| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 084612000 | Tempo control | 61 |
| 20080236369 | PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A performance apparatus capable of reproducing performance data having a desired tempo, even if performance data having the desired tempo is not present in a play list. In a search, a main point value indicated in each of meta data in music information files respectively corresponding to pieces of music registered in the play list is compared with a target tempo value. If the main point value falls within a range in which main point does not vary more than plus or minus 3% from the target tempo value, the music whose main point value is currently compared with the target tempo value is determined as intended music. If the intended music is not present in the play list, music data having the target tempo is automatically produced and reproduced. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080236370 | PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A performance apparatus capable of reproducing music pieces while making changeover between the music pieces without disturbing the rhythm of exercise, dance, or the like performed by a user to the rhythm of music. A beat position is acquired that will appear in a preceding performance data for the first time after a preparatory time required for changing the reproduction of the preceding music piece to the reproduction of a subsequent music piece elapses from when a music selection instruction is given. The reproduction of the subsequent music piece is started at the same time when the music is reproduced up to the acquired beat position. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090019994 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MEASURE OF TEMPO AMBIGUITY FOR A MUSIC INPUT SIGNAL - The invention describes a method for determining a measure of tempo ambiguity for a music input signal ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090114081 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus is disclosed which processes an audio signal. The signal processing apparatus includes a detection section which detects a first tempo from an audio signal, a calculation section which calculates a speed feeling that indicates whether the first tempo is fast or slow, and a determining section which determines a second tempo by correcting the first tempo using the speed feeling. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090151546 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CREATION AND PLAYBACK OF ANIMATED, INTERPRETIVE, MUSICAL NOTATION AND AUDIO SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL ARTIST - A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090173215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CREATION AND PLAYBACK OF ANIMATED, INTERPRETIVE, MUSICAL NOTATION AND AUDIO SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL ARTIST - A music application guides a user with some musical experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090183623 | BAND MANAGER - Providing time and event information of a musical score, including: visually providing time information of a plurality of parts of a musical score, wherein each part of the musical score includes at least one bar; and animating beats within each bar of the at least one bar to show a path between the beats and to trace the path of a time signature at a current tempo. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090205482 | AUDIO REPRODUCING DEVICE, AUDIO REPRODUCING METHOD, AND AUDIO REPRODUCING PROGRAM - Provided is a device for playing audio with improved convenience, wherein music can be played such that oneness with the actions of the user can be obtained at all times, without giving the user any unnaturalness whatsoever such as unpleasant sensations. After starting playing of music data through such as an audio signal output processing unit | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090249945 | MUSIC COMPOSITION DATA RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE, MUSIC COMPOSITION DATA RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, MUSIC CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND MUSIC CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD - An apparatus that allows a musical piece to be recomposed by reflecting, for example, the mood, preference, and ambient environment of a listening user in the musical piece in real time. The apparatus includes a rhythm master unit and a rhythm slave unit. The rhythm master unit generates synchronization signals containing a signal having a period corresponding to a measure of a musical piece and a signal having a period corresponding to a beat of the musical piece and also generates musical-piece recomposition information in synchronization with the synchronization signals. The rhythm slave unit recomposes musical-piece data of input music content in accordance with the synchronization signals and the musical-piece recomposition information, generates output musical-piece data, and outputs the musical-piece data to the rhythm slave unit. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090260506 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPO OF A PERIODIC CONSCIOUS HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY - A method for controlling the frequency of a conscious, periodic human physiological activity that comprises preparing a base track of prerecorded music having a base tempo, adding a rhythmic musical track having an activity tempo conforming with a target frequency of at least one conscious, periodic human physiological activity to the base track of prerecorded music, and configuring the base track of prerecorded music with the rhythmic musical track for playback by a human participant having interest in the target frequency. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090277323 | Apparatus for Controlling a Digital Audio Signal - An apparatus for signal processing, wherein a disc is placed on a turntable and is provided with a groove which can be followed by the pick-up element, and employing a time-code signal wherein during use of the disc the said time-code signal controls the digital audio source. