Patents by Inventor Tom Schröer

Tom Schröer 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: 10540949
    Abstract: The musical instrument includes: a pickup that acquires an electric sound signal corresponding to a sound performed on the musical instrument; effector circuitry that imparts an effect to the acquired electric sound signal; a vibrator that produces mechanical vibration corresponding to the effect-imparted sound signal; and a transmission device that transmits the mechanical vibration, produced by the vibrator, to the body of the musical instrument with a characteristic having a fundamental frequency region of the musical instrument suppressed. The electric sound signal corresponding to the performed sound is imparted with an effect, the vibrator is driven by the effect-imparted sound signal, and a mechanical vibration sound is generated from the body of the musical instrument. The thus-generated mechanical vibration sound is audibly generated from the body as a vibration sound additional to the performed sound, which allows a user to experience a performance feeling that has never existed before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Ekuni, Tom Schröer
  • Publication number: 20180330703
    Abstract: The musical instrument includes: a pickup that acquires an electric sound signal corresponding to a sound performed on the musical instrument; effector circuitry that imparts an effect to the acquired electric sound signal; a vibrator that produces mechanical vibration corresponding to the effect-imparted sound signal; and a transmission device that transmits the mechanical vibration, produced by the vibrator, to the body of the musical instrument with a characteristic having a fundamental frequency region of the musical instrument suppressed. The electric sound signal corresponding to the performed sound is imparted with an effect, the vibrator is driven by the effect-imparted sound signal, and a mechanical vibration sound is generated from the body of the musical instrument. The thus-generated mechanical vibration sound is audibly generated from the body as a vibration sound additional to the performed sound, which allows a user to experience a performance feeling that has never existed before.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo EKUNI, Tom SCHRÖER
  • Patent number: 9679147
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a list of files comprising each file in a data repository that is associated with the website is determined. A list of user roles comprising each user role in the data repository that is associated with the website is determined. Each file in the list of files based on each user role in the list of user roles is attempted to be accessed and a report indicating the success or failure of the attempt to access each file in the list of files based on each user role in the list of user roles is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Keqin Li, Cedric Hebert, Holger Mack, Tom Schröer
  • Publication number: 20160078234
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a list of files comprising each file in a data repository that is associated with the website is determined. A list of user roles comprising each user role in the data repository that is associated with the website is determined. Each file in the list of files based on each user role in the list of user roles is attempted to be accessed and a report indicating the success or failure of the attempt to access each file in the list of files based on each user role in the list of user roles is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Keqin Li, Cedric Hebert, Holger Mack, Tom Schröer