Patents by Inventor Chie Sekine

Chie Sekine 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).

  • Tempo analysis device and tempo analysis method
    Patent number: 7923621
    Abstract: A tempo analyzer to analyze the tempo of sound such as a musical composition or the like is provided in which a controller (9) takes, based on level information on a sound signal from an analysis data extraction unit (62), a frame which is a predetermined unit-time interval as a unit of process, detects positions of peaks of the level of the sound signal (apex of the change in level) higher than a predetermined level to find a time interval (peak-to-peak interval) between the peak positions in the frame, and determines a peak-to-peak time interval having occurred frequently as a tempo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Shiraishi, Chie Sekine, Kumiko Masuda, Kuniharu Mori
  • Tempo analysis device and tempo analysis method
    Publication number: 20060185501
    Abstract: A tempo analyzer to analyze the tempo of sound such as a musical composition or the like is provided in which a controller (9) takes, based on level information on a sound signal from an analysis data extraction unit (62), a frame which is a predetermined unit-time interval as a unit of process, detects positions of peaks of the level of the sound signal (apex of the change in level) higher than a predetermined level to find a time interval (peak-to-peak interval) between the peak positions in the frame, and determines a peak-to-peak time interval having occurred frequently as a tempo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Goro Shiraishi, Chie Sekine, Kumiko Masuda, Kuniharu Mori