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090288546 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a signal processing device for processing an audio signal, the signal processing device including: an onset time detection unit for detecting an onset time based on a level of the audio signal; and a beat length calculation unit for obtaining a beat length Q by: setting an objective function P(Q|X) and an auxiliary function, the objective function P(Q|X) representing a probability that, when an interval X between the onset times is given, the interval X is the beat length Q, the auxiliary function being for inducing an update of both the beat length Q and a tempo Z that results in a monotonous increase of the objective function P(Q|X); and repeating maximization of the auxiliary function to have the auxiliary function converge. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090308228 | Musical note speedometer - An electronic device that receives a signal indicative of the sound made my a musical instrument in order to determine the instantaneous rate of play of melodic notes on that instrument in terms of notes played per second and display the rate in real time via a display. The regularity of the musician's rate of play is further indicated by the stability of the display reading. Individual sustained melodic notes are identified utilizing differential capacitance and circuit delay time constants to generate a voltage differential in response to a step signal. The device is also selectively operable as a conventional metronome to provide an exemplary sound cue to the musician corresponding to a given number of notes per second and convertible by a switch or foot pedal to monitor the musicians rate of play as he tries to match the demonstrated rate. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100011940 | MUSIC COMPOSITION REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND COMPOSITE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A music piece reproduction device comprises a recording section ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100011941 | Automatic Recognition and Matching of Tempo and Phase of Pieces of Music, and an Interactive Music Player - A method of matching the tempo and phase in pieces of music which allows the conjunction of the pieces of music to form a continuous stream of music. The interactive music player which digitally executes the method of matching the tempo and phase in pieces of music is also disclosed. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100031805 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the cadence of music on a personal audio device - Disclosed is an audio device that adjusts the cadence of played songs. All songs in a playlist may be adjusted to match the cadence of a particular song. First, the desired cadence of a reference song is determined by low pass filtering a digital representation of the reference song and determining the period (T) of the back beat of the reference song. The cadence of subsequent songs is then determined by low pass filtering digital representations of the subsequent songs and determining the period (T) of the back beat of the subsequent songs. An adjustment of the period (T) of the subsequent songs is then determined such that the adjustment of the period (T) of the subsequent songs results in the subsequent songs having the desired cadence (i.e., the cadence of the reference song). The period (T) of the back beat of the subsequent songs are then adjusted. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037753 | INTERVENTIVE-DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - Apparatus for improving health of a user is provided, including a first sensor, adapted to measure a first physiological variable, which is indicative of a voluntary action of the user. A second sensor is adapted to measure a second physiological variable, which is substantially governed by an autonomic nervous system of the user. Circuitry is adapted to receive respective first and second sensor signals from the first and second sensors, and, responsive thereto, to generate an output signal which directs the user to modify a parameter of the voluntary action. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100077909 | METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING AND AN APPARATUS THEREFORE - An apparatus for signal processing, wherein a disc is placed on a turntable and is provided with a groove which can be followed by the pick-up element, and employing a time-code signal wherein during use of the disc the said time-code signal controls the digital audio source. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100089224 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the cadence of music on a personal audio device - Disclosed is an audio device that adjusts the cadence of played songs. A user sensor determines cadence data based on movement of the user. A desired cadence is determined based on the cadence data received from the sensor. The cadence of songs is determined by low pass filtering digital representations of the songs and determining the period (T) of the back beat of the songs. An adjustment of the period (T) of the songs is then determined such that the adjustment of the period (T) of the songs results in the songs having the desired cadence. The period (T) of the back beat of the subsequent songs are then adjusted. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100175539 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC - Methods for automatically analyzing and/or performing music are described. One embodiment concerns a method for assigning chords to a musical score indicative of a sequence of time segments, each time segment comprising at least one note, the method comprising assigning a chord to each time segment responsive to consonance/dissonance relationships between the assigned chord and the notes of at least two of the time segments. Optionally, consonance/dissonance relationships include existence of a dissonant between a chord assigned to a time segment and a note of the time segment and existence of resolution to said dissonant. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100186576 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a beat analysis unit for detecting positions of beats included in an audio signal, a structure analysis unit for calculating similarity probabilities, each being a probability of similarity between contents of sound of beat sections divided by each beat position detected by the beat analysis unit, and a bar detection unit for determining a likely bar progression of the audio signal based on bar probabilities determined according to the similarity probabilities calculated by the structure analysis unit, the bar probabilities indicating to which ordinal in which metre respective beats correspond. