Patents by Inventor Takuro Sone
Takuro Sone 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).
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Patent number: 10592204Abstract: A user interface device includes a sound input unit which acquires an inputted sound, a sound recognition unit which acquires a result of predetermined recognition processing on the acquired sound, a speech generation unit which generates a speech corresponding to the result of the recognition processing, and a speech output unit which outputs the speech generated by the speech generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Takuro Sone
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Publication number: 20180275959Abstract: A user interface device includes a sound input unit which acquires an inputted sound, a sound recognition unit which acquires a result of predetermined recognition processing on the acquired sound, a speech generation unit which generates a speech corresponding to the result of the recognition processing, and a speech output unit which outputs the speech generated by the speech generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Takuro SONE
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Publication number: 20180202512Abstract: A vibratory structure includes: a vibratory body; piezoelectric elements mounted to a surface of the vibratory body; and resonant circuits configured to operate in response to electrical energy generated by the piezoelectric elements so as to cause a change in a damping characteristic of the vibratory body at a target frequency upon vibration of the vibratory body, and assuming that an axis of the vibratory body in a direction of principal strains is a reference axis, each of the piezoelectric elements is fixed at fixing regions at different locations in the direction of the reference axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Takao KOYAMA, Takuro SONE, Kazuyuki KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9858339Abstract: An information providing system includes a sound emission device for emitting, as sound wave, identification information modulated into a sound signal, an identification information resolution server including a mapping table in which the identification information, valid time information and the address information of a content are stored to be associated, and a mobile terminal device for transmitting the identification information demodulated from a picked-up sound wave to the identification information resolution server thereby obtaining address information and accessing the content using the obtained address information. When received the identification information from the mobile terminal device, the identification information resolution server returns the address information of a corresponding content to the mobile terminal device when the time information is within a valid time.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Akiyama, Hiroyuki Iwase, Takeshi Sakai, Takuro Sone
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Patent number: 9029676Abstract: A reproduction apparatus (2) collects sounds on which spread codes are superimposed with a microphone (20) to calculate correlation values between the collected sound signals and the same spread codes as those of an apparatus which performed the superimposition to identify content reproduced by a reproduction apparatus (1) in accordance with the intensity of the peaks of the calculated correlation values. A control portion (22) identifies content which is correlated with the identified content and is necessary for the reproduction apparatus (2). The control portion (22) reads out the identified content data from a content data storage portion (25) to output the musical score data and the audio data to a display portion (23) and a reproduction portion (26), respectively. The display portion (23) displays the input musical score data on a screen, while the reproduction portion (26) reproduces the input audio data to generate sound signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone
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Patent number: 9006551Abstract: Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone, Mitsuru Fukui
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Patent number: 8942388Abstract: A modulation device includes: a spread code generation unit which generates a spread code having a predetermined cycle; an audio signal input unit to which an audio signal is input; a first modulation unit which phase-modulates the spread code in each cycle on the basis of a data code; and a combining unit which combines the audio signal with a modulation signal which has been generated on the basis of the phase-modulated spread code and distributed in a frequency range higher than a predetermined frequency to output a combined signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Akiyama, Shinya Koseki, Fukutaro Okuyama, Takuro Sone, Hiroyuki Iwase
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Patent number: 8917885Abstract: A pseudo noise superimposing unit superimposes a pseudo noise (M-sequence) to an audio signal picked up by a microphone and outputs the superimposed signal to an amplifying system. An calculating unit calculates a correlation value between the audio signal picked up by the microphone and the pseudo noise. The calculating unit estimates a gain of a closed loop based on the correlation value. A gain control unit suppresses a gain of the audio signal based on the estimated gain of the closed loop.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Shinya Sakurada, Takuro Sone, Takaya Kakizaki, Sachiya Sasaki, Kosuke Saito
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Patent number: 8737638Abstract: An audio signal processing device includes multiple input reception units to which analog audio signals, on which watermark information indicating identification information is superimposed, are input, an extraction unit that is adapted to extract the identification information from each of the analog audio signals input to the multiple input reception units, and a display unit for performing display depending on the identification information extracted by the extraction unit in correspondence with the input reception unit to which the analog audio signal, from which the identification information is extracted, is input, or signal processing unit for performing signal processing depending on the identification information extracted by the extraction unit for the analog audio signal, from which the relevant identification information is extracted, and outputting the processed analog audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Shinya Sakurada, Kei Nakayama, Takashi Suzuki, Mitsuru Fukui, Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone
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Patent number: 8697975Abstract: Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone, Mitsuru Fukui
