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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178771 | Casing structure for sound adjusting apparatus Casing structure for a mixer apparatus includes a box-shaped casing that comprises an upper surface section, a bottom surface section and a side surface section. The upper surface section, having a generally obtuse-angled “V” shape, includes: a flat operation pa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7804017 | Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument includes a keyboard having a plurality of keys, a top board located in the rear of the keyboard and having a space for placing external equipment, a music stand that is erected on the top board, and a plurality of connection terminal... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7732702 | Modular structures facilitating aggregated and field-customized musical instruments This invention allows for easy field-customization of mainstream and exotic electronic musical instruments with extensive support for the easy creation of aggregated instruments. This invention leverages extensive functional customization of instruments within mains... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7692089 | Electronic keyboard instrument An electronic keyboard instrument is assembled on a frame member. A keyboard has a plurality of keys pivotably supported by the frame member. A lower case is formed integrally with or separately from the frame member under the keyboard. An electroacoustic transducer... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7485798 | Keyboard apparatus Key frame has a key support section that pivotably supports thereon a plurality of keys. Hammer structures are pivotably provided in corresponding relation to and below the keys, each of which pivots in interlocked relation to depression operation of a corresponding... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7473842 | Electronic keyboard instrument An electronic keyboard instrument which enables an instrument frame to be shared by different types of electronic keyboard instruments, and facilitates separate mounting and removal of a keyboard unit and a tone-generating unit. A frame assembly (FAS) has a pair of ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7402746 | Training apparatus for learning to play the guitar A training apparatus for guiding and independently teaching a user to quickly play a guitar by interpreting stored encoded MIDI music data to guide the user's hands by illuminating sequences of desired finger positions on the frets of a guitar to play the music.... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394012 | Wind instrument phone A mobile device (160) and method (300) for generating wind instrument sounds is provided. The mobile device can include a microphone (102) for capturing an air turbulence in response to a blowing action, a keypad (104) for selecting a vir... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7342164 | Performance apparatus and tone generation method using the performance apparatus Key switches are arranged to form plural rows, and light emitting elements are provided in corresponding relation to the key switches. For each of the rows, any operated key switch is detected, and, on the basis of such detection, the light emitting elements are seq... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7253349 | Engineers piano with bisymmetrical manuals and accompanying musical notation system A 2 manual musical keyboard with the pitch progression on one of the manuals reversed. The keys on these manuals are segregated into 2 groups of 2 different heights in the same way as a standard musical keyboard. The key configurations on these manuals have 12 semi-... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7059790 | Keyboard and method of making the same A method and an apparatus for communicating data to a remote device, the apparatus comprising a keyboard having a plurality of keys. The lower surface of the keyboard is attached to an object along at least a portion of the lower surface of the keyboard. The object ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7005570 | Tone generating apparatus, tone generating method, and program for implementing the method There is provided a tone generating apparatus and method that enables recording and reproduction of performance made by a performer without requiring any complicated operations. Musical tones generated from a musical instrument are detected, and tone data is stored ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002070 | Electronic piano An electronic piano is provided in which activation of a keyboard (7) and foot pedals (8) causes sound to be generated and output via a pair of conventional cone loudspeakers (210–212) each comprising a tweeter (214), a woofer (216 | 02/21/2006 |
| 6525252 | Device for composing and arranging music A device for composing and arranging music comprising a sensor part and a plurality of blocks which may be releasably connected to the sensor part. A distribution of blocks, each belonging to one of a number of sub-populations of blocks on the sensor part... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6479741 | Musical device having multiple configurations and methods of using the same A musical device includes a body and at least one actuator mechanism. In one embodiment, the musical device can generate an audio output in response to activation by a user of the actuator mechanism. In one embodiment, the musical device body includes mul... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6417436 | Hand-operated dancing machine A hand-operated dancing machine wherein hand-operated percussion instruments are configured in an electronic manner to be operated for entertainment and generate a variety of sounds such as a tambourine sound, bongo sound, conga sound, etc., so that the u... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6320110 | Music game device with automatic setting, method for controlling the same, and storage medium therefor A music game device is provided in which a player manipulates a manipulation unit in conformity with music. The device includes an input unit for setting play information including a plurality of tunes to be successively played and a play order of the plu... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6274800 | Convertible musical instrument A combination musical instrument comprising first and second instrument portions each having first and second sides and a plurality of input devices actuable by a user on one side thereof. The first and second portions are coupled to each other. In one em... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6268806 | Multimedia computer keyboard A multimedia computer keyboard is provided having one or more high fidelity, diaphragm-type speakers mounted within the keyboard. Mono or stereophonic wiring to each speaker is achieved using existing keyboard cable extending from the keyboard to a keyboa... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6124541 | Electronic sound generator with mechanical movement feature A modular apparatus is provided for imparting movement and selected sound to an ornament. The apparatus includes an electronic and melody module, a mechanic transmission and power module, a base module, a power supply module, a visual module, and a melody... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5973250 | Miniature multiple audio highlight playback device The present invention involves a microelectronic device capable of audio playback of highlights, in conjunction with products such as a gift box or a "base" for nostalgia and memorabilia such as a gift or music box (20) with its base (22) and hingedly att... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5939656 | Music sound correcting apparatus and music sound correcting method capable of achieving similar audibilities even by speaker/headphone A music sound correcting apparatus for correcting a music sound signal entered thereinto to selectively supply the corrected music sound signal to a speaker and a headphone, is provided with a jack into which a plug of the headphone is inserted, and a det... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5808224 | Portable downloader connectable to karaoke player through wireless communication channel A karaoke system has a player for presenting a karaoke accompaniment according to a song data selected in response to a request, and a loader coupled to the player for downloading thereinto a song data. The loader is comprised of a casing having a first f... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5589654 | Electronic dance floor system An electronic dance floor system (10) that consists of a dance floor (12) having at least two dancing sections (14) with each section further having at least four composite pad assemblies (16). Each of the assemblies (16) is connected through a musical in... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5440070 | Electronic musical instrument having selectable angle-to-tone conversion An electronic musical instrument has a plurality of detectors, a plurality of converters and a selector. The plurality of detectors, which are arranged, respectively, at predetermined joints of a human body or in the vicinity thereof, detect angles formed... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5403970 | Electrical musical instrument using a joystick-type control apparatus A control apparatus, for an electronic musical instrument and other electronic apparatuses, comprises a freely operable operation rod having an operation gripping portion at a distal end of the rod, X- and Y-position detectors for respectively detecting X... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5382891 | Man/machine interface In a system including clock pulse data such as a network for sequencing music or multi-media data, a man/machine interface is provided which can be driven either by the operator or by a motor and transmission system. The man/machine interface contains enc... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5373096 | Musical sound control device responsive to the motion of body portions of a performer The present invention provides a musical sound control device wherein, based on the movements of the fingers or other body parts of the performer, control of pitch bender and vibrato effects can easily achieved, and wherein the mobility and dexterity of e... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5354947 | Musical tone forming apparatus employing separable nonliner conversion apparatus An apparatus for forming musical tone signals includes a playing operator and a tone signal synthesizing section for simulating a natural musical instrument, wherein a part of the tone signal synthesizing section, that is a part selectable for tone synthe... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5350882 | Automatic performance apparatus with operated rotation means for tempo control An automatic performance apparatus which easily changes the tempo and direction of automatic performance of a musical instrument, for example, to a rhythm of a rap music such that a disc jockey operates a scratch disc. Clock frequency SQCK of sequence cou... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5350881 | Portable electronic apparatus A striker designed to strike or be swung for playing music is provided with a musical sound-initiating command signal-generating device including switching members. When the striker strikes or swings, the switching members perform a switching action which... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5350883 | Electronic musical instrument with a pedal An electronic piano with a pedal, which can control various parameters by the pedal. The electronic piano has a mode switch for selecting a mode, and the electoronic piano switches parameters to be controlled by the pedal according to the selected mode by... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5344034 | Musical adaptor for baby nursing bottles An electronic musical adaptor for removable attachment to a baby nursing bottle to produce a musical tune to soothe and amuse the baby upon movement of the bottle during the feeding process. The adaptor comprising a cup-shaped housing, a melody producing ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5313010 | Hand musical tone control apparatus A musical tone control apparatus has grips and elbow angle detectors, in which the grips are hand held and provided with push-button switches and an actuator, both of which are operated by fingers to generate musical tone control data having variations of... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5290964 | Musical tone control apparatus using a detector A musical tone control apparatus controls a musical tone corresponding to a movement itself of an object and the like which is detected by a detector Such detector detects also a moving speed, a moving force, a moving angle or an intensity of given impuls... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5264656 | Electronic sound generating device A device for electronically generating a sound according to the present invention includes an integrated circuit chip producing electronic signals corresponding to a desired melody, a switch controlling the ON and OFF states of the integrated circuit chip... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5260512 | Sound-signal generator having ball-shaped housing with keyboard incorporated therein Sound signal generator, comprising a housing (1,2) containing a microcontroller for the storage and control of reproduction of several sound messages, and a loudspeaker for reproducing the said sound messages connected to the in lieu thereof microcontroll... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5241126 | Electronic musical instrument capable of simulating special performance effects An electronic musical instrument includes a performance operator such as a bar-like member, a position detection circuit for detecting a play position on the performance operator and generating position information corresponding to the play position, a ci... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5170002 | Motion-controlled musical tone control apparatus Musical instruments usually require a high level of skill on the part of the operator. In the case of electronic instruments, playing an instrument often involves the depressing of keys on a keyboard. In the present invention, an apparatus for the generat... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5166462 | Musical tone control apparatus employing finger flexing angle detection A musical tone control apparatus is provided with a compensation device which compensates a magnitude of detected signals output from each sensor arranged on each finger. Therefore, even though adjacent fingers are involuntarily bent when a specific finge... | 11/24/1992 |