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186577 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR MUSIC BY USING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for searching for music by using a biological signal. A feature information table is generated which matches sound source feature information about sound sources selected for user situations to biological signal feature information about biological signals measured for the user situations, and similar biological signal feature information to biological signal feature information about a biological signal measured at the request of the user is detected from the feature information table. A sound source having feature information being similar to feature information matched to the detected similar biological signal feature information is searched, thereby enabling automatic selection of a user preferred sound source by using the measured biological signal. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186578 | MUSIC SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT - The invention generally pertains to a hand-held computing device. More particularly, the invention pertains to a computing device that is capable of controlling the speed of the music so as to affect the mood and behavior of the user during an activity such as exercise. By way of example, the speed of the music can be controlled to match the pace of the activity (synching the speed of the music to the activity of the user) or alternatively it can be controlled to drive the pace of the activity (increasing or decreasing the speed of the music to encourage a greater or lower pace). One aspect of the invention relates to adjusting the tempo (or some other attribute) of the music being outputted from the computing device. By way of example, a songs tempo may be increased or decreased before or during playing. Another aspect of the invention relates to selecting music for outputting based on tempo (or some other attribute). For example, the computing device may only play songs having a particular tempo. Yet another aspect of the invention relates to both selecting music based on tempo and adjusting the tempo of the music. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100236386 | PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A performance apparatus capable of reproducing music pieces while making changeover between the music pieces without disturbing the rhythm of exercise, dance, or the like performed by a user to the rhythm of music. A beat position is acquired that will appear in a preceding performance data for the first time after a preparatory time required for changing the reproduction of the preceding music piece to the reproduction of a subsequent music piece elapses from when a music selection instruction is given. The reproduction of the subsequent music piece is started at the same time when the music is reproduced up to the acquired beat position. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100263518 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting Performer's Motion to Interactively Control Performance of Music or the Like - Performance interface system includes a motion detector provided for movement with a performer, and a control system for receiving detection data transmitted from the motion detector and controlling a performance of a tone in response to the received detection data. State of a performer's motion is detected via a sensor of the motion detector, and detection data representative of the detected motion state is transmitted to the control system. The control system receives the detection data from the motion detector, analyzes the performer's motion on the basis of the detection data, and then controls a tone performance in accordance with the analyzed data. With this arrangement, the performer can readily take part in the tone performance in the control system. For example, as the performer moves his or her hand, leg or trunk while listening to a manual or automatic performance of a music piece being carried out by a performance apparatus of the control system, the motion detector detects the performer's motion and transmits corresponding detection data to the control system, which in turn variably controls a predetermined one of tonal factors in the music piece performance. This arrangement can readily provide interactive performance control and thereby allows an inexperienced or unskilled performer to take part in a performance with enjoyment. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100282045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PROMINENT TEMPO OF AN AUDIO WORK - The prominent tempo of an audio data is determined by detecting a plurality of beat rates of the audio data. One or more audio data characteristics are used to filter through the beat rates to determine the prominent tempo. Systems, methods, and apparatuses to determine the prominent tempo are discussed herein. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100300271 | Detecting Beat Information Using a Diverse Set of Correlations - A beat analysis module is described for determining beat information associated with an audio item. The beat analysis module uses an Expectation-Maximization (EM) approach to determine an average beat period, where correlation is performed over diverse representations of the audio item. The beat analysis module can determine the beat information in a relative short period of time. As such, the beat analysis module can perform its analysis together with another application task (such as a game application task) without disrupting the real time performance of that application task. In one application, a user may select his or her own audio items to be used in conjunction with the application task. