Inventor
TAMURA MOTOICHI
JP49 patents
Patents
49 patentsUS5880386AMar 9, 1999
Musical information processing system with automatic data transfer
YAMAHA CORP333 citations99
US6873955B1Mar 29, 2005
Method and apparatus for recording/reproducing or producing a waveform using time position information
YAMAHA CORP22 citations93
US6326537B1Dec 4, 2001
Method and apparatus for generating musical tone waveforms by user input of sample waveform frequency
YAMAHA CORP20 citations93
US6255576B1Jul 3, 2001
Device and method for forming waveform based on a combination of unit waveforms including loop waveform segments
YAMAHA CORP54 citations93
US6184455B1Feb 6, 2001
Tone generating method and device
YAMAHA CORP39 citations93
US6180863B1Jan 30, 2001
Music apparatus integrating tone generators through sampling frequency conversion
YAMAHA CORP30 citations93
US6023016AFeb 8, 2000
Tone generator system using computer software
YAMAHA CORP25 citations93
US5955691ASep 21, 1999
Software sound source
YAMAHA CORP39 citations93
US5942707AAug 24, 1999
Tone generation method with envelope computation separate from waveform synthesis
YAMAHA CORP30 citations93
US5913258AJun 15, 1999
Music tone generating method by waveform synthesis with advance parameter computation
YAMAHA CORP38 citations93
US5831193ANov 3, 1998
Method and device for forming a tone waveform by combined use of different waveform sample forming resolutions
YAMAHA CORP23 citations93
US5728961AMar 17, 1998
Method and device for executing tone generating processing depending on a computing capability of a processor used
YAMAHA CORP20 citations93
US5396025AMar 7, 1995
Tone controller in electronic instrument adapted for strings tone
YAMAHA CORP20 citations93
US6881888B2Apr 19, 2005
Waveform production method and apparatus using shot-tone-related rendition style waveform
YAMAHA CORP26 citations92
US6025551AFeb 15, 2000
Fingering information analyzer and electronic musical instrument with the same
YAMAHA CORP19 citations92
US7381879B2Jun 3, 2008
Sound waveform synthesizer
YAMAHA CORP10 citations84
US7259315B2Aug 21, 2007
Waveform production method and apparatus
YAMAHA CORP15 citations84
US7099827B1Aug 29, 2006
Method and apparatus for producing a waveform corresponding to a style of rendition using a packet stream
YAMAHA CORP12 citations84
US5750911AMay 12, 1998
Sound generation method using hardware and software sound sources
YAMAHA CORP18 citations84
US9275616B2Mar 1, 2016
Associating musical score image data and logical musical score data
YAMAHA CORP9 citations82
US6946595B2Sep 20, 2005
Performance data processing and tone signal synthesizing methods and apparatus
YAMAHA CORP9 citations74
US6727420B2Apr 27, 2004
Method and apparatus for producing a waveform based on a style-of-rendition module
YAMAHA CORP9 citations74
US6583347B2Jun 24, 2003
Method of synthesizing musical tone by executing control programs and music programs
YAMAHA CORP6 citations74
US6576827B2Jun 10, 2003
Music sound synthesis with waveform caching by prediction
YAMAHA CORP10 citations74
US6531652B1Mar 11, 2003
Method and apparatus for producing a waveform based on a style-of-rendition module
YAMAHA CORP8 citations74
US6509519B2Jan 21, 2003
Method and apparatus for generating musical tone waveforms by user input of sample waveform frequency
YAMAHA CORP7 citations74
US6353171B2Mar 5, 2002
Tone generating method and device
YAMAHA CORP7 citations74
US6271454B1Aug 7, 2001
Method of controlling tone generating drivers by integrating driver on operating system
YAMAHA CORP10 citations74
US6140566AOct 31, 2000
Music tone generating method by waveform synthesis with advance parameter computation
YAMAHA CORP11 citations74
US5945619AAug 31, 1999
Asynchronous computation of tone parameter with subsequent synchronous synthesis of tone waveform
YAMAHA CORP9 citations74
US5898118AApr 27, 1999
Computerized music apparatus composed of compatible software modules
YAMAHA CORP16 citations74
US5895877AApr 20, 1999
Tone generating method and device
YAMAHA CORP14 citations74
US5850050ADec 15, 1998
Method and apparatus for generating musical tones, method and apparatus for processing music data, method and apparatus reproducing processed music data and storage media for practicing same
YAMAHA CORP13 citations74
US5731534AMar 24, 1998
Method and apparatus for imparting an effect to a tone signal with grade designation
YAMAHA CORP8 citations74
US5714704AFeb 3, 1998
Musical tone-generating method and apparatus and waveform-storing method and apparatus
YAMAHA CORP14 citations74
US6486387B1Nov 26, 2002
Fingering information analyzer, electronic musical instrument including fingering information analysis and method therefore
YAMAHA CORP6 citations73
US7432435B2Oct 7, 2008
Tone synthesis apparatus and method
YAMAHA CORP2 citations63
US7396992B2Jul 8, 2008
Tone synthesis apparatus and method
YAMAHA CORP4 citations63
US6835886B2Dec 28, 2004
Tone synthesis apparatus and method for synthesizing an envelope on the basis of a segment template
YAMAHA CORP4 citations63
US6479739B2Nov 12, 2002
Method of controlling tone generating drivers by integrating driver on operating system
YAMAHA CORP4 citations63
US6284963B1Sep 4, 2001
Tone generating method and device based on software
YAMAHA CORP2 citations63
US5616877AApr 1, 1997
Automatic performace device
YAMAHA CORP2 citations63
US12142250B2Nov 12, 2024
Image control system and method for controlling image
YAMAHA CORP0 citations54
US9824674B2Nov 21, 2017
Recording method, recording system, recording program storage medium, acoustic processing method, and acoustic processing device
YAMAHA CORP1 citations52
US12328556B2Jun 10, 2025
Sound processing method, and sound processing system
YAMAHA CORP0 citations51
US9460203B2Oct 4, 2016
Sound processing apparatus
YAMAHA CORP0 citations51
US7579545B2Aug 25, 2009
Apparatus and method for synthesizing a plurality of waveforms in synchronized manner
YAMAHA CORP0 citations42
US10156973B2Dec 18, 2018
Score displaying method and storage medium
YAMAHA CORP0 citations40
US9940914B2Apr 10, 2018
Score displaying method and storage medium
YAMAHA CORP0 citations40