Abstract: An apparatus for selecting between sets of pickups for a stringed musical instrument including a top plate with two sets of pickups embedded therein that is rotationally attached to a back plate. The apparatus includes an electrical connector that enables electrical connection between the pickups and the instrument. The apparatus further includes attachment structure enabling fastening of the instrument to a backside of the instrument. The apparatus is configured to extend through a body of the instrument such that the top plate is adjacent strings of the instrument.

Abstract: An automated music composition and generation system and process for producing one or more pieces of digital music, by providing a set of musical energy (ME) quality control parameters to an automated music composition and generation engine, applying certain of the selected musical energy quality control parameters as markers to specific spots along the timeline of a selected media object or event marker by the system user during a scoring process, and providing the selected set of musical energy quality control parameters to drive the automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate one or more pieces of digital music with control over the specified qualities of musical energy embodied in and expressed by the piece of digital music to composed and generated by the automated music composition and generation engine.

Abstract: A motor drive includes a rectifier bridge for connection with mains, a converter bridge configured to connect with an elevator motor and an intermediate DC circuit in-between. A capacitor and/or battery is connected between positive and negative branches of the intermediate DC circuit. At the mains side of the rectifier bridge a controlled main relay with contacts are configured to connect or disconnect the rectifier bridge with the corresponding mains phase. The motor drive comprises a charging circuit which comprises a charging switch connected with a current limiting component. The motor drive comprises a voltage sensor between positive and negative branches of the intermediate DC circuit. The voltage sensor is connected to a circuit comprising a reference value and a comparator. The evaluation circuit is configured to compare the actual sensor signal of the voltage sensor to the reference value and to operate the main relay based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method to communicate with a passenger in a car within a transportation system includes receiving an alarm signal from the car, and initiating a text communication session via a communication system associated with the car in response to the alarm signal.

Abstract: A programmable metronome comprising input controls to set the starting tempo, number of tempo intervals, and the speed of the tempo at the various intervals, and the length of the intervals. The metronome then generates a series of sounds based on said input controls, said series of sounds used for music practice and training.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method of initiating elevator service by entering an elevator call with a call input device operating a program including a plurality of graphical objects displayed on a graphic user interface, in communication with an elevator system. The method includes the steps: selecting a current floor graphical object from the plurality of graphical objects; and selecting a destination floor graphical object from the plurality of graphical objects.

Abstract: A circumambient configuration of sensor pods is disclosed, focusing on a percussionist or other musical performer, to effect desired sound effects. The configuration is ergonomically and/or ergodynamically advantageous as proximate to performer as each sensor pod is within a natural reach of the performer performing conventionally on associated instruments, if any.

Abstract: Each of a plurality of cars includes an in-car notification device configured to receive an announcement command from one of the individual car control devices, to thereby execute an announcement of the name of its own car. When an assignment command is received from a group management device, each of a plurality of individual car control devices causes the car to perform a door opening operation after causing the car to arrive at a floor on which a user is to ride in the car, and outputs the announcement command when it is determined after the door opening operation is finished that an elapsed period of time since the reception of the assignment command is equal to or longer than a period of time required for the user to arrive at an elevator landing after registering a destination floor call on the landing operation panel.

Abstract: A ropeless elevator system (10) includes a plurality of elevator cars (14) configured to travel in a hoistway having at least one lane (13, 15, 17), a propulsion system (16, 18) to impart force to each elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars, and a controller (46). The controller is configured to operate in an in-group mode where the plurality of elevator cars perform service demands, and to selectively operate in an out-of-group mode where at least one selected elevator car of the plurality of elevator cars performs a predetermined task and is prevented from performing the in-group mode service demands.

Abstract: Elevator control system including an elevator car, an elevator controller, and an occupancy detection system configured to detect an occupancy level within the elevator car, the occupancy detection system comprising at least one camera. The elevator controller and the occupancy detection system are configured control the elevator car to prevent additional passengers from entering the elevator car when the occupancy detection system detects an occupancy level above a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes: a memory that stores a trained acoustic model obtained by performing machine learning on training musical score data and training singing voice data of a singer; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor: in accordance with a user operation on an operation element in a plurality of operation elements, inputs prescribed lyric data and pitch data corresponding to the user operation of the operation element to the trained acoustic model so as to cause the trained acoustic model to output the acoustic feature data in response to the inputted prescribed lyric data and the inputted pitch data, and digitally synthesizes and outputs inferred singing voice data that infers a singing voice of the singer on the basis of the acoustic feature data output by the trained acoustic model.