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110011243 | COLLECTIVELY ADJUSTING TRACKS USING A DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION - A computer implemented method allows a user to collectively adjust tracks in a digital workstation. The method includes causing the display of at least one internal track and at least one external track. The method then allows the collective adjusting of the tempo, tempo and pitch, or tuning of each internal track and each external track in response to receiving a command. The adjusted tempo and/or adjusted tuning value can be displayed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011244 | ADJUSTING A VARIABLE TEMPO OF AN AUDIO FILE INDEPENDENT OF A GLOBAL TEMPO USING A DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION - A computer implemented method allows a DAW to adjust a variable tempo of an audio file independent of a global tempo. The method includes causing the display of a musical arrangement having a global tempo. The musical arrangement includes an audio file having a variable tempo which is independent of the global tempo. The method includes adjusting the variable tempo of the audio file, wherein the variable tempo begins at an initial tempo and adjusts to an end tempo over a set length of time. The method can also include outputting the audio file having the variable tempo in response to a command to play the musical arrangement. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011245 | TIME COMPRESSION/EXPANSION OF SELECTED AUDIO SEGMENTS IN AN AUDIO FILE - A computer implemented method allows a user to adjust tracks in a musical arrangement. The method involves a user selecting a musical position of an audio track, which the user desires to adjust in time, either by compressing it or expanding it, by indicating with a pointing device, such as a mouse, the position in the time line of the audio track that the user wishes to alter. A first marker is then displayed at the selected musical position in the audio track. Boundary markers defining transients in the audio signal surrounding the selected musical position are then automatically generated by analysis of the audio signal, and are displayed on the audio track. The two boundary markers define an audio segment that is to be adjusted in tempo by the user moving the first marker along the time line. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110023691 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performance-related information output device includes a musical performance-related information acquiring section that is adapted to acquire musical performance-related information related to a musical performance of a performer, a superimposing section that is adapted to superimpose the musical performance-related information on an analog audio signal such that a modulated component of the musical performance-related information is included in a band higher than the frequency component of the analog audio signal generated in accordance with the musical performance manipulation of the performer, and an output section that outputs the analog audio signal on which the superimposing section superimposes the musical performance-related information. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110061515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES - Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, swimming, cycling, aerobics, and the like. Other applications of the system and method include, but are not limited to, enhancing the results of medical rehabilitation programs, physical therapy, weight loss programs, disc jockey services, and industries or manufacturing settings where repetitive motion is common and where audible cues designed to help users maintain a consistent pace are useful. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110067555 | TEMPO DETECTING DEVICE AND TEMPO DETECTING PROGRAM - A tempo detecting device | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES - Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, swimming, cycling, aerobics, and the like. Other applications of the system and method include, but are not limited to, enhancing the results of medical rehabilitation programs, physical therapy, weight loss programs, disc jockey services, and industries or manufacturing settings where repetitive motion is common and where audible cues designed to help users maintain a consistent pace are useful. Other features of the invention include providing target- or pace-specific advertisements, and broadcasting target- or pace-specific information about athletes. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110132176 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND SCROLLING MUSICAL NOTES - The present invention relates to a system for displaying and scrolling musical notes and a method for a user to perform music using such a system. In particular, the system includes a tempo detector for detecting the user's tempo, so that musical notes are displayed and scrolled in synchronization with the user's actual tempo. A group of tablet-shaped display devices incorporating such a system can be used to display musical notes for multiple instruments, which may be the same or different instruments, to a group of users. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110179943 | MUSIC SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT - The invention generally pertains to a hand-held computing device. More particularly, the invention pertains to a computing device that is capable of controlling the speed of the music so as to affect the mood and behavior of the user during an activity such as exercise. By way of example, the speed of the music can be controlled to match the pace of the activity (synching the speed of the music to the activity of the user) or alternatively it can be controlled to drive the pace of the activity (increasing or decreasing the speed of the music to encourage a greater or lower pace). One aspect of the invention relates to adjusting the tempo (or some other attribute) of the music being outputted from the computing device. By way of example, a songs tempo may be increased or decreased before or during playing. Another aspect of the invention relates to selecting music for outputting based on tempo (or some other attribute). For example, the computing device may only play songs having a particular tempo. Yet another aspect of the invention relates to both selecting music based on tempo and adjusting the tempo of the music. