Pianofortes With Keyboard {g10f 1/02} Patents (Class 984/202)
  • Patent number: 12027144
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes a plurality of keys, and a keyboard driver configured to drive at least a part of the plurality of keys. The keyboard device is configured such that, in accordance with determination whether a key corresponding to a pitch of event data is drivable by the keyboard driver, sound is generated based on a first sound-generating process in which the keyboard driver is configured to drive the key corresponding to the pitch or a second sound-generating process that is different from the first sound-generating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fukutaro Okuyama, Ryutaro Niiho, Haruki Uehara
  • Patent number: 11657786
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes a plurality of keys, and a keyboard driver configured to drive at least a part of the plurality of keys. The keyboard device is configured such that sound is generated based on a first sound-generating process in which the keyboard driver is configured to drive a key corresponding to a first pitch, upon receiving performance data including the first pitch. The keyboard device is configured such that sound is generated based on a second sound-generating process that is different from the first sound-generating process, upon receiving performance data including a second pitch that is different from the first pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fukutaro Okuyama, Ryutaro Niiho, Haruki Uehara