Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Hanashiro

Masatoshi Hanashiro 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).

  • Patent number: 8976982
    Abstract: In a mixer system including an editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing by designating a combination of a plurality of components and a DSP that processes audio signals in accordance with the signal processing configuration edited by the editing device, when the mixer engine does not store a predetermined enabling key, audio signal processing including a protected component in the mixer engine is disabled, and when the mixer engine stores the predetermined enabling key, the audio signal processing is enabled. Further, the editing device is permitted to edit a signal processing configuration including the protected component irrespective of storage of the enabling key in the mixer engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Goto, Satoshi Takemura, Makoto Hiroi, Masatoshi Hanashiro
  • Patent number: 7978864
    Abstract: In a mixer system including an editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing by designating a combination of a plurality of components and a DSP that processes audio signals in accordance with the signal processing configuration edited by the editing device, when the mixer engine does not store a predetermined enabling key, audio signal processing including a protected component in the mixer engine is disabled, and when the mixer engine stores the predetermined enabling key, the audio signal processing is enabled. Further, the editing device is permitted to edit a signal processing configuration including the protected component irrespective of storage of the enabling key in the mixer engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Hiroi, Masatoshi Hanashiro
  • Patent number: 7765018
    Abstract: In a PC that controls a mixer engine having a programmable DSP, any object such as a knob or the like is enabled to be duplicated from a control screen corresponding to various signal processing components and disposed at any position on a user control screen to make it possible to use the user control screen as a control screen editable by a user. When an object such as a knob is designated in the user control screen and a predetermined direction is issued, a menu is displayed on a display. Then, when “Open Original” is selected from the menu, it is understood that display of the control screen including an original of the designated object is directed, and the control screen is displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Hiroi, Masatoshi Hanashiro, Hiromu Miyamoto, Toshiyuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20090259328
    Abstract: In a mixer system including an editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing by designating a combination of a plurality of components and a DSP that processes audio signals in accordance with the signal processing configuration edited by the editing device, when the mixer engine does not store a predetermined enabling key, audio signal processing including a protected component in the mixer engine is disabled, and when the mixer engine stores the predetermined enabling key, the audio signal processing is enabled. Further, the editing device is permitted to edit a signal processing configuration including the protected component irrespective of storage of the enabling key in the mixer engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Goto, Satoshi Takemura, Makoto Hiroi, Masatoshi Hanashiro
  • Publication number: 20060005130
    Abstract: In a PC that controls a mixer engine having a programmable DSP, any object such as a knob or the like is enabled to be duplicated from a control screen corresponding to various signal processing components and disposed at any position on a user control screen to make it possible to use the user control screen as a control screen editable by a user. When an object such as a knob is designated in the user control screen and a predetermined direction is issued, a menu is displayed on a display. Then, when “Open Original” is selected from the menu, it is understood that display of the control screen including an original of the designated object is directed, and the control screen is displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Hiroi, Masatoshi Hanashiro, Hiromu Miyamoto, Toshiyuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20050200989
    Abstract: In a mixer system including an editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing by designating a combination of a plurality of components and a DSP that processes audio signals in accordance with the signal processing configuration edited by the editing device, when the mixer engine does not store a predetermined enabling key, audio signal processing including a protected component in the mixer engine is disabled, and when the mixer engine stores the predetermined enabling key, the audio signal processing is enabled. Further, the editing device is permitted to edit a signal processing configuration including the protected component irrespective of storage of the enabling key in the mixer engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Goto, Satoshi Takemura, Makoto Hiroi, Masatoshi Hanashiro