Patents Assigned to Roland Corporation
  • Patent number: 12288543
    Abstract: This electronic musical instrument main body device comprises an information acquisition unit and a port assignment unit. The information acquisition unit acquires, from a playing operation device connected to one connection terminal, information related to the playing operation device. The port assignment unit assigns, to the playing operation device, a virtual input port of a type corresponding to the information related to the playing operation device and acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Takasaki, Kou Imai, Kenji Morita
  • Patent number: 12288541
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless communication device, an electronic device, and a wireless communication method. A wireless communication device is connected to an electronic musical instrument and transmits and receives MIDI data input to and output from the electronic musical instrument to and from other wireless communication devices paired through wireless communication at a predetermined communication interval, the pair is formed with each of a plurality of the other wireless communication devices. The wireless communication device includes a communication interval setting part configured to set a communication interval of each pair to a different time interval; and a communication interval transmission part configured to transmit the communication intervals set by the communication interval setting part to the corresponding other wireless communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20250131901
    Abstract: A percussion instrument includes: a body of a cylindrical shape; a striking head, attached to one axial side of the body; a resonance head, attached to the other axial side of the body; and a sound absorbing material, formed in a disk shape that provides a partition between the striking head and the resonance head, and having an outer edge joined to an inner peripheral surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi YOSHINO, Masato KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 12284496
    Abstract: An audio processing device includes: a first low-pass filter (LPF) to which an audio signal is input; a circuit to which the audio signal is input, including a first high-pass filter (HPF) and a preamplifier; a second HPF to which the audio signal is input; a second LPF to which an output signal of the circuit is input; an extractor, extracting each of an output signal of the first LPF, an output signal of the second HPF, and an output signal of the second LPF at a predetermined ratio; and a mixer, mixing the output signal of the first LPF, the output signal of the second HPF, and the output signal of the second LPF that are extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ochi, Yoshinobu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 12277920
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic cymbal and a case attachment method with which even when a case is attached to a frame, the distribution of hit sensitivity against a hit on the frame is uniform. In this electronic cymbal (1), the case (8) is attached to the frame (4) by fitting an outer peripheral hooking section (8b) of a case (8) into an outer peripheral support section (4b) of a frame (4), and fitting an inner peripheral enclosing section (8d) of the case (8) into the inner peripheral side of the frame (4). These components can be mounted without forming a screw hole in the frame (4) and screwing the case (8) and the frame (4). Thus, it is possible to suppress the stress concentration on a specific position of the frame (4) due to the screwing, and to uniformize the distribution of the hit sensitivity on the frame (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Tanida, Syota Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20250104672
    Abstract: Electronic percussion instruments 3a to 3g each comprise a struck surface part 30 having a dome-shaped struck surface 30a and formed into a net shape, and a ring-shaped frame 31 connected to the outer edge of the struck surface part 30, and a region on the back surface 30b side of the struck surface part 30 is open. Consequently, unlike a case where the back surface side of a struck surface is surrounded by a cylindrical shell, for example, like conventional electronic percussion instruments simulating a drum, it is possible to prevent other members from being resonant with vibrations when the struck surface 30a is hit. Therefore, hit sound can be effectively reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 12249308
    Abstract: A frame body fixed to a membrane 10 is divided into multiple long-side frame bodies 11 and a short-side frame body aligned in a peripheral direction of a frame 3. Tension is applied to the frame body 10 by pulling each frame body 11, 12. Accordingly, it is not necessary to make the shape of each frame body 11, 12 consistent with the frame 3 (support part 30) in a complicated polygonal shape, and the shape of each frame body 11, 12 can be formed as a linear shape. Therefore, the shape of each frame body 11, 12 hardly varies. In addition, even if the shape of each frame body 11, 12 varies, tension can be uniformly applied to the membrane 10, as it is configured that each frame body 11, 12 is pulled to apply tension to the membrane 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 12249306
    Abstract: This musical sound processing device includes: a storage part that stores musical sound waveform data; a plurality of reproduction control parts that perform reproduction processes for reproducing a plurality of pieces of musical sound piece data acquired by dividing the musical sound waveform data stored in the storage part on the basis of respectively independent reproduction start timing, reproduction end timing and reproduction modes; and a mixer that mixes a plurality of reproduction sounds to be outputted as the results of the reproduction processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Ae, Hiromu Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20250078785
