Patents by Inventor Tim Adnitt

Tim Adnitt 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: 9552801
    Abstract: An electronic music instrument comprises an input configured for receiving at least one note event from an input device having a plurality of input elements configured for generating at least one note event when activated; a software module configured for including: at least one instrument plugin configured for defining sounding note events and non-sounding control events, and at least one play assistant module, wherein the software module is further configured for at least one of the group comprising excluding the control events from being processed by play assistant functions and excluding play assistant functions generating control events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Native Instruments GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Adnitt, Dinos Vallianatos
  • Publication number: 20160063978
    Abstract: An electronic music instrument comprises an input configured for receiving at least one note event from an input device having a plurality of input elements configured for generating at least one note event when activated; a software module configured for including: at least one instrument plugin configured for defining sounding note events and non-sounding control events, and at least one play assistant module, wherein the software module is further configured for at least one of the group comprising excluding the control events from being processed by play assistant functions and excluding play assistant functions generating control events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tim ADNITT, Dinos VALLIANATOS
  • Patent number: 9183820
    Abstract: An electronic music instrument comprises an input device having a plurality of input elements configured for generating at least one digital signal corresponding to a particular note when activated, the input device configured to be organized in sounding input elements and non-sounding control input elements and configured for transposing a range of input elements to an intended range of notes; and a software module, wherein the software module is configured for receiving a transposition state of then input device and for remapping the control input elements according to the transposition state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Tim Adnitt, Matthias Buese, Dinos Vallianatos