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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2009
Applicants:

Sebastian Streich, Delft, NL;

Takuya Fujishima, Hamamatsu, JP;

Inventors:

Sebastian Streich, Delft, NL;

Takuya Fujishima, Hamamatsu, JP;

Assignee:

Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 5/00 (2006.01); G04B 13/00 (2006.01); G10H 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Mask generation section generates an evaluating mask, indicative of a degree of dissonance with a target sound per each frequency along a frequency axis, by setting, for each of a plurality of peaks in spectra of the target sound, a dissonance function indicative of relationship between a frequency difference from the peak and a degree of dissonance with a component of the peak. Index calculation section collates spectra of an evaluated sound with the evaluating mask to thereby calculate a consonance index value indicative of a degree of consonance or dissonance between the target sound and the evaluated sound.


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