Patents by Inventor Akihiko Komatsu
Akihiko Komatsu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11961499Abstract: A sound signal generation method for a keyboard including a pedal and a key, the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises generating a first sound signal and a second sound signal different from the first sound signal based on first operation data corresponding to an operation of the key, and adjusting a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal to sound at respective timings according to a physical quantity of a key pressing operation of the key to control a decay rate of the first sound signal to be different from a decay rate of the second sound signal based on a key release operation of the key.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiko Oba, Akihiko Komatsu, Michiko Tanoue
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Publication number: 20240078988Abstract: A musical instrument includes: a fixed member; a movable member displaceable relative to the fixed member within a movable range in response to a playing operation of the musical instrument; a detectable circuit including a magnetic or conductive body and disposed on the movable member; a detector circuit including a coil disposed on the fixed member and configured to output a detection signal corresponding to a voltage that is dependent on a distance between the detectable circuit and the coil; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to implement the instructions to perform a plurality of tasks, including: a generating task that generates, based on correspondences between voltages of detection signals and positions of the movable member in the movable range, position data indicating a position of the movable member that depends on the voltage of the detection signal output from the detector circuit; and a calibrating task that calibrates the correspondences based on thType: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Jun ISHII, Kazuyuki IGARASHI, Akihiko KOMATSU, Michiko TANOUE
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Patent number: 11694665Abstract: A sound source includes: a processor that implements instructions to execute a plurality of tasks, including: a first calculating task that calculates a first estimated value based on a detection result yielded by a detecting device that detects passage of a key through a first, a second, and a third positions, the first estimated value pertaining to behavior of the key at a predetermined position; a second calculating task that calculates a second estimated value based on the result, the second estimated value pertaining to behavior of the key at a fourth position; a signal generating task that generates a first and a second sound signals; a first adjusting task that adjusts an output level of the first sound signal based on the first estimated value; and a second adjusting task that adjusts an output level of the second sound signal based on the second estimated value.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiko Oba, Akihiko Komatsu, Michiko Tanoue
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Publication number: 20230207978Abstract: Provided is an electrical storage device that is compact and can be manufactured easily, while allowing for use of higher voltages. In an electrical storage device, a winding structure comprises: a central electrode body in which a first extending part and a second extending part extending from either side of a central portion are wound around the central portion in the same direction; a first electrode body electrically connected to a first external terminal and extending toward an outer peripheral side from a vicinity of the central portion; a second electrode body electrically connected to a second external terminal and extending toward the outer peripheral side from a vicinity of the central portion; a first separator disposed between the central electrode body and the first electrode body; and a second separator disposed between the central electrode body and the second electrode body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Kenji OOHARA, Yuta ISHIHARA, Takashi NOZAWA, Hibiki OGUCHI, Ko NAKAGAWA, Akihiko KOMATSU
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Patent number: 11551653Abstract: An electronic musical instrument according to one embodiment includes: a sound source configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal for instructing to produce a sound; a first output unit configured to output a third sound signal containing the first sound signal and the second sound signal at a first sound volume ratio; and a second output unit configured to output a fourth sound signal containing the first sound signal and the second sound signal at a second sound volume ratio that is different from the first sound volume ratio.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yasuhiko Oba, Michiko Tanoue
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Patent number: 11138961Abstract: A sound output device comprising a data storage device storing a first sound signal, a second sound signal, and a third sound signal and a controller including a processor that implements instructions stored in a memory to execute a plurality of tasks, including a sound signal output tasks that reads the first and second sound signals or the first and third sound signals from the data storage device based on first information included in an instruction signal that instructs outputting of sound, the first information designating a magnitude of the sound and outputs the read sound signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiko Oba, Akihiko Komatsu, Michiko Tanoue
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Publication number: 20210201869Abstract: A sound signal generation method for a keyboard including a pedal and a key, the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises generating a first sound signal and a second sound signal different from the first sound signal based on first operation data corresponding to an operation of the key, and adjusting a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal to sound at respective timings according to a physical quantity of a key pressing operation of the key to control a decay rate of the first sound signal to be different from a decay rate of the second sound signal based on a key release operation of the key.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiko OBA, Akihiko KOMATSU, Michiko TANOUE
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Patent number: 10937403Abstract: A signal supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal including operation body information corresponding to an operation input to an operation body and linked member information corresponding to a movement of a linked member linked with the operation body and an adjuster configured to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the operation body information and the linked member information.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Nishida, Yasuhiko Oba, Akihiko Komatsu, Michiko Tanoue
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Patent number: 10902830Abstract: A signal supply device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal corresponding to an operation input to an operation body and an adjuster configured to calculate an acceleration of the operation body in accordance with the instruction signal and to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Nishida, Yasuhiko Oba, Akihiko Komatsu, Michiko Tanoue
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Publication number: 20200243056Abstract: A sound output device comprising a data storage device storing a first sound signal, a second sound signal, and a third sound signal and a controller including a processor that implements instructions stored in a memory to execute a plurality of tasks, including a sound signal output tasks that reads the first and second sound signals or the first and third sound signals from the data storage device based on first information included in an instruction signal that instructs outputting of sound, the first information designating a magnitude of the sound and outputs the read sound signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Yasuhiko OBA, Akihiko KOMATSU, Michiko TANOUE
