Hideyuki Masuda
31Patents
11h-index
18Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 19, 1990 → Aug 8, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6005180A | Music and graphic apparatus audio-visually modeling acoustic instrument | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US7323631B2 | Instrument performance learning apparatus using pitch and amplitude graph display | Physics | 34 | Active |
| US5981860A | Sound source system based on computer software and method of generating acoustic waveform data | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5519167A | Musical tone synthesizing apparatus | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US7371954B2 | Tuner apparatus for aiding a tuning of musical instrument | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US5955691A | Software sound source | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6365817B1 | Method and apparatus for producing a waveform with sample data adjustment based on representative point | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US5276272A | Wind instrument simulating apparatus | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US5543580A | Tone synthesizer | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5459280A | Musical tone synthesizing apparatus | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6284964A | Method and apparatus for producing a waveform exhibiting rendition style characteristics on the basis of vector data representative of a plurality of sorts of waveform characteristics | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5359146A | Musical tone synthesizing apparatus having smoothly varying tone control parameters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US5408042A | Musical tone synthesizing apparatus capable of convoluting a noise signal in response to an excitation signal | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US7259315B2 | Waveform production method and apparatus | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5438156A | Wind type tone synthesizer adapted for simulating a conical resonance tube | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6486389B1 | Method and apparatus for producing a waveform with improved link between adjoining module data | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5850050A | 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 | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7041888B2 | Fingering guide displaying apparatus for musical instrument and computer program therefor | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6040516A | Tone generation system using computer software and storage medium storing the computer software | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US7390959B2 | Tone control device and program for electronic wind instrument | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US6531652B1 | Method and apparatus for producing a waveform based on a style-of-rendition module | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7470852B2 | Tone generator control apparatus and program for electronic wind instrument | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US6727420B2 | Method and apparatus for producing a waveform based on a style-of-rendition module | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US5371317A | Musical tone synthesizing apparatus with sound hole simulation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US8334447B2 | Wind instrument and pipe structure thereof and a method of operating the wind instrument | Physics | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.