Patents by Inventor Masuzo Yanagida

Masuzo Yanagida 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: 20040173083
    Abstract: Music data is easily and positively produced from a melody the user imagined to himself/herself, without the need of musical expertise. Accepted are an input of a melody voice the user is singing to himself/herself and a key depression corresponding to a rhythm of the melody voice to be inputted. Depending upon a timing of the accepted key depression, voice pitch and note value are extracted from the melody voice. The produced music data is format-changed into a file for outputting at a terminal unit, and then sent toward the terminal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Hidefumi Konishi, Seiji Kurokawa, Akihiro Aoi, Masuzo Yanagida, Masanobu Miura