Patents by Inventor Yoshiyasu Kitagawa

Yoshiyasu Kitagawa 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: 11600251
    Abstract: A musicality information provision method includes acquiring first performance data from a performance of a given composition, calculating, with respect to a combination of a plurality of parameters indicating musicality, which are included in the first performance data, respective distances between the first performance data and a plurality of sets of second performance data that are acquired from performances of the given composition and that are compared with the first performance data, and outputting determination information for determining the musicality of the first performance data, the determination information including information indicating the distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, ROLAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamagiwa, Yoshinobu Kawahara, Hidemasa Togai, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa, Ikuo Tanaka, Tomoko Nakai
  • Patent number: 11145278
    Abstract: There is provided a keyboard instrument in which a plurality of white keys and a plurality of black keys are arranged in a widthwise direction, a total width dimension of the plurality of white keys that constitute one octave is set to 160 mm or less, and a width dimension of an upper surface of each of the black keys is set to 9 mm or more and 10.5 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihide Takata, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10971124
    Abstract: A pedal device of electronic keyboard instrument is provided. The pedal device of an electronic keyboard instrument includes a damper which applies resistance forces against rotation of pedals to the pedals during rotation of the pedals toward at least one of a first direction and a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Goto, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20210043172
    Abstract: A musicality information provision method includes acquiring first performance data from a performance of a given composition, calculating, with respect to a combination of a plurality of parameters indicating musicality, which are included in the first performance data, respective distances between the first performance data and a plurality of sets of second performance data that are acquired from performances of the given composition and that are compared with the first performance data, and outputting determination information for determining the musicality of the first performance data, the determination information including information indicating the distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamagiwa, Yoshinobu Kawahara, Hidemasa Togai, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa, lkuo Tanaka, Tomoko Nakai
  • Publication number: 20200111466
    Abstract: A pedal device of electronic keyboard instrument is provided. The pedal device of an electronic keyboard instrument includes a damper which applies resistance forces against rotation of pedals to the pedals during rotation of the pedals toward at least one of a first direction and a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Goto, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20190259356
    Abstract: There is provided a keyboard instrument in which a plurality of white keys and a plurality of black keys are arranged in a widthwise direction, a total width dimension of the plurality of white keys that constitute one octave is set to 160 mm or less, and a width dimension of an upper surface of each of the black keys is set to 9 mm or more and 10.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihide Takata, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20080224996
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-profile operation input device of which assembling work is easily performed and the productivity is high. An operation input device includes a base; a printed board in which a plurality of push-button switches are mounted on a circumference while an MR sensor is mounted, the printed board being integrally provided on the base; a ring operation plate placed on the push-button switches; a ring operation dial in which a ring magnet is integrally provided in a concentric fashion on a lower surface, the ring operation dial being coaxially placed on the operation plate; and a fixture inserted in a fixing hole of the operation dial, the fixture coupling at least two elastic pawls to the base, thereby retaining the operation dial while rotatably supporting the operation dial, the elastic pawls being projected from a lower surface of the fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Arihara, Toshinori Yamasue, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 4137104
    Abstract: A high strength steel plate of improved low temperature toughness useful for making an arctic grade line pipe is provided with the addition of 0.8 - 2.0% by weight of Ni and 0.0005 - 0.0040% by weight of Ca, which may be used in the as-rolled state and manufactured through two step controlled rolling the secondary step rolling of which is carried out at a temperature lower than a conventional rolling temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nashiwa, Akiyoshi Mori, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: D774127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ROLAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Mitsuishi, Fumihiko Miura, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa