Patents by Inventor Motoya Kondo

Motoya Kondo 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).

  • Keyboard instrument with touch responsive display unit
    Patent number: 6084167
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument is configured such that a flat panel-like display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying character information and/or images is provided on an instrument main body and that speakers, a recording/reproducing unit for multi media such as sound and/or image recording media, a microphone and a "karaoke" reproduction unit are connected to the display unit so as to improve the function of displaying a notation and/or lyric at the time of a performance, a performance function such as an ensemble performance or "karaoke" performance, and a tuning function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Akimoto, Kiyoshi Kawamura, Taro Kawabata, Yasuhiko Ohba, Tadaharu Kato, Masaaki Suzuki, Motoya Kondo, Hironori Osakabe
  • Keyboard instrument equipped with durable hammer stopper for selectively producing acoustic sounds and synthesized sounds
    Patent number: 5483861
    Abstract: In order to allow a player to perform a music without an acoustic sound, a stopper blocks hammer shanks before impacts of hammer heads to strings, and recesses substantially conformal to the hammer shanks are formed in cushion members of the stopper for improving durability of the cushion members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kawamura, Motoya Kondo