Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Music box for reducing misalignment of wheels
- Patent Title (中): 用于减少车轮不对准的音乐盒
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Application No.: US14315540Application Date: 2014-06-26
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Publication No.: US09257108B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Takuya Nakamura
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2013-137508 20130628
- Main IPC: G10F1/06
- IPC: G10F1/06

Abstract:
A music box includes a star wheel, a stopper, a sun wheel, a motor, a sensor, and a controller. The star wheel is configured to rotate about a first shaft. The sun wheel is fixed on a second shaft and engages the star wheel. The motor is configured to rotate the first shaft and the second shaft. The sensor is configured to detect a rotation state of the sun wheel. The controller is configured to: read a music data; control the motor to rotate at a rotational speed based on a temp; determine a start timing at which the stopper starts to release the star wheel based on a sound output timing and the rotation state; calibrate the start timing to a calibrated start timing based on a value related to the rotational speed; and control the stopper to release the star wheel at the calibrated start timing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150000507A1 MUSIC BOX FOR REDUCING MISALIGNMENT OF WHEELS Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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