Patents by Inventor TATSUYA SENO

TATSUYA SENO 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: 8809661
    Abstract: A tuning device that facilitates the checking of the pitch of each sound is provided. The tuning device includes a pitch name display means including display positions that are arranged in a pitch order respectively corresponding to pitch names constituting an octave. A reference display position is lighted solely when the pitch of an input sound is in an in-tune state, namely, a difference between the reference pitch and the pitch of the input sound is in a range of ±? (?>0). When the pitch of the input sound is outside a predetermined range, the reference display position and an adjacent display position are both lighted in a way that the reference display position gradually becomes darker while the adjacent display position gradually becomes brighter as an absolute value of the difference (deviation degree of the input pitch relative to the reference pitch) increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Seno, Shohei Okumura, Hirofumi Yui
  • Publication number: 20140041509
    Abstract: A tuning device that facilitates the checking of the pitch of each sound is provided. The tuning device includes a pitch name display means including display positions that are arranged in a pitch order respectively corresponding to pitch names constituting an octave. A reference display position is lighted solely when the pitch of an input sound is in an in-tune state, namely, a difference between the reference pitch and the pitch of the input sound is in a range of ±? (?>0). When the pitch of the input sound is outside a predetermined range, the reference display position and an adjacent display position are both lighted in a way that the reference display position gradually becomes darker while the adjacent display position gradually becomes brighter as an absolute value of the difference (deviation degree of the input pitch relative to the reference pitch) increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: ROLAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: TATSUYA SENO, SHOHEI OKUMURA, HIROFUMI YUI