Satoshi Usa
51Patents
15h-index
16Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 30, 1988 → May 14, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7183480B2 | Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like | Physics | 151 | Expired |
| US5585584A | Automatic performance control apparatus | Physics | 97 | Expired |
| US5663514A | Apparatus and method for controlling performance dynamics and tempo in response to player's gesture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 89 | Expired |
| US5648627A | Musical performance control apparatus for processing a user's swing motion with fuzzy inference or a neural network | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US7781666B2 | Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like | Physics | 47 | Active |
| US4909121A | Tone signal generation device with reasonance tone effect | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US5808219A | Motion discrimination method and device using a hidden markov model | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US7179984B2 | Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5512703A | Electronic musical instrument utilizing a tone generator of a delayed feedback type controllable by body action | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US7161079B2 | Audio signal generating apparatus, audio signal generating system, audio system, audio signal generating method, program, and storage medium | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6897779B2 | Tone generation controlling system | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US8106283B2 | Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US5189242A | Electronic musical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US5054361A | Electronic musical instrument with vibration feedback | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US5247131A | Electronic musical instrument with multi-model performance manipulator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US5265516A | Electronic musical instrument with manipulation plate | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5292995A | Method and apparatus for controlling an electronic musical instrument using fuzzy logic | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US6873955B1 | Method and apparatus for recording/reproducing or producing a waveform using time position information | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5200568A | Method of controlling sound source for electronic musical instrument, and electronic musical instrument adopting the method | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5241126A | Electronic musical instrument capable of simulating special performance effects | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5448008A | Musical-tone control apparatus with means for inputting a bowing velocity signal | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5278350A | Electronic musical instrument for generating musical tone approximate to acoustic instrument for generating a sustaining tone, and musical tone control apparatus used in this electronic musical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US5498836A | Controller for tone signal synthesizer of electronic musical instrument | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5629491A | Tempo control apparatus | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5401898A | Electronic musical instrument having multiple performance functions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.