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Publication number: 20200243057Abstract: A sound source includes: a processor that implements instructions to execute a plurality of tasks, including: a first calculating task that calculates a first estimated value based on a detection result yielded by a detecting device that detects passage of a key through a first, a second, and a third positions, the first estimated value pertaining to behavior of the key at a predetermined position; a second calculating task that calculates a second estimated value based on the result, the second estimated value pertaining to behavior of the key at a fourth position; a signal generating task that generates a first and a second sound signals; a first adjusting task that adjusts an output level of the first sound signal based on the first estimated value; and a second adjusting task that adjusts an output level of the second sound signal based on the second estimated value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Yasuhiko OBA, Akihiko KOMATSU, Michiko TANOUE
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Publication number: 20200211519Abstract: An electronic musical instrument according to one embodiment includes: a sound source configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal for instructing to produce a sound; a first output unit configured to output a third sound signal containing the first sound signal and the second sound signal at a first sound volume ratio; and a second output unit configured to output a fourth sound signal containing the first sound signal and the second sound signal at a second sound volume ratio that is different from the first sound volume ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Yasuhiko OBA, Michiko TANOUE
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Publication number: 20200005747Abstract: A signal supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal including operation body information corresponding to an operation input to an operation body and linked member information corresponding to a movement of a linked member linked with the operation body and an adjuster configured to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the operation body information and the linked member information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Kenichi NISHIDA, Yasuhiko OBA, Akihiko KOMATSU, Michiko TANOUE
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Publication number: 20200005746Abstract: A signal supply device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a generator configured to generate a first sound signal and a second sound signal in accordance with an instruction signal corresponding to an operation input to an operation body and an adjuster configured to calculate an acceleration of the operation body in accordance with the instruction signal and to adjust a relationship between the first sound signal and the second sound signal on the basis of the acceleration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Kenichi NISHIDA, Yasuhiko OBA, Akihiko KOMATSU, Michiko TANOUE
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Patent number: 10210997Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor having a lower leakage current than a conventional solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil having a surface on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil, wherein a solid electrolyte made of a conductive high-molecular weight compound in a fine particle form and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution which is formed of a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form, water and alcohol having a nitro group are introduced into a gap formed between the anode foil and the cathode foil in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution surrounds the solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Tetsushi Ogawara, Yoshishige Sakurai, Akira Iijima, Hayato Karasawa, Masayuki Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 9978527Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator between the anode and cathode foils, wherein a solid electrolyte in a fine particle form made of a conductive high molecular weight compound and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form are introduced into a gap between the anode and cathode foils in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form surrounds the solid electrolyte, and a ratio of an area that the solid electrolyte occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 1 vol % to 30 vol %, and a ratio of an area that the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 10 vol % to 99 vol %.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Akira Iijima, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Yosuke Nozawa, Yoshishige Sakurai
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Publication number: 20180040430Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor having a lower leakage current than a conventional solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil having a surface on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil, wherein a solid electrolyte made of a conductive high-molecular weight compound in a fine particle form and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution which is formed of a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form, water and alcohol having a nitro group are introduced into a gap formed between the anode foil and the cathode foil in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution surrounds the solid electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Tetsushi OGAWARA, Yoshishige SAKURAI, Akira IIJIMA, Hayato KARASAWA, Masayuki SAKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 9799456Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte capacitor which includes: a bottomed cylindrical housing which includes a bottom surface portion and a side surface portion raised from the bottom surface portion, and has an opening portion formed on an edge portion of the side surface portion; a capacitor element which is accommodated in the inside of the housing, and is formed by winding an anode foil and a cathode foil in an overlapping state with a separator interposed therebetween and by filling a space formed between the anode foil and the cathode foil with a solid electrolyte; a sealing member which seals the opening portion of the housing in a state where the capacitor element is accommodated in the inside of the housing; and a composite sheet which is arranged between the bottom surface portion of the housing and the capacitor element, and has the structure where a resin made of a high-molecular weight compound is retained in a fiber sheet containing at least cellulose fibers.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroki Tsutsui, Hayato Karasawa
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Patent number: 9786439Abstract: A solid electrolyte capacitor includes a bottomed cylindrical housing having a bottom surface portion, a side surface portion raised from the bottom surface portion and an opening portion formed on an end portion of the side surface portion; a capacitor element housed in the inside of the housing, the capacitor element being formed by winding an anode foil and a cathode foil in an overlapping state with a separator interposed therebetween and by filling a solid electrolyte between the anode foil and the cathode foil; and a sealing member sealing the opening portion of the housing in a state where the capacitor element is housed in the inside of the housing, wherein an oxide film repairing body made of a hydrophilic synthetic resin is disposed at least one of between the bottom surface portion and the capacitor element of the housing and between the capacitor element and the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroki Tsutsui, Hayato Karasawa
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Patent number: 9576742Abstract: A solid electrolyte capacitor includes an anode foil on a surface of which an oxide film is formed, a cathode foil, and a separator. A gap between the anode foil and the cathode foil is filled with a solid electrolyte which contains a conductive fine particles containing a conductive polymer compound and a hydrophilic polymer compound. The hydrophilic polymer compound has a structure expressed by a following chemical formula (I) and a structure expressed by a following chemical formula (II). —(R1—O)—??(I) —(R2—O)—??(II) In the formula (I) and the formula (II), R1 and R2 are groups selected from the set consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene, and a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene, and represent mutually different groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroki Tsutsui, Kazuyasu Watanabe