    Abstract: An elastic body is attached to a percussion instrument including a body part and a head, the body part having an opening on an upper end side thereof, the head covering the opening of the body part and having attachment holes formed therein. The elastic body includes: a struck part, arranged on an upper surface of the head; insertion parts, protruding downward from the struck part; and a hook part, formed to expand from the insertion parts. In a state in which the insertion parts are inserted into the attachment holes of the head, the hook part is hooked to a lower surface of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka MORITA
  • Publication number: 20250078786
    Abstract: A light sensor 19 is provided for detecting a position of a lever 14 (an intermediate position between an initial position and a terminal position of the lever 14) between an ON state and an OFF state of the lever 14, and a musical sound in accordance with the position of the lever 14 detected by the light sensor 19 is generated. That is, in each of the ON state of the lever 14, the OFF state of the lever 14, and the state where the lever 14 is therebetween, different musical sounds are generated when the head 6 is percussed. Therefore, compared with the conventional technique where musical sounds can only be generated based on the ON or OFF state of the lever 14, musical sounds of a greater variety can be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Morita, Ryo Takasaki, Kenji Sakamoto, Koki Takaishi
  • Publication number: 20250078787
    Abstract: An elastic body 3 includes through holes 32 connecting upper and lower surfaces thereof. Therefore, compared with a case where the through holes 32 are not formed, a sound produced due to vibration of the elastic body 3 at a time of a percussion to the head 1 can be reduced effectively. Meanwhile, in regions where the through holes 32 are not formed, the vibration at the time of the percussion to the head 1 is propagated to the support part 20 via the elastic body 3 itself. Accordingly, the vibration at the time of the percussion to the head 1 can be propagated to the head sensor S1 via the support part 20. Accordingly, the percussion to the head 1 can be accurately detected, while the percussion sound at the time of the percussion to the head 1 can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Rei NONOMURA, Ryo TANIDA, Keita UTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20250078788
    Abstract: A sensor for vibration detection is not installed to a second frame 301b, and an upper surface of the second frame 301b is a non-percussion surface not assumed to receive a percussion. Since the second frame 301b is elastically supported by the first frame 301a via the elastic bodies 309a to 309c, at the time of a percussion to a head 202 or a cover 206, the elastic bodies 309a to 309c can attenuate the vibration propagated from the first frame 301a to the second frame 301b. Thus, since the noise produced due to the vibration of the second frame 301b can be suppressed, the performer is allowed a favorable feeling of performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Rei NONOMURA, Ryo Tanida, Keita UTSUMI
  • Patent number: 12236927
    Abstract: An input musical sound signal is input to band pass filters, and pass musical sound signals for each sound pitch are acquired. Total level ratios based on a total of levels of a sound pitch lower than those of the pass musical sound signals are calculated from the levels that are levels of the pass musical sound signals, and output coefficients are acquired on the basis of the total level ratios. Levels of octave musical sound signals acquired by converting the pass musical sound signals into sound pitches lower than those of the pass musical sound signals by one octave are multiplied by the output coefficients. In accordance with this, the octave musical sound signals of a low sound pitch can be extracted from among the octave musical sound signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Tomita
  • Patent number: 12236924
    Abstract: Provided are a control device, a control method and a control system. In a control system, a headphone and a pedal device are in communication with each other through first communication, and the pedal device and a portable terminal are in communication with each other through second communication. Accordingly, even when the headphone can be connected to only one control device, a control instruction from the pedal device can be transmitted to the headphone through the first communication, and a control instruction from the portable terminal can be transmitted to the headphone through the second communication and the first communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 12225364
    Abstract: A speaker device includes left and right speakers and a correction part. The correction part corrects frequency characteristics of a stereo audio signal supplied to the left and right speakers so that transfer characteristics of the left and right speakers become predetermined transfer characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Naoshi Miyoshi, Masato Ueno
  • Patent number: 12223933
    Abstract: There are provided an electronic musical apparatus, a storage medium storing a recording/reproduction program, and a recording/reproduction method capable of outputting a musical sound phrase and a rhythm phrase after the input musical sound phrase is output. In a case where a recording button is operated, a looper starts to record musical sounds. In this case, the musical sounds (that is, a musical sound phrase) that are being recorded are output from a speaker. Thereafter, in a case where a loop reproduction button is operated, the recording is stopped, and loop reproduction of the recorded musical sound phrase and a rhythm phrase is started. Consequently, it is possible to output musical sounds in which the musical sound phrase and the rhythm phrase are loop-reproduced after the input musical sound phrase is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Mamori, Shinya Kondo, Yasuhisa Umano
  • Patent number: D1064053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Roland Corporation, KARIMOKU FURNITURE INC.
    Inventors: Takahiko Fujimori, Yusuke Iwabata, Kenta Mitsuishi, Takahiro Murai
  • Patent number: D1065313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Otsuka, Norihiko Wada, Naoshi Miyoshi
  • Patent number: D1066294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Hattori, Akihito Kimura
  • Patent number: D1068809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Atsumi, Ayaka Usui, Nanae Sakuma