Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic keyboard instrument
- Patent Title (中): 电子键盘乐器
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Application No.: US12412518Application Date: 2009-03-27
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Publication No.: US08017849B2Publication Date: 2011-09-13
- Inventor: Shinji Tajima , Shinya Koseki
- Applicant: Shinji Tajima , Shinya Koseki
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi
- Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
- Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Priority: JP2008-092857 20080331
- Main IPC: G10H7/00
- IPC: G10H7/00

Abstract:
Electronic piano includes speakers arranged on its front side region and another speaker provided at a back position of the piano. Waveform memory provided in a tone generator section has prestored therein sets of four-channel waveform data, each of the sets corresponding to a tone. The four-channel waveform data are data recorded from a natural musical instrument via four microphones installed at sampling positions corresponding to the above-mentioned speakers. The microphones are installed with the on-microphone setting in which the microphones are positioned close to sounding members of the natural musical instrument. In response to depression of a key, any one of the sets of four-channel waveform data, corresponding to a tone pitch designated by the key depression, is read out from the waveform memory, so that the four-channel waveform data are supplied in parallel to the individual speakers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090241756A1 Electronic Keyboard Instrument Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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