Inventor
OBA YASUHIKO
JP37 patents
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YAMAHA CORP
36 patentsUS6359207B1Mar 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