Patents by Inventor Friedmann Becker

Friedmann Becker 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).

  • Automatic generation of musical scratching effects
    Publication number: 20040177746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating electrical sounds and to an interactive music player. According to the invention, an audio signal in digital format, which lasts for a predeterminable length of time, is used as the starting material. The reproduction position and/or the reproduction direction and/or the reproduction speed of said signal is/are modulated automatically with respect to the rhythm using control information in different predeterminable ways, based on information concerning the musical tempo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventor: Friedmann Becker
  • Automatic recognition and matching of tempo and phase of pieces of music, and an interactive music player based thereon
    Publication number: 20040069123
    Abstract: A method of matching the tempo and phase in pieces of music which allows the conjunction of the pieces of music to form a continuous stream of music. The interactive music player which digitally executes the method of matching the tempo and phase in pieces of music is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Native Instruments Software Synthesis GMBH
    Inventors: Friedmann Becker, Thomas Holl, Michael Kurz, Toine Diepstraten, Daniel Haver