US 12,014,709 B2
Transmission device, transmission method, reception device and reception method
Gen Ichimura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/632,633
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/028333
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/049181, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-164366 (JP), filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0186882 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G10H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 1/0066 (2013.01) [G10H 2240/255 (2013.01); G10H 2240/265 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmission device comprising
a transmission unit configured to transmit signals consecutive in predetermined units to a reception side via a predetermined transmission path, wherein
the signals consecutive in the predetermined units include a signal of a first predetermined unit of the predetermined units including an audio signal and a signal of a second predetermined unit of the predetermined units including a MIDI signal transmitted consecutively to the reception side via the predetermined transmission path such that the audio signal and the MIDI signal follow one another in uninterrupted succession, and
the transmission unit is implemented via at least one processor.