Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Ceccolini

Gianfranco Ceccolini 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).

  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOT-OPERATED EFFECTS
    Publication number: 20180261197
    Abstract: A system including a foot-operated pedal for programming audio and other effects, including an HMI or Human-Machine Interface that digitally communicates with a CPU, providing the parameters of effects set by the user, where a PC Interface is responsible for the mediation of the communication between the CPU and an external computer used to program the settings and adjustments of the device, with the audio interface having the function of promoting the compatibility between the electrical signal from the musical instrument and the CPU. A graphical user interface to facilitate the creation of an audio effect using icons, a given configuration of icons and interconnections being modeled and employed to generate a given audio effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: MOD Devices GmbH
    Inventor: Gianfranco Ceccolini
  • System, apparatus and method for foot-operated effects
    Patent number: 9922630
    Abstract: A foot-operated pedal for programming audio and other effects, including an HMI or Human-Machine Interface that digitally communicates with a CPU, providing the parameters of effects set by the user, where a PC Interface is responsible for the mediation of the communication between the CPU and an external computer used to program the settings and adjustments of the device, with the audio interface having the function of promoting the compatibility between the electrical signal from the musical instrument and the CPU. A graphical user interface to facilitate the creation of an audio effect using icons, a given configuration of icons and interconnections being modeled and employed to generate a given audio effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MOD DEVICES GmbH
    Inventor: Gianfranco Ceccolini
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOT-OPERATED EFFECTS
    Publication number: 20150262566
    Abstract: A foot-operated pedal for programming audio and other effects, including an HMI or Human-Machine Interface that digitally communicates with a CPU, providing the parameters of effects set by the user, where a PC Interface is responsible for the mediation of the communication between the CPU and an external computer used to program the settings and adjustments of the device, with the audio interface having the function of promoting the compatibility between the electrical signal from the musical instrument and the CPU. A graphical user interface to facilitate the creation of an audio effect using icons, a given configuration of icons and interconnections being modeled and employed to generate a given audio effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Gianfranco Ceccolini
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOT-OPERATED EFFECTS
    Publication number: 20140090546
    Abstract: A foot-operated pedal for programming audio and other effects, including an HMI or Human-Machine Interface that digitally communicates with a CPU, providing the parameters of effects set by the user, where a PC Interface is responsible for the mediation of the communication between the CPU and an external computer used to program the settings and adjustments of the device, with the audio interface having the function of promoting the compatibility between the electrical signal from the musical instrument and the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Gianfranco Ceccolini, Rosa Alexandre Leite, Ladeira Rodrigo Tadeu de Oliveira