Patents Assigned to Viscount International S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 9293126
    Abstract: A system is used to reproduce the sound of a stringed instrument and provided with hammers to strike the strings. The system has a speed detector coupled with each hammer to detect the percussion velocity on the string, a plurality of note modules receiving in input a signal representative of the hammer velocity and generating a force signal (Ftot) representative of the global partial components of the string vibration, and a soundboard-instrument body module receiving in input said signal of the global partial components (Ftot) from each note module and generating two electrical signals (left, right) adapted to drive two electroacoustic transducers for sound emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: VISCOUNT INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Zambon, Eugenio Giordani, Federico Fontana, Balazs Bank
  • Publication number: 20150068390
    Abstract: A system used to reproduce the sound of a stringed instrument provided with hammers striking the strings is disclosed. The system comprises speed detection means coupled with each hammer to detect the percussion velocity on the string, a plurality of note modules receiving in input a signal representative of the hammer velocity and generating a force signal (Ftot) representative of the global partial components of the string vibration, and a soundboard-instrument body module receiving in input said signal of the global partial components (Ftot) from each note module and generating two electrical signals (left, right) adapted to drive two electroacoustic transducers for sound emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: VISCOUNT INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Zambon, Eugenio Giordani, Federico Fontana, Balazs Bank
  • Patent number: 7777116
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method used to automatically tune, thanks to the presence of a suitably designed electronic device, an electronic organ with the air organ pipes associated with it; it being provided, in particular, that the said operation is performed based on the tuning variations detected in real time on the air pipes based on parameters referring to the frequency of the emitted sound and to environmental temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Viscount International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rolando Luciani
  • Publication number: 20090229446
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method used to automatically tune, thanks to the presence of a suitably designed electronic device, an electronic organ with the air organ pipes associated with it; it being provided, in particular, that the said operation is performed based on the tuning variations detected in real time on the air pipes based on parameters referring to the frequency of the emitted sound and to environmental temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: VISCOUNT INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Rolando Luciani
  • Patent number: 7442869
    Abstract: The present invention consists in a method and electronic device used to reproduce the sound of church organ flue pipes, by taking advantage of the physical modeling technique of acoustic instruments; it being an audio-digital synthesis system based on digital signal processors, which contains a program of physical simulation of the generation of the sound of organ flue pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Viscount International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Carlo Zinato