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120024130 | TEMPO DETECTION DEVICE, TEMPO DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A tempo detection device includes: a basic feature amount extracting section which extracts a plurality of types of basic feature amounts from an input audio signal; a weighting and adding section which weights and adds the basic feature amounts of the plurality of types extracted in the basic feature amount extracting section to obtain an addition signal; and a tempo detecting section which detects BPM indicating the tempo on the basis of a periodic component included in the addition signal obtained in the weighting and adding section. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120111177 | System and Method for Controlling Play of Digital Audio Equipment - An apparatus for signal processing, wherein a disc is placed on a turntable and is provided with a groove which can be followed by the pick-up element, and employing a time-code signal wherein during use of the disc the said time-code signal controls the digital audio source. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120118127 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MUSICAL COMPOSITION SECTION EXTRACTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a musical composition section extracting unit which extracts musical composition sections with tempos which are close to a preset reference tempo based on tempo information indicating a tempo of each section constituting musical compositions; a harmonization level calculating unit which calculates a harmonization degree for a pair of musical composition sections extracted by the musical composition section extracting unit, based on chord progression information indicating chord progression of each section constituting musical compositions; and a harmonization section extracting unit which extracts a pair of sections with a high harmonization degree for the musical compositions calculated by the harmonization level calculating unit from among sections extracted by the musical composition section extracting unit, wherein the harmonization level calculating unit weights the harmonization degree for the musical compositions such that a large value is set to the harmonization degree between musical compositions with a predetermined relationship. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118128 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC - Methods for automatically analyzing and/or performing music are described. One embodiment concerns a method for assigning chords to a musical score indicative of a sequence of time segments, each time segment comprising at least one note, the method comprising assigning a chord to each time segment responsive to consonance/dissonance relationships between the assigned chord and the notes of at least two of the time segments. Optionally, consonance/dissonance relationships include existence of a dissonant between a chord assigned to a time segment and a note of the time segment and existence of resolution to said dissonant. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120152088 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - By a musical performance guide which is in “waiting mode” with a “tempo-follow” enabled setting, an electronic musical instrument illuminates a guide lamp at a point in time which is earlier by a tone-generation start allowable period Ta than the note-on timing of a musical tone of a melody part of automatic musical performance data to start musical performance guide. The tone-generation start allowable period Ta is an allowable time # | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120180619 | TIME COMPRESSION/EXPANSION OF SELECTED AUDIO SEGMENTS IN AN AUDIO FILE - A computer implemented method allows a user to adjust tracks in a musical arrangement. The method involves a user selecting a musical position of an audio track, which the user desires to adjust in time, either by compressing it or expanding it, by indicating with a pointing device, such as a mouse, the position in the time line of the audio track that the user wishes to alter. A first marker is then displayed at the selected musical position in the audio track. Boundary markers defining transients in the audio signal surrounding the selected musical position are then automatically generated by analysis of the audio signal, and are displayed on the audio track. The two boundary markers define an audio segment that is to be adjusted in tempo by the user moving the first marker along the time line. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120272812 | System and Method for Controlling Audio Equipment - An apparatus for signal processing, wherein a disc is placed on a turntable and is provided with a groove which can be followed by the pick-up element, and employing a time-code signal wherein during use of the disc the said time-code signal controls the digital audio source. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130228063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES - A repetitive motion pacing system for pacing a user that comprises a user profile database that contains a plurality of user-defined parameters that include at least a pre-selected interval type, a pre-selected interval profile, and a target tempo value for a repetitive motion activity. A data storage and playback device is programmed to identify tempo information of one or more data files and matching or closely matching the tempo of the one or more data files with the target tempo value. A communications device for transferring the matched or closely matched one or more data files to the user. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130228064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES - Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, swimming, cycling, aerobics, and the like. Other applications of the system and method include, but are not limited to, enhancing the results of medical rehabilitation programs, physical therapy, weight loss programs, disc jockey services, and industries or manufacturing settings where repetitive motion is common and where audible cues designed to help users maintain a consistent pace are useful. Other features of the invention include providing target- or pace-specific advertisements, and broadcasting target- or pace-specific information about athletes. