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KATO TADAHARU

JP28 patents
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YAMAHA CORP

23 patents
US6084167AJul 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 patents

NIPPON ELECTRIC CO

1 patent