Patents by Inventor Sekine Satoshi

Sekine Satoshi 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: 5581618
    Abstract: In order to obtain a sound-broadened image and a clear sound-image discrimination image when producing plural kinds of sounds, the electronic musical instrument and the like provides a sound-image position control apparatus. This apparatus at least provides a signal mixing portion (e.g., matrix controller) and a virtual-speaker position control portion. Herein, the signal mixing portion mixes plural audio signals supplied from a sound source and the like in accordance with a predetermined signal mixing procedure so as to output plural mixed signals. In order to control positions of virtual speakers which are emerged as sound-producing points as if each kind of sounds is produced from each of these points, the virtual-speaker position control portion applies different delay times to each of plural mixed signals so as to output delayed signals as right-side and left-side audio signals to be respectively supplied to right-side and left-side speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Sekine Satoshi, Junichi Fujimori, Yasutake Suzuki