Patents by Inventor D. Kevin Laughlin

D. Kevin Laughlin 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).

  • Modulating keyboard with relative transposition mechanism for electronic keyboard musical instruments
    Patent number: 10319354
    Abstract: A modulating keyboard having a relative transposition in an electronic keyboard musical instrument and a method for relative transposition are provided. An instrument includes a keyboard having a plurality of first keys alternating with a plurality of second keys and a modulator system coupled to the keyboard. The modulator system is configured to assign note values to each of the first keys and the second keys such that, for each key signature, notes associated with the key signature are assigned to the plurality of first keys and notes not in the key signature are assigned to the plurality of second keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Mercurial Modulation, LLC
    Inventors: D. Kevin Laughlin, James L. Laughlin
  • MODULATING KEYBOARD WITH RELATIVE TRANSPOSITION MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20180040314
    Abstract: A modulating keyboard having a relative transposition in an electronic keyboard musical instrument and a method for relative transposition are provided. An instrument includes a keyboard having a plurality of first keys alternating with a plurality of second keys and a modulator system coupled to the keyboard. The modulator system is configured to assign note values to each of the first keys and the second keys such that, for each key signature, notes associated with the key signature are assigned to the plurality of first keys and notes not in the key signature are assigned to the plurality of second keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: D. Kevin Laughlin, James L. Laughlin