Patents Assigned to Ahead, Inc.
  • DIGITALLY PRINTED APPLIQUÉ AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20120005808
    Abstract: An appliqué is provided that is attached to the outer surface of a product. The appliqué comprises a decorative piece including an upper surface with a design element digitally printed thereon and an opposite lower surface attached to the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Ahead, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Shwartz, Charles W. Lord
  • Music instrument which generates a rhythm EKG
    Patent number: 5491297
    Abstract: A musical instrument including an actuator which generates a plurality of signals in response to being played by a user; an audio synthesizer which generates audio tones in response to control signals; a memory storing a musical score for the actuator; a video display unit; and a digital processing means controlling the audio synthesizer and the video display unit. The stored musical score includes a sequence of lead notes each of which has an associated time stamp to identify a time at which it is supposed to be played in the musical score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Ahead, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Johnson, Allan A. Miller, Herbert P. Snow, Vernon A. Miller
  • Virtual music system
    Patent number: 5393926
    Abstract: A virtual musical instrument including a multielement actuator which generates a plurality of signals in response to being played by a user; an audio synthesizer which generates audio tones in response to control signals; a memory storing a musical score for the multi-element actuator, the stored musical score including a sequence of lead notes and an associated sequence of harmony note arrays, each harmony note array of the sequence corresponding to a different one of the lead notes and containing zero, one or more harmony notes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Ahead, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles L. Johnson