Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Iwakami

Yoshinori Iwakami 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).

  • Electronic musical instrument generating chord data in response to repeated operation of pads
    Patent number: 5223655
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument with pads is provided with a plurality of pads, a pad operation detection device, and a chord data generation device which generates specified chord data corresponding to a pad when the pad has been operated a second time within a specified time. Since chord data previously corresponds to each pad, if a player operates a pad two times within the specified time, chord data corresponding to that pad is generated. This chord data is provided to an accompaniment playing device and accompaniment playing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiko Watanabe, Shinichi Ito, Yoshinori Iwakami