Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Tachibana

Toshiyuki Tachibana 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).

  • Publication number: 20240112653
    Abstract: An electronic device including at least one processor that controls reproduction of a piece of music based on music data. The processor determines a performance section falling under a condition defined in advance in the piece of music as a first section and determines a section not falling under the condition as a second section, and in reproducing of the piece of music based on the music data, controls to output music sound of the first section and not to output at least a part of music sound of the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Jun YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230416011
    Abstract: There is provided a conveyance device capable of reducing the frequency of stopping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Akira TAKANAGA, Mitsuo INOUE, Shin ASADA
  • Publication number: 20230227268
    Abstract: Provided is an operation check device for a conveyer device, the operation check device being capable of reproducing and checking operation of the conveyer device. The operation check device includes: a log data creation unit that creates log data in which operation states of a drive motor and a load presence sensor of each of the conveyer units of a conveyer device are individually recorded; an operation reproduction unit that creates video data that schematically reproduces operation of the conveyer device and operation state data on the drive motor as well as the load presence sensor from moment to moment, based on the log data; and a display device that displays a video based on the video data created by the operation reproduction unit and an image based on the operation state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Shin ASADA
  • Publication number: 20230186879
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic music playing control device that provides an instruction of playing music, the control device implementing natural music playing capable of expressing the timing and voicing in live music playing of a musical instrument by a player. The automatic music playing control device includes at least one processor, and the at least one processor selects a voicing pattern corresponding to a combination of the probabilistically-selected number of sounds to be emitted and a decided voicing type corresponding to a range from among a plurality of voicing patterns based on a scale decided according to the tune and chords of a music piece and instructs a sound source to emit a chord voiced based on the selected voicing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YOSHINO, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Shingo OKANO
  • Publication number: 20230186880
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic music playing control device that automatically plays chords to achieve a good music playing. The automatic music playing control device has at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor probabilistically selects any one of a plurality of timing types that defines the number of sound emissions, probabilistically selects any one of a plurality of note timing tables that defines sound emission timings, corresponding to the selected timing type, and instructs a sound source to emit a chord at a sound emission timing based on the selected note timing table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YOSHINO, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Shingo OKANO
  • Patent number: 11417312
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes at least one processor that determines a first pattern of intonation to be applied to a first time segment of a voice data on the basis of a first user operation on a first operation element, causes a first singing voice for the first time segment to be digitally synthesized from the first segment data in accordance with the determined first pattern of intonation, determines a second pattern of intonation to be applied to the second time segment of the voice data on the basis of a second user operation on a second operation element, and causes a second singing voice for the second time segment to be digitally synthesized from the second segment data in accordance with the determined second pattern of intonation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11365064
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a device and a method by which cargo handling is automatically performed to eliminate overlaps among articles. When loaded with a plurality of articles M, a cargo handling device eliminates overlaps among the articles M. The cargo handling device has an article placement surface on which the articles M are placed. The cargo handling device performs a cargo handling operation that turns and/or rotates the articles M on the article placement surface to eliminate the overlaps among the articles M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ITOH DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tachibana, Masayuki Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20220112036
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a conveyance device capable of accurately completing the conveyance device imagined by a customer in a relatively short time. In a method for manufacturing a conveyance device, one or a plurality of operation confirmation devices that visually confirms an operation of the conveyance device is used, the method includes exhibiting a desired operation of the conveyance device in a video by the operation confirmation device and confirming a required operation of the conveyance device in a specification confirmation step, inputting data for realizing the required operation or realizing an operation similar to the required operation to the operation confirmation device, and exhibiting the operation of the conveyance device in a video based on the data that has been input in a virtual operation confirmation step, and inputting the data to an actual individual controller of the conveyance unit in a data input step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Mitsuo INOUE, Akira TAKANAGA
  • Publication number: 20220024697
    Abstract: Conveyer device including a local controller provided in each zone for controlling a transport operation of the zone, and host controller that reports information relating to a cause of non-transport are included. Host controller includes mouse and the like for receiving, from a user, a selection instruction through which one of a plurality of zones is selected, and report processor that obtains, as clue information, information relating to a phenomenon that can be the cause of the non-transport of a conveyed object, from local controller of the target zone, and reports cause information corresponding to information relating to the cause based on the clue information, when the clue information satisfies a determination condition previously set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Tomoya MATOBA
  • Publication number: 20210407481
    Abstract: The present invention aims to change contents of an automatic accompaniment in accordance with a pitch range of a key that a user plays. The electronic musical instrument includes operated keys and a processor. The processor acquires the number of operated keys for each pitch range in accordance with the operation of the keyboard and instructs to switch an automatic accompaniment pattern accompaniment sounds to be emitted in accordance with the acquired number of operated keys for each pitch range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YOSHINO, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20200385219