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130263720 | MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION DEVICE, MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION METHOD, AND MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A music piece order determination device includes a beat information corrector, a correlation value calculator, and a music piece order determiner. The beat information corrector acquires beat position information and a tempo value in a musical composition, and corrects the beat position information such that the tempo value becomes the same value as a reference value. The correlation value calculator calculates a correlation value indicative of a degree of correlation of beat position information between respective musical compositions among a plurality of musical compositions, based on the beat position information. The music piece order determiner determines a music piece order, which is a reproduction order of musical compositions, based on the correlation value between the respective musical compositions. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130312589 | MUSIC SELECTION AND ADAPTATION FOR EXERCISING - Methods, devices, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing music while exercising. One method includes an operation for receiving a request for a music segment from a computing device. The request includes the pace of exercise of a user associated with the computing device. The music segment is selected based on the pace, and the music segment is modified to correlate the tempo of the music segment to the pace of exercise. The modified music segment is sent to the computing device to be played in one or more speakers to provide music that is correlated to the exercise. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140033903 | MUSIC SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MUSIC SUPPORT SYSTEM - A music support apparatus includes: a display unit; a bar width calculating unit configured to set display widths of the plurality of bars at a constant width; a bar width correcting unit configured to correct the display width of the bar to which the musical symbol for changing a performance tempo is designated; and a display information generating unit configured to generate display information to be displayed on the display unit from the plurality of bars of which display widths are calculated by the bar width calculating unit and the bar width correcting unit. The display unit is configured to display the display information and a performance position display portion for displaying a current performance position, and scroll either one of the display information and the performance position display portion at a constant tempo. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140060287 | PERFORMANCE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PERFORMANCE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING TEMPO AND METER BASED ON PERFORMANCE GIVEN BY PERFORMER - A performance-information processing apparatus processes performance information entered thereto. When the performance information is entered in a time interval between (i) a starting time point, at which performance information of one note starts entering and (ii) a first timing, that is a certain time after another performance information of a note has been entered after the performance information of said one note was entered, a tempo determining unit determines a tempo of the performance information, based on the performance information entered in the time interval, and a meter determining unit which determines a meter of the performance information based on the tempo determined by the tempo determining unit. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140109750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CREATION AND PLAYBACK OF ANIMATED, INTERPRETIVE, MUSICAL NOTATION AND AUDIO SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL ARTIST - A music application guides a user with some musical, experience through the steps of creating and editing a musical enhancement file that enhances and plays in synchronicity with an audio signal of an original artist's recorded performance. This enables others, perhaps with lesser musical ability than the original artist, to play-along with the original artist by following melodic, chordal, rhythmic, and verbal prompts. The music application accounts for differences in the timing of the performance from a standard tempo by guiding the user through the process of creating a tempo map for the performance and by associating the tempo map with MIDI information of the enhancement file. Enhancements may contain. MIDI information, audio signal information, and/or video signal information which may be played back in synchronicity with the recorded performance to provide an aural and visual, aid to others playing-along who may have less musical experience. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140116233 | METRICAL GRID INFERENCE FOR FREE RHYTHM MUSICAL INPUT - Computer-based methods infer a metrical grid from music that has been input without a predetermined time signature or tempo, enabling such free rhythm input to be annotated with the inferred grid, and stored and transcribed as a musical score. The methods use Bayesian modeling techniques, in which an optimal metrical grid is inferred by identifying the metrical grid that best explains the given sequence of notes by maximizing the posterior probability that it represents the note sequence. Prior musical input from a given user as well as explicit information about the musical style of the input may be used to improve the accuracy of the transcription. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140157971 | METADATA TYPE FOR MEDIA DATA FORMAT - A system and method are disclosed for estimating a video game's tempo and selecting a music track that includes a track tempo associated with the video game's tempo. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140208923 | MUSIC SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT - The invention generally pertains to a hand-held computing device. More particularly, the invention pertains to a computing device that is capable of controlling the speed of the music so as to affect the mood and behavior of the user during an activity such as exercise. By way of example, the speed of the music can be controlled to match the pace of the activity (synching the speed of the music to the activity of the user) or alternatively it can be controlled to drive the pace of the activity (increasing or decreasing the speed of the music to encourage a greater or lower pace). One aspect of the invention relates to adjusting the tempo (or some other attribute) of the music being outputted from the computing device. By way of example, a songs tempo may be increased or decreased before or during playing. