Patents Assigned to CHORD BOARD, LLC
  • Arpeggiator musical instrument
    Patent number: 12205567
    Abstract: An arpeggiation controller musical instrument operable to receive a user hand gesture and play an arpeggiation pattern. The musical instrument includes an X-Y pad operable to detect the user hand gesture. The user hand gesture sets one or more parameters of the arpeggiation pattern. The musical instrument also includes an arpeggiation generator operable to create the arpeggiation pattern based on the user hand gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Chord Board, LLC
    Inventor: Akiva Shapiro
  • Beat player musical instrument
    Patent number: 12106743
    Abstract: A musical instrument operable to play a multi-component percussive beat. The musical instrument includes a plurality of finger controllers, wherein each finger controller is operable to control a component part of the multi-component percussive beat. Each of the plurality of finger controllers has a touch-sensitive range providing a plurality of actuation regions, and each actuation region is operable to play a hit pattern associated with a component percussion track representing a respective component of the multi-component percussive beat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Chord Board, LLC
    Inventor: Akiva Shapiro
  • Hand board musical instrument
    Patent number: 12014706
    Abstract: A musical instrument including a note player operable to produce individual notes in a selected key, wherein a layout of the note player corresponds to a selected chord, in which three finger regions of the note player correspond to a root note, a third note, and a fifth note of the selected chord in the selected key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CHORD BOARD, LLC
    Inventor: Akiva Shapiro
  • HAND BOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20240194171
    Abstract: A musical instrument including a note player operable to produce individual notes in a selected key, wherein a layout of the note player corresponds to a selected chord, in which three finger regions of the note player correspond to a root note, a third note, and a fifth note of the selected chord in the selected key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Chord Board, LLC
    Inventor: Akiva SHAPIRO
  • Chord board musical instrument
    Patent number: 11842709
    Abstract: A musical instrument, including a chord player section having at least one chord player operable to play a selected chord, the at least one chord player including a finger-actuatable first pad having a first center point function and a plurality of first perimeter point functions. The first center point function and the plurality of first perimeter point functions are respectively operable to generate a primary chord having a chord root note or variations of the primary chord having the chord root note.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CHORD BOARD, LLC
    Inventor: Akiva Shapiro