Patents by Inventor Makoto Katsuura

Makoto Katsuura 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).

  • Publication number: 20160006190
    Abstract: An electric cable through which power is provided from a power supply device to an electric device, includes an electrical connecting line group having power supply lines for supplying power by a plus side power supply line and a minus-side power supply-line, and a temperature measuring line to wire the temperature measuring line and the power supply line in parallel disposition, a plug disposed to at least one end of the electrical connecting line group, and a thermal sensitive element connected to the power supply line and the temperature measuring line, and disposed inside the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: MAKOTO KATSUURA, SHOGO SUMITOMO, HIROYUKI MIHARA, KOICHI INOUE, TAKAHIRO YAMASHITA, YOSHIKAZU ITAKURA, TAKUYA IMAI
  • Patent number: 8507782
    Abstract: An electronic percussion instrument generates, in accordance with a trigger signal output from a pad source, a musical performance tone of a tone color assigned to the pad source. The electronic percussion instrument includes a program memory for storing a control program and a CPU for controlling operation of the electronic percussion instrument in accordance with the control program stored in the program memory. A storage device is also provided for storing a plurality of trigger data sets each of which includes at least one sensitivity setting parameter for setting sensitivity to the trigger signal, and a plurality of drum kits each of which includes pad setting data for setting the tone color assigned to the at least one pad source and link data for designating one of the plurality of trigger data sets. A setting operation input unit is provided for selecting a drum kit from among the plurality of drum kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Takehisa, Yasuharu Katagiri, Mikihiro Hiramatsu, Makoto Katsuura
  • Publication number: 20100319519
    Abstract: An electronic percussion instrument generates, in accordance with a trigger signal output from a pad source, a musical performance tone of a tone color assigned to the pad source. The electronic percussion instrument includes a program memory for storing a control program and a CPU for controlling operation of the electronic percussion instrument in accordance with the control program stored in the program memory. A storage device is also provided for storing a plurality of trigger data sets each of which includes at least one sensitivity setting parameter for setting sensitivity to the trigger signal, and a plurality of drum kits each of which includes pad setting data for setting the tone color assigned to the at least one pad source and link data for designating one of the plurality of trigger data sets. A setting operation input unit is provided for selecting a drum kit from among the plurality of drum kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki TAKEHISA, Yasuharu Katagiri, Mikihiro Hiramatsu, Makoto Katsuura