Patents by Inventor Yukio Shigeno

Yukio Shigeno 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: 11875762
    Abstract: An effect imparting device, control method and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. This effect imparting device has: a plurality of effect units that provide effects to a sound that has been input; a storage part for storing a plurality of patches each including a collection of parameters to be applied to the effect units; an input part for receives a designation of a patch; an application part for applying the parameters included in the designated patch to the effect units; an output part for outputting the sound to which effects have been provided in accordance with the parameters applied to the effect units; and a muting means for temporarily muting the effects—provided sound to be outputted when the effects units include an effect unit in which the type of an effect is changed through changing of the designated patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Yukio Shigeno
  • Patent number: 11810540
    Abstract: A musical sound that is rich in amusement can be provided. A musical sound control device includes: a plurality of operators; a musical sound processing part configured to repeat a process of controlling a musical sound in each of a plurality of steps in accordance with control information set by the plurality of operators; and a control part configured to stop an operation of the musical sound processing part in a case in which the process of controlling a musical sound of the plurality of all the steps using the musical sound processing part has gone through one cycle in a case in which a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Kai, Yukio Shigeno
  • Publication number: 20210174775
    Abstract: A musical sound that is rich in amusement can be provided. A musical sound control device includes: a plurality of operators; a musical sound processing part configured to repeat a process of controlling a musical sound in each of a plurality of steps in accordance with control information set by the plurality of operators; and a control part configured to stop an operation of the musical sound processing part in a case in which the process of controlling a musical sound of the plurality of all the steps using the musical sound processing part has gone through one cycle in a case in which a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi KAI, Yukio SHIGENO
  • Publication number: 20210056940
    Abstract: An effect imparting device, control method and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. This effect imparting device has: a plurality of effect units that provide effects to sound that has been input; a storage part for storing a plurality of patches each including a collection of parameters to be applied to the effect units; an input part for receives a designation of a patch; an application part for applying the parameters included in the designated patch to the effect units; an output part for outputting the sound to which effects have been provided in accordance with the parameters applied to the effect units; and a muting means for temporarily muting the effects—provided sound to be outputted when the effects units include an effect unit in which the type of an effect is changed through changing of the designated patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Yukio SHIGENO
  • Patent number: 9542923
    Abstract: A music synthesizer is provided. The synthesizer divides an input sound into a plurality of musical bands, and, for each divided band, generates a waveform having a predetermined shape with a period corresponding to a detected pitch and with a level corresponding to a detected level. The synthesizer then adds up the waveforms generated for each band and outputs a result thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ROLAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukio Shigeno