Patents by Inventor Michiko TANOUE
Michiko TANOUE 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: 11922912Abstract: An instrument playing apparatus has: a movable member configured to be displaced responsive to a playing operation of a user; a detection part formed from a magnetic or conductive body and disposed on the movable member; and a filter that includes a coil. The filter has a frequency response that changes depending on a distance between the detection part and the coil, and generates a detection signal from a reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Michiko Tanoue, Fukutaro Okuyama
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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: 20230013774Abstract: A displacement sensor includes: a detectable portion: including a first coil; and being disposed on a movable member that is displaceable in response to an operation; and a signal generator: including a second coil that opposes the first coil; and being configured to generate a detection signal based on a relative position between the first coil and the second coil. A first distance from a first end of the first coil to a second end of the first coil in a first direction differs from a second distance from a third end of the first coil to a fourth end of the first coil in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when the first coil is viewed in plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Jun ISHII, Michiko TANOUE
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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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Publication number: 20220277718Abstract: A performance operation apparatus includes a distance sensor, an operating element and a holding portion. The distance sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate and is configured to measure a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate. A conductor is arranged in each of the first substrate and the second substrate. The operating element is operable by an operator. The holding portion holds the first substrate between the operating element and the second substrate and is configured to move with the operating element integrally. Alternatively, a performance operation apparatus includes a distance sensor, an operating element, a first member and a holding portion. The first member is interlocked with the operating element. The holding portion holds the first substrate between the first member and the second substrate and is configured to move with the first member integrally.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke MIYOSHI, Michiko TANOUE
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Patent number: 11326660Abstract: A reaction force generation unit includes an opposing member and a pressed body, which includes a base and domes, including a first dome, a second dome, and a third dome, bulging from the base. A leading end of each dome faces an opposing surface of the opposing member. When the pressing member presses the base, the leading ends of the domes move in a direction relatively close to the opposing member, where the domes become elastically deformed and cause an appropriate reaction force with respect to the handle. In a natural state where the pressed body is not subjected to any pressing force, axes of the domes are substantially parallel to each other, and acute angles formed by the axes and a normal line of the opposing surface are substantially similar to each other at a predetermined angle larger than zero degree.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Michiko Tanoue, Ichiro Osuga
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Patent number: 11227571Abstract: Provided is a switching device for an electronic musical instrument, comprising: a plurality of first electrodes that are adjacently arranged; a second electrode arranged between a pair of the plurality of first electrodes, and insulated from the plurality of first electrodes by a plurality of spaces; a rotatable actuator; and a conductive member configured to electrically connect the first electrodes and the second electrode according to rotation of the actuator. The plurality of spaces extend longitudinally in a first direction. The first direction is a direction between a rotational shaft direction of the actuator and a direction orthogonal to the rotational shaft direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Michiko Tanoue
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Patent number: 11222618Abstract: A sound signal generation device according to one embodiment includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor that implements the instructions and execute a plurality of tasks, including a signal generation task that generates a sound signal based on first operation data corresponding to an operation to a key, and an attenuation control task that controls an attenuation velocity of the sound signal to one of a first velocity or a second velocity that is faster than the first velocity, based on the first operation data, and second operation data corresponding to an operation to a pedal, wherein the attenuation control task varies a value of the second velocity based on an operation velocity of the key included in the first operation data to control the attenuation velocity of the sound signal to the second velocity.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: 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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Publication number: 20210151020Abstract: An instrument playing apparatus has: a movable member configured to be displaced responsive to a playing operation of a user; a detection part formed from a magnetic or conductive body and disposed on the movable member; and a filter that includes a coil. The filter has a frequency response that changes depending on a distance between the detection part and the coil, and generates a detection signal from a reference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Michiko TANOUE, Fukutaro OKUYAMA
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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: 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: 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: 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: 20200193949Abstract: A sound signal generation device according to one embodiment includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor that implements the instructions and execute a plurality of tasks, including a signal generation task that generates a sound signal based on first operation data corresponding to an operation to a key, and an attenuation control task that controls an attenuation velocity of the sound signal to one of a first velocity or a second velocity that is faster than the first velocity, based on the first operation data, and second operation data corresponding to an operation to a pedal, wherein the attenuation control task varies a value of the second velocity based on an operation velocity of the key included in the first operation data to control the attenuation velocity of the sound signal to the second velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventor: Michiko TANOUE
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Publication number: 20200088258Abstract: Provided is a reaction force generation unit that enables stabilization of a reaction force to be generated and enhances processing accuracy. In a pressed body 20, three domes including a first dome 22-1, a second dome 22-2, and a third dome 22-3, bulge from a base 21. A leading end 23 of each dome 22 faces an opposing surface 11 of an opposing member 10. When the base 21 is pressed by the pressing member 13, the leading ends 23 of the domes 22 move in a direction relatively close to the opposing member 10. At this time, the domes 22 are elastically deformed and cause an appropriate reaction force with respect to the handle. In a natural state where the pressed body 20 is not subjected to any pressing force, axes X1, X2, and X3 of the domes 22-1, 22-2, and 22-3 are substantially parallel to each other, and acute angles formed by the axes X1, X2, and X3 and a normal line X0 of the opposing surface 11 are substantially similar to each other at a predetermined angle ?0 larger than zero degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Michiko TANOUE, Ichiro OSUGA