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Patent number: 8688250Abstract: A reproduction apparatus 2 collects sounds on which spread codes are superimposed with a microphone 20 to calculate correlation values between the collected sound signals and the same spread codes as those of an apparatus which performed the superimposition to identify content reproduced by a reproduction apparatus 1 in accordance with the intensity of the peaks of the calculated correlation values. A control portion 22 identifies content which is correlated with the identified content and is necessary for the reproduction apparatus 2. The control portion 22 reads out the identified content data from a content data storage portion 25 to output the musical score data and the audio data to a display portion 23 and a reproduction portion 26, respectively. The display portion 23 displays the input musical score data on a screen, while the reproduction portion 26 reproduces the input audio data to generate sound signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone
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Publication number: 20140039654Abstract: An information providing system includes a sound emission device for emitting, as sound wave, identification information modulated into a sound signal, an identification information resolution server including a mapping table in which the identification information, valid time information and the address information of a content are stored to be associated, and a mobile terminal device for transmitting the identification information demodulated from a picked-up sound wave to the identification information resolution server thereby obtaining address information and accessing the content using the obtained address information. When received the identification information from the mobile terminal device, the identification information resolution server returns the address information of a corresponding content to the mobile terminal device when the time information is within a valid time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Akiyama, Hiroyuki Iwase, Takeshi Sakai, Takuro Sone
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Publication number: 20140013928Abstract: A reproduction apparatus (2) collects sounds on which spread codes are superimposed with a microphone (20) to calculate correlation values between the collected sound signals and the same spread codes as those of an apparatus which performed the superimposition to identify content reproduced by a reproduction apparatus (1) in accordance with the intensity of the peaks of the calculated correlation values. A control portion (22) identifies content which is correlated with the identified content and is necessary for the reproduction apparatus (2). The control portion (22) reads out the identified content data from a content data storage portion (25) to output the musical score data and the audio data to a display portion (23) and a reproduction portion (26), respectively. The display portion (23) displays the input musical score data on a screen, while the reproduction portion (26) reproduces the input audio data to generate sound signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki IWASE, Takuro SONE
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Patent number: 8592669Abstract: Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone, Mitsuru Fukui
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Publication number: 20130305908Abstract: Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki IWASE, Takuro SONE, Mitsuru FUKUI
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Publication number: 20110245945Abstract: A reproduction apparatus 2 collects sounds on which spread codes are superimposed with a microphone 20 to calculate correlation values between the collected sound signals and the same spread codes as those of an apparatus which performed the superimposition to identify content reproduced by a reproduction apparatus 1 in accordance with the intensity of the peaks of the calculated correlation values. A control portion 22 identifies content which is correlated with the identified content and is necessary for the reproduction apparatus 2. The control portion 22 reads out the identified content data from a content data storage portion 25 to output the musical score data and the audio data to a display portion 23 and a reproduction portion 26, respectively. The display portion 23 displays the input musical score data on a screen, while the reproduction portion 26 reproduces the input audio data to generate sound signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki IWASE, Takuro SONE
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Publication number: 20110182439Abstract: A pseudo noise superimposing unit superimposes a pseudo noise (M-sequence) to an audio signal picked up by a microphone and outputs the superimposed signal to an amplifying system. An calculating unit calculates a correlation value between the audio signal picked up by the microphone and the pseudo noise. The calculating unit estimates a gain of a closed loop based on the correlation value. A gain control unit suppresses a gain of the audio signal based on the estimated gain of the closed loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Sakurada, Takuro Sone, Takaya Kakizaki, Sachiya Sasaki, Kosuke Saito
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Publication number: 20110150240Abstract: A modulation device includes: a spread code generation unit which generates a spread code having a predetermined cycle; an audio signal input unit to which an audio signal is input; a first modulation unit which phase-modulates the spread code in each cycle on the basis of a data code; and a combining unit which combines the audio signal with a modulation signal which has been generated on the basis of the phase-modulated spread code and distributed in a frequency range higher than a predetermined frequency to output a combined signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Akiyama, Shinya Koseki, Fukutaro Okuyama, Takuro Sone, Hiroyuki Iwase
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Publication number: 20110033061Abstract: An audio signal processing device includes multiple input reception units to which analog audio signals, on which watermark information indicating identification information is superimposed, are input, an extraction unit that is adapted to extract the identification information from each of the analog audio signals input to the multiple input reception units, and a display unit for performing display depending on the identification information extracted by the extraction unit in correspondence with the input reception unit to which the analog audio signal, from which the identification information is extracted, is input, or signal processing unit for performing signal processing depending on the identification information extracted by the extraction unit for the analog audio signal, from which the relevant identification information is extracted, and outputting the processed analog audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Sakurada, Kei Nakayama, Takashi Suzuki, Mitsuru Fukui, Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone
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Publication number: 20110023691Abstract: Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Iwase, Takuro Sone, Mitsuru Fukui