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a device and a method by which cargo handling is automatically performed to eliminate overlaps among articles. When loaded with a plurality of articles M, a cargo handling device eliminates overlaps among the articles M. The cargo handling device has an article placement surface on which the articles M are placed. The cargo handling device performs a cargo handling operation that turns and/or rotates the articles M on the article placement surface to eliminate the overlaps among the articles M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tachibana, Masayuki Shimoda
  • Patent number: 10853600
    Abstract: A code reading device including: an article placement surface on which an article is placed; at least one code reading unit that optically reads a code attached to the article; and a motion unit that causes the article to swivel and/or rotate on the article placement surface, the code reading device being configured to read the code with the code reading unit while causing the article to swivel and/or rotate on the article placement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Itoh Denki Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tachibana, Yoshiyuki Kujihashi, Hirotaka Yamakaze
  • Publication number: 20200294485
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes at least one processor that determines a first pattern of intonation to be applied to a first time segment of a voice data on the basis of a first user operation on a first operation element, causes a first singing voice for the first time segment to be digitally synthesized from the first segment data in accordance with the determined first pattern of intonation, determines a second pattern of intonation to be applied to the second time segment of the voice data on the basis of a second user operation on a second operation element, and causes a second singing voice for the second time segment to be digitally synthesized from the second segment data in accordance with the determined second pattern of intonation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 10518975
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a conveying device capable of carrying out an object in multiple directions. The conveying device includes a plurality of conveying cells 1 that move the object, and the plurality of conveying cells 1 are arranged in plane. The conveying cell 1 includes a conveying direction changing unit that changes a conveying direction and a controller. An address is given to the conveying cell 1, and based on a conveying destination of the object carried in the conveying cell 1 and an own address of the conveying cell 1, the controller determines a carrying-out direction of the conveying cell 1 such that the object approaches the conveying destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Itoh Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Itoh, Toshiyuki Tachibana, Yoshiyuki Kujihashi, Masayuki Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20190205584
    Abstract: A code reading device including: an article placement surface on which an article is placed; at least one code reading unit that optically reads a code attached to the article; and a motion unit that causes the article to swivel and/or rotate on the article placement surface, the code reading device being configured to read the code with the code reading unit while causing the article to swivel and/or rotate on the article placement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Yoshiyuki KUJIHASHI, Hirotaka YAMAKAZE
  • Patent number: 10322883
    Abstract: An object is to provide a conveyor that enables the number of information read-out devices to be largely reduced and that can be easily constructed. An object identifying device (45) is installed in the first zone. The object identifying device (45) is a bar code reader. Information read by the bar code reader is transmitted to a host control device (46). The host control device (46) identifies an object from information described in a bar code, makes an inquiry about a conveyance destination of an object, transmits the address of the target place to a zone controller (10) of the second zone, and inputs the address to a conveyance destination storage unit of the zone controller (10) of the second zone. The conveyance destination information input to the conveyance destination storage unit is passed on to the downstream zone controller (10) with the conveyance of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Itoh Denki Co.
    Inventors: Kazuo Itoh, Toshiyuki Tachibana, Akira Takanaga, Yoshiyuki Kujihashi
  • Publication number: 20190135542
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a conveying device capable of carrying out an object in multiple directions. The conveying device includes a plurality of conveying cells 1 that move the object, and the plurality of conveying cells 1 are arranged in plane. The conveying cell 1 includes a conveying direction changing unit that changes a conveying direction and a controller. An address is given to the conveying cell 1, and based on a conveying destination of the Object carried in the conveying cell 1 and an own address of the conveying cell 1, the controller determines a carrying-out direction of the conveying cell 1 such that the object approaches the conveying destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Yoshiyuki KUJIHASHI, Masayuki SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 9926140
    Abstract: There is provided a roller conveyor that has a function capable of specifying a failure part or a defective part. When a signal for executing a failure detection operation is transmitted from a host controller (50) to each zone controller (10), each zone controller (10) immediately activates the corresponding motor-incorporating roller (5a). Then, after a certain time, the motor-incorporating roller (5a) is stopped. A pulse interval thereafter is detected by a pulse interval monitoring program (36) to determine whether a delay phenomenon has occurred. The delay phenomenon is a phenomenon in which the pulse signal generation interval is temporarily extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Itoh Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Itoh, Toshiyuki Tachibana, Yoshinori Nagai, Shinji Sayama
  • Publication number: 20170101273
    Abstract: An object is to provide a conveyor that enables the number of information read-out devices to be largely reduced and that can be easily constructed. An object identifying device (45) is installed in the first zone. The object identifying device (45) is a bar code reader. Information read by the bar code reader is transmitted to a host control device (46). The host control device (46) identifies an object from information described in a bar code, makes an inquiry about a conveyance destination of an object, transmits the address of the target place to a zone controller (10) of the second zone, and inputs the address to a conveyance destination storage unit of the zone controller (10) of the second zone. The conveyance destination information input to the conveyance destination storage unit is passed on to the downstream zone controller (10) with the conveyance of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Akira TAKANAGA, Yoshiyuki KUJIHASHI
  • Patent number: 9617083
    Abstract: In a transfer apparatus, a lifting unit has a lifting mechanism having a plurality of combined members and a motor. The lifting mechanism converts the rotation force of the motor to movement in the lifting direction, transmits the movement to at least one of first and second conveyors, raises or lowers at least one of first and second conveyors, and stops rotation of the motor when one of conveying paths reaches a predetermined height. In that process, a physical limit identification operation is executed in which the motor is rotated to operate the lifting mechanism to a physical operation limit and is then stopped, and control of the motor is changed so that the motor is rotated at low speed until the lifting mechanism reaches the physical operation limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Itoh Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Itoh, Toshiyuki Tachibana, Shinji Sayama