of a parameter of individual amplifiers of the selected group are displayed via a band-shaped element of a corresponding fader element. In another example, where a hierarchical group is selected in a tree display section on a control screen, respective state information, including parameter values or states of parameters, of a plurality of amplifiers belonging to the selected hierarchical group is displayed in a state information section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Naohide KOHYAMA, Ken IWAYAMA, Akio SUYAMA, Takaaki MUTO, Takaaki MAKINO
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Publication number: 20090033412Abstract: An apparatus is provided for remotely monitoring a plurality of amplifiers on a display device. The amplifiers are provided to process audio signals and directly or indirectly connected to a network. In the apparatus, a collecting section collects a group code from each of the amplifiers through the network. The group code is allocated to each amplifier according to a grouping system for grouping the plurality of the amplifiers. A display control section displays a tree diagram of the amplifiers according to the collected group codes on the display device as a graphical representation of the grouping system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Akio SUYAMA, Takaaki Muto, Naohide Kohyama, Ken Iwayama
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Publication number: 20090020330Abstract: An electronic apparatus is mountable in either of a standard mount state in a rack, or an offset mount state which offsets forward from the standard mount state in a depth direction of the rack. A pair of side boards extend rearward from a front panel in the depth direction, and are spaced apart from each other at left and right sides in a width direction perpendicular to the depth direction. A pair of rack angles are attached to the pair of the side boards, respectively. The rack angle is composed of a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate intersecting perpendicularly to the first mounting plate. One of through-holes formed in the first mounting plate of the rack angle and screw holes formed in the side board is positioned in correspondence to both of the standard mount state and the offset mount state, so that the rack angle is selectively attached to the side board in either of the standard mount state and the offset mount state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikuni KITAMURA, Ken IWAYAMA
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Publication number: 20080226093Abstract: A speaker array apparatus capable of performing control to narrow the directivity angle of low-frequency range sounds, without causing a speaker array to be large in size. An audio signal input to the speaker array apparatus is divided into an audio signal in which low-frequency range components of the input audio signal are included and an audio signal in which low-frequency range components thereof are attenuated, and the former audio signal is signal-processed by a directivity controller. Based on the processed audio signal, sounds are emitted from speakers disposed at four corners of the speaker array, whereby the directivity angle of acoustic beam in low-frequency range can be made narrower than when sounds are emitted from all the speakers of the speaker array.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Koji KUSHIDA, Kenichi TAMIYA, Takashi YAMAKAWA, Takao NAKAYA, Ken IWAYAMA
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Publication number: 20080199017Abstract: A speaker array apparatus capable of performing directivity control with ease even when sound emission is performed based on audio signals of different frequency ranges. The speaker array apparatus includes a speaker unit for emitting high-frequency range sound, and another speaker unit for emitting low- and high-frequency range sound. A signal processed by a high pass filter is used for generation of both audio signals used by these speaker units to emit the high-frequency range sounds. Since both the audio signals are rotated in phase similarly to each other, the phases of audio signals supplied to both the speaker units are in coincidence with each other in high-frequency range, which makes it easy to carry out directivity control.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi YAMAKAWA, Kenichi TAMIYA, Koji KUSHIDA, Ken IWAYAMA
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Publication number: 20080192964Abstract: In some cases, constant directivity of a speaker system is desirably obtained in a wider frequency range. However, a speaker system using a constant directivity horn is frequently used in combination with a box speaker containing a woofer unit. Such a system becomes large in size. Furthermore, constant directivity is desirably obtained in a lower frequency. A speaker system 10 includes an enclosure 20, a first speaker unit 30 for low frequency and a plurality of second speaker units 31, 32, and 33 for high frequency. The enclosure 20 includes a front plate portion 21 which is a baffle plate and a rear plate portion 23. A length of the rear plate portion 22 in a first direction perpendicular to a forward and backward direction is shorter than a length of the front plate portion 21 in the first direction. The first speaker unit 30 and the second speaker units 31, 32, and 33 are mounted to the front plate portion 21. The plurality of second speaker units 31, 32, and 33 are arranged in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2005Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: TOA CORPORATIONInventor: Ken Iwayama
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Patent number: 7401681Abstract: An auxiliary mounting device 10 for an in ceiling speaker system comprises a ceiling reinforcing element 11 and an elongate element 21. The ceiling reinforcing element 11 includes a flat plate portion 12 and a vertical portion 14 provided to extend vertically from the flat plate portion, 12. The vertical portion 14 is capable of being in a slidable state in which the vertical portion 14 is vertically slidable and in a fixed state in which the vertical portion 14 is fixed so as not to vertically displace.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2004Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: TOA CorportionInventors: Ken Iwayama, Takashi Nishino