Abstract: A multiple-state health monitoring apparatus for critical components in a hoisting system includes a frame. The frame is a square structure formed by welding a plurality of rectangular steels. A steel wire rope is arranged around a periphery of the square structure. A power system, a friction-and-wear apparatus, a brake-and-wear apparatus, and a tensioning apparatus are sequentially mounted from left to right on a bottom layer of the square structure. A bearing signal collection system, a tension sensor, an excitation apparatus, and a steel-wire-rope image collection system are sequentially mounted from left to right on a top layer of the square structure. The steel wire rope sequentially passes through all the apparatuses or systems and is driven by the power system to perform circling. All the apparatuses or systems are used to monitor an operation status of the steel wire rope.

Abstract: A volume pedal for a guitar is configured so that the volume pedal is at the front of an effects pedals signal chain or at the end of the signal chain depending on the desires of a user. The volume pedal attenuates the whole signal chain allowing the musician to produce swells and similar effects when at the front of the signal chain and controls overall after effects and turns down reverb and delay repeats as well as noise from overdrive/distortion pedals when at the back of the signal chain. A quad pole double throw switch controls the signal flow of the device either directing the signal to flow from guitar to potentiometer to signal chain to amplifier or from guitar to signal chain to potentiometer to amplifier depending on whether the volume pedal is at the front or the rear of the signal chain respectively.

Abstract: A foldable stringed instrument having a neck and/or body that may assume a reduced profile by folding an upper neck portion away from the playing position through the use of a translating bridge assembly and a translating truss assembly, wherein the foldable stringed instrument is capable of housing or otherwise being coupled to any of a variety of electronics or electrical components (e.g. a smart phone or tablet computer) having one or more applications (apps) for driving the operation, functionality and/or effects associated with the foldable stringed instrument.

Abstract: An electronic acoustic apparatus includes a control operator, a storage medium, and a processor. The control operator is operable by a user. The storage medium stores a program. The processor is configured to adjust a predetermined control parameter of an audio signal in response to an operation of the control operator. The processor is also configured to determine that the control operator has been operated in a particular operation style different from a normal operation style that adjusts the predetermined control parameter. In response to the operation of the control operator in the particular operation style, the processor is also configured to issue an instruction to execute a predetermined function different from an adjustment of the predetermined control parameter.

Abstract: For example, provided is an information processing device with which the entire performance can be felt really visually. The information processing device TB according to the present invention includes a processor performing a reception process of receiving input of performance information including pitch information, a first image output process of outputting a first image according to the received performance information, a performance determination process of determining at least any of tonality, a chord type, and a pitch name on the basis of the received performance information, and second image output process of outputting a second image according to a result determined in the performance determination process.

Abstract: A wind instrument such as a harmonica has a mouthpiece with one or more air channels, an electric power source, and a means for generating an electrical output signal from strain gages exposed to airflow in the channels. First and second strain gages having variable flow-induced resistance are bonded to a flexible substrate and suspended within an air channel, which includes a divider shelf for directing a first airflow to the first strain gage and a second airflow to the second strain gage. Complimentary strain gages are mounted to an opposite side of the substrate for inverse flexure to enable temperature correction for the first and second strain gages. When a user forces air through a channel in a direction biased to one side of the divider shelf a difference signal is generated by the first and second strain gages and detected by comparing their outputs.

Abstract: A self-propelled elevator system includes a hoistway (11) including a plurality of drives (40), wherein each of the plurality of drives includes a stationary portion (16) of a propulsion system and a controller (30) configured to operate the stationary portion of the propulsion system. The propelled elevator system also includes an elevator car ((14), 42) comprising a processor (44) and a transceiver (48), wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with the controllers of one or more of the plurality of drives that are adjacent to the elevator car and one or more sensors (46) disposed on the elevator car, wherein the processor is configured to receive signals from the one or more sensors. The processor is configured to control a movement of the elevator car within the hoistway.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a condition determiner that determines whether an OFF condition for turning off a power supply is satisfied in an automatic power-OFF mode; a noise gate that is opened when a level of an input audio signal exceeds a threshold value and is closed when the level of the input audio signal continues being equal to or lower than the threshold value for a first predetermined period of time; and a controller that turns off the power supply on the condition that the condition determiner determines that the OFF condition is satisfied in the automatic power-OFF mode; and the controller does not turn off the power supply when the noise gate is in an open state, even in the case where the OFF condition is satisfied.

Abstract: Processing implemented by computer means of sound data output by at least one sensor and activation of at least one actuator of an acoustically radiating structure. The sensor senses an acoustic signal output by the vibration of the radiating structure. The radiating structure bears at least one actuator controlled by the computer means and is thus involved in the vibration of the radiating structure. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: a) measuring a transfer function of the actuator, radiating structure and sensor assembly, b) controlling activation of the actuator so as to make the radiating structure vibrate, according to a selected setpoint: taking account of the transfer function measured, and taking account of the acoustic signal sensed by the sensor in feedback mode.