Patents by Inventor Tomoya MIKUMA

Tomoya MIKUMA 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).

  • Percussion instrument playing device
    Patent number: 10366683
    Abstract: A percussion-instrument playing apparatus for playing a percussion instrument having a striking surface. The apparatus includes: a main body to be mounted on the percussion instrument 100 to face the striking surface of the percussion instrument with a predetermined space from the striking surface; an arm supporter attached to the main body; an arm that has, at a distal end, an arm head, and is rotatably supported by the arm supporter; a drive device that allows the arm to be rotationally displaced between a state where the arm head pushes the striking surface of the percussion instrument and a state where the arm head is separated from the striking surface; a control device that controls the drive device in accordance with a control program; and an operation device that outputs a drive instruction signal to the control device in response to an operation by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: UTSUWA INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki Iio, Yuki Tsujimoto, Masato Miyake, Tomoya Mikuma, Kosuke Miyaki
  • PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT PLAYING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190027123
    Abstract: A percussion-instrument playing apparatus for playing a percussion instrument having a striking surface. The apparatus includes: a main body to be mounted on the percussion instrument 100 to face the striking surface of the percussion instrument with a predetermined space from the striking surface; an arm supporter attached to the main body; an arm that has, at a distal end, an arm head, and is rotatably supported by the arm supporter; a drive device that allows the arm to be rotationally displaced between a state where the arm head pushes the striking surface of the percussion instrument and a state where the arm head is separated from the striking surface; a control device that controls the drive device in accordance with a control program; and an operation device that outputs a drive instruction signal to the control device in response to an operation by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: UTSUWA INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki IIO, Yuki TSUJIMOTO, Masato MIYAKE, Tomoya MIKUMA, Kosuke MIYAKI