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140260911 | SOUND SIGNAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS, SOUND SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND SOUND SIGNAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM - A sound signal analysis apparatus | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260912 | SOUND SIGNAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS, SOUND SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND SOUND SIGNAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM - A sound signal analysis apparatus | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140338516 | STATE DRIVEN MEDIA PLAYBACK RATE AUGMENTATION AND PITCH MAINTENANCE - An electronic device obtains a media content item that includes an audio component. The electronic device obtains inertial sensor measurements indicating physical movement of the electronic device. The electronic device selects a target tempo for presentation of the audio component in which the target tempo is based, at least in part, on the inertial sensor measurements. The electronic device presents the audio component at the target tempo while maintaining pitch of one or more frequency components of the audio component at a native pitch or within a substantially un-shifted state relative to the native pitch of the one or more frequency components. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150007709 | Methods and Devices for Determining Media Files Based on Activity Levels - Example methods and systems for determining media files based on activity levels are described. An example method includes receiving information indicative of a first speed of the computing device, and receiving information indicative of a geography of a location of the computing device. The method further includes determining, from a plurality of media files tagged with respective tempo identifiers, a first media file based on the geography of the location of the computing device and also having a tempo that substantially matches to the first speed of the computing device. The method includes providing an indication of the first media file to a media player, and based on a change in the first speed of the computing device to a second speed, determining from the plurality of media files tagged with respective tempo identifiers, a second media file having a tempo that substantially matches to the second speed. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150090100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACING REPETITIVE MOTION ACTIVITIES - Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, swimming, cycling, aerobics, and the like. Other applications of the system and method include, but are not limited to, enhancing the results of medical rehabilitation programs, physical therapy, weight loss programs, disc jockey services, and industries or manufacturing settings where repetitive motion is common and where audible cues designed to help users maintain a consistent pace are useful. Other features of the invention include providing target- or pace-specific advertisements, and broadcasting target- or pace-specific information about athletes. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150114208 | Method for adjusting the parameters of a musical composition - The aim of the invention is to harmoniously coordinate the tempo and the key (tonality) of a musical work such that the pulse frequency of the downbeats corresponds to the frequency of the fundamental tone. This defines the sound of a musical composition in terms of harmony, which increases the aesthetic attractiveness for the listener, and owing to the resultant resonance, such a musical composition sounds louder, which improves the power consumption, and increases the ergonomics of the performer. A method for adjusting the parameters of a musical composition is proposed, wherein a technical operator is additionally used which inputs data regarding a musical parameter, namely key (tonality) or tempo, into the system, whereupon corresponding data regarding another musical parameter, namely tempo or key, are determined, and output to the technical operator. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150143977 | SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING THE TEMPO OF MUSIC - A music tempo calculation system uses a microphone to input ambient music; the input is then processed in real time to display beats per minute (BPM). Input from the microphone is decomposed by a detector into a plurality of digital signals ranging from a most sensitive signal to a least sensitive signal. A software-implemented algorithm is applied to the time between peak music values to determine tempo. BPM is then output to a display to provide feedback to performing musicians regarding tempo. The sensitivity of the detector adjusts automatically to compensate for changes in music volume. In another embodiment, the calculated tempo is used to control motors used to animate toys. Once BPM is known, the moment of an upcoming beat can be anticipated. It then becomes possible to start, stop, and reverse directions of a motor in anticipation of an upcoming beat thereby providing the appearance the animated toy is responding to music beat. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160055840 | Methods and Devices for Determining Media Files Based on Activity Levels - Example methods and systems for determining media files based on activity levels are described. An example method includes receiving information indicative of a first speed of the computing device, and receiving information indicative of a geography of a location of the computing device. The method further includes determining, from a plurality of media files tagged with respective tempo identifiers, a first media file based on the geography of the location of the computing device and also having a tempo that substantially matches to the first speed of the computing device. The method includes providing an indication of the first media file to a media player, and based on a change in the first speed of the computing device to a second speed, determining from the plurality of media files tagged with respective tempo identifiers, a second media file having a tempo that substantially matches to the second speed. | 02-25-2016 |
