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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183450 | Percussion instrument systems and methods A percussion instrument may have a hoop member configured to hold down a head stretched across a first end of the shell by a plurality of adjustment devices that may be for operatively connecting the hoop member with a plurality of fixtures that may be arrangeable a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175287 | Sound device A sound device includes an input terminal for electronic signal input; a line out terminal adapted to output electronic signals input on the input terminal to an external area; a delay arrangement adapted to delay electronic signals input on the input terminal for a... | 05/08/2012 |
| D658403 | Electronic percussion instrument stand | 05/01/2012 |
| 8134065 | Key speed sensor of electronic instrument A device for accurately detecting key operation speed with a simple configuration in which a plurality of alternating signals, which have mutually differing phases, is supplied to transmission electrodes. From this, capacitance between reception electrodes and the t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132930 | Display device for a tuning apparatus A plurality of LEDs are arranged continuously in a row and a transparent LED cover is disposed over the front surface of the LEDs. The LED cover extends in the longitudinal direction of the arrangement of LEDs and is curved in an arc shape that is perpendicular to t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129606 | Musical tone signal-processing apparatus A musical tone signal processing apparatus configured to freely expand or contract an acoustic image. A setting means may set a second reference localization, a first function that stipulates expansion of the boundary of one end of a direction range, and a second fu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124864 | User interface apparatus for displaying vocal or instrumental unit signals in an input musical tone signal A user interface apparatus for displaying areas having vocal or instrumental unit signals that are included in an input musical tone signal. Display locations, for display on a display screen that has a localization-frequency plane, are calculated for the input musi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8110735 | Effect setting device systems and methods A first control may be for setting a patch including one or more types of effects to be provided by circuitry to an inputted music signal, the patch associated with multiple candidate keywords to be displayed by a display device. A second control may be for assignin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7812242 | Electronic musical instruments Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing a musical tone control device for carrying out appropriate control in user-performed operations. A pitch parameter value PB set by a pitch bend wheel may be loaded and a determination may be made... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7769192 | Speaker system with oscillation detection unit A speaker system comprising a magnetic circuit, a cylindrical shaped voice coil unit generating oscillation in the magnetic circuit, an oscillating plate extending in a circular conical shape from a outer peripheral surface of the voice coil unit, a dust cap connect... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767898 | Display equipment and display program for electronic musical instruments A display system for an electronic musical instrument includes an automatic performance information storage device for storing automatic performance information. The display system also includes a display device for displaying formulated musical notation based on th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7732692 | Electronic percussion instrument stand An electronic percussion instrument stand includes a center pipe structure. The center pipe structure has at least one center pipe having a longitudinal axis. A center pipe structure with at least two center pipes provides increased stability. A crescent-shaped base... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7716439 | Data processing system and method with copy protection A data processing system includes a readout unit, a device ID storage unit, a storage medium writing unit, a determination unit, and a processing unit. The readout unit reads out data that have been stored on a storage medium, where the storage medium is removably m... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7642447 | Electronic musical instrument system and method emulating a removable media drive An electronic musical instrument comprising a CPU, a display device, operators, a data interface, and a storage device storing music tone data, all interconnected via a bus line, wherein upon an inquiry from a PC connected to the data interface for a device identity... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7612273 | Electronic percussion instrument An electronic percussion instrument that detects vibrations due to a hit and outputs a corresponding signal where the head of the instrument is held in place independent of a rim part. The independence stops vibrations originating from a hit of the rim from travelin... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7579544 | Waveform generating device To compose a series of musical tones, a waveform generating device reads out a plurality of time axis segments of waveform data in optional order by compressing or expanding the segments of waveform data in conformance with performance data. With the waveform genera... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7576273 | Hammer keyboard system and chassis A hammer with simplified structure and reduced costs that maintains its capability as a mass body to impart a touch weight. The hammer is configured such that it is possible to fix the two mass plates to the metal base plate by means of a single rivet. Therefore, th... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7560638 | Electronic percussion instrument, system, and method with vibration An electronic percussion instrument includes input means and musical tone generation control means. The input means allows for a vibration level of a vibration of an operator and position information that conforms to a position of the operator to be input. The music... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7557284 | Apparatus for supporting a musical instrument An apparatus for supporting musical instruments including at least one center pipe, at least one base to support the center pipe, at least one tubular arm pipe, wherein one end of the arm pipe is coupled to the center pipe, at least one clamp structure that can be c... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7550664 | Keyboard apparatus A keyboard apparatus that can be manufactured with a simple process at a low cost while still providing the feeling and appearance of high quality. In one embodiment of the invention, side surfaces of the white keys in the keyboard apparatus comprises a grained port... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7525826 | Switching power supply apparatus and method Configurations provide reduction in the hum and the weak shocks that are produced in audio equipments where electrical power is supplied. Switching electrical power sources include, a rectification element that rectifies a current that is supplied, a switching eleme... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525038 | Effect system The disclosure presented here involves an effect device that can easily connect with other effect devices in parallel. A preferred embodiment of this device is equipped with a number of components including an effect add means that adds effects, a mixing means that ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7498506 | Foot volume pedal systems and methods A pedal system and method for a musical instrument includes a supporting pedestal operatively connected to a foot pedal such that the foot pedal is pivotal to allow a user to control a musical tone in conformance with the angle of the foot pedal relative to the supp... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7473834 | Electronic percussion instrument An electronic percussion instrument that allows for a performance sensation that is similar to that of an acoustic HiHat cymbal. A sliding mechanism of a top cymbal pad section and a bottom cymbal pad section of an electronic HiHat cymbal where the top cymbal pad se... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7470851 | Electronic stringed instrument, system, and method with note height control An electronic stringed instrument is provided where the value of a pitch that has been currently detected and the value of a pitch that has been stored are compared. A determination is made as to whether or not the pitch has dropped roughly a half tone. In those cas... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7470847 | Pedal system and method An electronic percussion instrument pedal device uses a spring structure in a space between a bottom structure and a foot pedal board structure to regulate the movement of the foot pedal board structure. Even when the foot pedal board structure is not being moved, i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468483 | Electronic percussion instrument and displacement detection apparatus An electronic percussion instrument with a single cymbal and a displacement detection apparatus that detects the displacement of an electronic cymbal. The electronic percussion instrument is designed to allows users to simulate the performance feel of an acoustic cy... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7466554 | Pivotal mounting structure for an electronic device A pivotal mounting structure for an electronic device, an electronic device utilizing the pivotal mounting structure, and a method of mounting an electronic device on a rack. The pivotal mounting structure allows an electronic device to be mounted in a rack, and all... | 12/16/2008 |
| D582391 | Speaker | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459626 | Apparatus and method for detecting displacement of a movable member of an electronic musical instrument An apparatus for detecting the displacement of a movable member of an electronic musical instrument. The apparatus has superior mechanical durability compared to displacement sensors of the past and can withstand long-term use. The apparatus includes a sensor that p... | 12/02/2008 |
| D581971 | Electronic pickup | 12/02/2008 |
| D581902 | Speaker | 12/02/2008 |
| D579041 | Electronic cymbal | 10/21/2008 |
| D579002 | Speaker | 10/21/2008 |
| D578803 | Instrument stand | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435890 | Tuning device and method for musical instrument A tuning device includes a pitch extraction device with which the pitch of an input signal is extracted and a deviation detection device with which the deviation of the pitch that has been extracted by the pitch extraction device from a standard pitch is detected. T... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434908 | Image creation and cutting system A printer for creating and cutting an image to be processed on an object includes a first guide rail extended in a specified direction, a second guide rail positioned parallel to the first guide rail, a first carriage supported on the first guide rail for movement o... | 10/14/2008 |
| D577761 | Electronic cymbal | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427710 | Pickup apparatus A pickup apparatus for independently detecting the vibrations of each of a plurality of strings, and an electronic stringed instrument utilizing the pickup apparatus. The pickup apparatus minimizes the crosstalk effects between the different pickups by positioning t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422386 | Image creation and cutting apparatus A printer is disclosed for cutting-out a printed image on an item being processed while traveling in a first direction. The printer comprises a cutting head coupled for movement in a second direction, an ink head detachably coupled to the cutting head for movement i... | 09/09/2008 |
