Inventor
KATO TADAHARU
JP28 patents
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YAMAHA CORP
23 patentsUS6084167AJul 4, 2000
Keyboard instrument with touch responsive display unit
YAMAHA CORP65 citations93
US7642448B2Jan 5, 2010
Optical transducer system for monitoring movable parts, optical modulator and musical instrument using the same
YAMAHA CORP19 citations92
US7132643B2Nov 7, 2006
Optical transducer having optical modulator in the vicinity of rotational axis of moving object and musical instrument using the same
YAMAHA CORP26 citations92
US6933435B2Aug 23, 2005
Easily installable optical position transducer and keyboard musical instrument having the same
YAMAHA CORP25 citations92
US6515213B2Feb 4, 2003
Keyboard musical instrument for exactly producing tones and hammer sensor varying output signal exactly representing physical quantity of hammer
YAMAHA CORP28 citations92
US6420642B1Jul 16, 2002
Automatic player incorporated in keyboard musical instrument and plunger sensor for detecting motion of plunger
YAMAHA CORP24 citations92
US6403872B2Jun 11, 2002
Keyboard musical instrument faithfully reproducing original performance without complicated tuning and music data generating system incorporated therein
YAMAHA CORP37 citations92
US7186967B2Mar 6, 2007
Optical transducer having optical fibers resiliently warped near optical devices and musical instrument using the same
YAMAHA CORP13 citations84
US7116849B2Oct 3, 2006
Optical transducer having optical fiber plug transparent to curing light and non-transparent to sensing light
YAMAHA CORP11 citations84
US7049576B2May 23, 2006
Keyboard musical instrument having easily installable optical position transducer with coupler for coupling optical modulator to moving object
YAMAHA CORP15 citations84
US6940005B2Sep 6, 2005
Keyboard musical instrument for exactly producing tones and hammer sensor varying output signal exactly representing physical quantity of hammer
YAMAHA CORP12 citations84
US6870151B2Mar 22, 2005
Shutter, optical sensor system using the same and shutter holder incorporated therein
YAMAHA CORP12 citations84
US6515565B1Feb 4, 2003
Electromagnetic device equipped with solenoid, automatic player using the same and automatic player keyboard musical instrument
YAMAHA CORP17 citations84
US7044655B2May 16, 2006
Multicore optical fiber connector for enhancing uniformity of amount of incident light and optical sensor array using the same
YAMAHA CORP10 citations74
US6815603B2Nov 9, 2004
Unbreakable and economical optical sensor array and keyboard musical instrument using the same
YAMAHA CORP12 citations74
US6933494B2Aug 23, 2005
Optical sensor heads exhibiting regularity in optical characteristics and optical sensor system using the same
YAMAHA CORP8 citations73
US7259313B2Aug 21, 2007
Musical instrument system capable of locating missing remote controller, musical instrument, remote controller and method use therein
YAMAHA CORP8 citations71
US7121737B2Oct 17, 2006
Light emitting unit operative at high coupling efficiency, optical sensor system and musical instrument using the same
YAMAHA CORP4 citations63
US7259319B2Aug 21, 2007
Performance operator control apparatus
YAMAHA CORP2 citations62
US10304435B2May 28, 2019
Musical instrument and acoustic transducer device
YAMAHA CORP1 citations58
US7514627B2Apr 7, 2009
Keyboard musical instrument having sensor unit exactly located by means of plural locators
YAMAHA CORP1 citations52
US9520107B2Dec 13, 2016
Keyboard musical instrument
YAMAHA CORP0 citations51
US9269335B2Feb 23, 2016
Installation structure for acoustic transducer
YAMAHA CORP1 citations50
NEC CORP
4 patentsUS4700392AOct 13, 1987
Speech signal detector having adaptive threshold values
NEC CORP39 citations92
US5334977AAug 2, 1994
ADPCM transcoder wherein different bit numbers are used in code conversion
NEC CORP18 citations74
US5323449AJun 21, 1994
Apparatus for communication by telephone set and facsimile set through order wires
NEC CORP7 citations74
US4571737AFeb 18, 1986
Adaptive differential pulse code modulation decoding circuit
NEC CORP13 citations73