Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keyboard circuit and method for detecting keyboard circuit
- Patent Title (中): 键盘电路和键盘电路检测方法
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Application No.: US13919946Application Date: 2013-06-17
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Publication No.: US08927848B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Yoji Kaneko
- Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz, Goodman & Chick PC
- Priority: JP2012-144582 20120627
- Main IPC: G10H1/34
- IPC: G10H1/34 ; G10H1/18

Abstract:
A keyboard circuit (15) of an electric music instrument includes contact transistors (TRk) having at least three terminals as input/output terminals for state detection for each of a plurality of contacts (14a, 14b, and 14c); and wiring units to the contact transistors (TRk) and the contacts (14a, 14b, and 14c). A selector (Sm) and the wiring unit for each of the plurality of contacts (14a, 14b, and 14c) are arranged to be divided into a plurality of layers in three dimensions. Then, the keyboard circuit (15) detects ON/OFF states for each of the contacts (14a, 14b, and 14c) for which the ON/OFF states change in response to a key-pressing operation for each of a plurality of keys (12) and for which at least one is provided to each of the plurality of keys (12).
Public/Granted literature
- US20140000444A1 KEYBOARD CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING KEYBOARD CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2014-01-02
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