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OBA YASUHIKO

JP37 patents
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YAMAHA CORP

36 patents
US6359207B1Mar 19, 2002

Position transducer system with built-in calibrator for moving object, method for accurately determining position of moving object and keyboard musical instrument equipped with the position transducer system

YAMAHA CORP67 citations96
US6403872B2Jun 11, 2002

Keyboard musical instrument faithfully reproducing original performance without complicated tuning and music data generating system incorporated therein

YAMAHA CORP37 citations92
US6271447B1Aug 7, 2001

Velocity calculating system for moving object widely varied in velocity method for correcting velocity and keyboard musical instrument equipped with the velocity calculating system for accurately determining loudness of sounds

YAMAHA CORP33 citations92
US6051762AApr 18, 2000

Data converter for producing individual music data from standard music data on the basis of the individuality of an automatic player piano learned before conversion

YAMAHA CORP46 citations92
US5739450AApr 14, 1998

Keyboard musical instrument equipped with dummy key/hammer event supplementing system

YAMAHA CORP44 citations92
US5731530AMar 24, 1998

Automatic player piano exactly reproducing special touches

YAMAHA CORP27 citations92
US5691489ANov 25, 1997

Automatic player piano exactly reproducing half stroke in playback

YAMAHA CORP31 citations92
US5652399AJul 29, 1997

Automatic player piano and estimator for acceleration of depressed key incorporated in the automatic player piano

YAMAHA CORP35 citations92
US7295983B2Nov 13, 2007

Musical tune playback apparatus

YAMAHA CORP41 citations91
US5262586ANov 16, 1993

Sound controller incorporated in acoustic musical instrument for controlling qualities of sound

YAMAHA CORP40 citations90
US6111174AAug 29, 2000

Released key velocity estimator, method used therein and information storage medium storing program sequence for it

YAMAHA CORP17 citations84
US6075196AJun 13, 2000

Player piano reproducing special performance techniques using information based on musical instrumental digital interface standards

YAMAHA CORP16 citations84
US5072644ADec 17, 1991

Synthetic recording device in an automatic performance piano

YAMAHA CORP8 citations74
US9958314B2May 1, 2018

Vibration detection mechanism and vibration sensor unit

YAMAHA CORP6 citations73
US10937403B2Mar 2, 2021

Signal supply device, keyboard device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

YAMAHA CORP4 citations72
US10902830B2Jan 26, 2021

Signal supply device, keyboard device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

YAMAHA CORP6 citations72
US9502014B1Nov 22, 2016

Actuator control in automatic performance of musical instrument

YAMAHA CORP6 citations71
US8933316B2Jan 13, 2015

Method and apparatus for identifying half pedal region in keyboard musical instrument

YAMAHA CORP2 citations63
US7453037B2Nov 18, 2008

Musical performance apparatus

YAMAHA CORP4 citations63
US5892165AApr 6, 1999

Automatic player piano exactly reproducing acoustic sound produced under manipulation of sostenuto pedal

YAMAHA CORP3 citations63
US11551653B2Jan 10, 2023

Electronic musical instrument

YAMAHA CORP0 citations62
US7259319B2Aug 21, 2007

Performance operator control apparatus

YAMAHA CORP2 citations62
US5978201ANov 2, 1999

Design for solenoid driving circuit based on regulations of current ripple and solenoid effective time constant for driving keys of a player piano

YAMAHA CORP5 citations62
US11749242B2Sep 5, 2023

Signal processing device and signal processing method

YAMAHA CORP0 citations59
US8933309B2Jan 13, 2015

Simulating muting in a drive control device for striking member in sound generation mechanism

YAMAHA CORP1 citations52
US11961499B2Apr 16, 2024

Sound signal generation device, keyboard instrument and sound signal generation method

YAMAHA CORP0 citations51
US11694665B2Jul 4, 2023

Sound source, keyboard musical instrument, and method for generating sound signal

YAMAHA CORP0 citations51
US11430417B2Aug 30, 2022

Data generation device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

YAMAHA CORP0 citations51
US11138961B2Oct 5, 2021

Sound output device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

YAMAHA CORP0 citations51
US8859877B2Oct 14, 2014

Damper drive device for musical instrument, and musical instrument

YAMAHA CORP1 citations51
US9384720B2Jul 5, 2016

Keyboard musical instrument, and method for recording half performance of pedal or key damper on keyboard musical instrument

YAMAHA CORP0 citations42
US8859878B2Oct 14, 2014

Method and device for identifying half point of pedal on keyboard musical instrument

YAMAHA CORP0 citations42
US10249274B2Apr 2, 2019

Keyboard musical instrument, adjusting method thereof, and computer-readable recording medium therefor

YAMAHA CORP0 citations41
US9099062B2Aug 4, 2015

Keyboard musical instrument, method of controlling actuator in the keyboard musical instrument, and non-transitory recording medium storing program for controlling the actuator

YAMAHA CORP0 citations40
US9087494B2Jul 21, 2015

Musical instrument equipped with a pedal, and method therefor

YAMAHA CORP0 citations40
US8735698B2May 27, 2014

Drive mechanism of lifting rail for musical instrument and musical instrument including the same

YAMAHA CORP0 citations40

OBA YASUHIKO

1 patent