Patents by Inventor Yuichi Sekido

Yuichi Sekido 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).

  • Publication number: 20150261855
    Abstract: When a track A to be monitored and a track B to which an audio signal on the track A is to be output are selected, an input port corresponding to the track A and an output port corresponding to the track B are identified based on information about a connection by a first patch portion and a second patch portion. The identified input port and the identified output port are then assigned to a selected one of monitoring buses. Next, the assignment of an audio signal from the track B to the identified output port is canceled. This ensures that an audio signal on the track A to be monitored can be directly outputted from the identified output port of a designated I/O device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HAYASHI, Yuichi SEKIDO
  • Patent number: 8914138
    Abstract: In an audio signal processing device having a plurality of tracks recording an audio signal supplied from any of a plurality of buses, when a track is selected in accordance with an operation by a user, a bus supplying the audio signal to the track is searched, and when an appropriate bus is found and it is judged affirmative that a signal input device having an indicator whose display contents can be controlled by the audio signal processing device supplies the audio signal to the found bus, control data for making an indicator corresponding to a transmission port supplying the audio signal to the found bus perform a display indicating that the transmission port is connected to the selected track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sekido, Tatsuya Umeo
  • Patent number: 8301280
    Abstract: In an audio signal processing device having a plurality of tracks recording an audio signal supplied from any of a plurality of buses, when a track is selected in accordance with an operation by a user, a bus supplying the audio signal to the track is searched, and when an appropriate bus is found and it is judged affirmative that a signal input device having an indicator whose display contents can be controlled by the audio signal processing device supplies the audio signal to the found bus, control data for making an indicator corresponding to a transmission port supplying the audio signal to the found bus perform a display indicating that the transmission port is connected to the selected track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sekido, Tatsuya Umeo
  • Publication number: 20120221132
    Abstract: In an audio signal processing device having a plurality of tracks recording an audio signal supplied from any of a plurality of buses, when a track is selected in accordance with an operation by a user, a bus supplying the audio signal to the track is searched, and when an appropriate bus is found and it is judged affirmative that a signal input device having an indicator whose display contents can be controlled by the audio signal processing device supplies the audio signal to the found bus, control data for making an indicator corresponding to a transmission port supplying the audio signal to the found bus perform a display indicating that the transmission port is connected to the selected track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sekido, Tatsuya Umeo
  • Publication number: 20090234477
    Abstract: In an audio signal processing device having a plurality of tracks recording an audio signal supplied from any of a plurality of buses, when a track is selected in accordance with an operation by a user, a bus supplying the audio signal to the track is searched, and when an appropriate bus is found and it is judged affirmative that a signal input device having an indicator whose display contents can be controlled by the audio signal processing device supplies the audio signal to the found bus, control data for making an indicator corresponding to a transmission port supplying the audio signal to the found bus perform a display indicating that the transmission port is connected to the selected track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sekido, Tatsuya Umeo
  • Patent number: 6535772
    Abstract: In generating tone waveform data for each fixed or variable section via software of a personal computer or the like, a generation start condition is changed depending on an application of the waveform data. When the waveform data is to be sounded in real time, various programs are activated in synchronism with predetermined cycles, such as tempo clock and frame cycles, in order to generate the waveform data at accurate timing. When, on the other hand, the waveform data is to be recorded in a waveform file, various programs are activated on condition that waveform data generation processing has already been completed for a preceding section. Such arrangements can eliminate limitations to processing times of the programs and thereby provide a tone waveform of high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Miyamori, Yuichi Sekido