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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiichi Tenpaku, Minoh, JP;
Yoh'Ichi Tohkura, Soraku-gun, JP;
Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704278 ; 704223 ; 704265 ; 704214 ; 348738 ; 360 13 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to converting the characteristics of sounds such as oices, musical tones, natural sounds, and so on, and more specifically to facilitating the conversion operation, and also to sound-label association suitable for the characteristic conversion. Various embodiments of the invention comprise several of the following elements to provide useful results: sound-label data holding means, display control means, conversion means, sound-label dividing means, label-data dividing means, association forming means, data inputting means, and communication means. Other embodiments of the invention may be practiced as processes or articles of manufacture.