| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 084000000 | Automatic | 35 |
| 084003000 | Electric | 1 |
| 20160140941 | Device for Vibrating a Stringed Instrument - Provided is a device ( | 05-19-2016 |
| 084007000 | Stringed | 19 |
| 084008000 | With picking devices | 2 |
| 084009000 | Electric | 2 |
| 20120103163 | AUTOMATIC STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PICK SYSTEM - A string musical instrument comprising an instrument body having a fretboard and a plurality of electrically common and electrically conductive frets spaced along the fretboard. One or more electrically isolated and electrically conductive vibratory strings are laterally disposed on the instrument body and held in tension over and in close proximity to the frets and a picking means for each of the strings. The picking means is an actuating assembly with a power supply. The actuating assembly is electrically connected to the one or more electrically isolated and electrically conductive vibratory strings. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20140165814 | "SELF-PLAYING ROBOT GUITAR COMPRISING A BIODEGRADABLE SKIN-LEATHERN FORMED CARCASS AND A BIODEGRADABLE SKIN-LEATHERN FORMED MUSICAL PLECTRUM, AND PROTEIN / AMINO ACIDS" - “Self-playing robot guitar comprising a biodegradable skin-leathern formed carcass and a biodegradable skin-leathern formed musical plectrum, and structured protein/amino acids”. The invention relates to a robot having humanoid activity and extremities, having a carcass comprising a chordophone, in particular a guitar, the body of which is optionally skin-leathern formed. Said robot plays instrumental music on and by itself using its own hands thereof. The components of the invention are optionally made of structured proteins/amino acids. In addition, said components are food for animals and plants. Said components are structured, either: I) as is; or II) formed and/or molded, and/or macro- and micro molecularly aligned as is, or structured: A) by thermoforming, and/or B) by electroforming, and/or C) by suddenly abruptly or slowly changing the variation in the outer and/or inner humidity of the processed protein/amino acid and/or by polypeptide alignment of the amino acid chain alone and/or: i) using electrophoresis; and/or it) using electric radIofrequency. The protein optionally contains non proteic [non proteinic/non protean] polymer. | 06-19-2014 |
| 084012000 | With striking devices | 1 |
| 20140130652 | SIMULATING MUTING IN A DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR STRIKING MEMBER IN SOUND GENERATION MECHANISM - A sound generation mechanism, provided with a string for generating a vibration sound in response to striking by a hammer, is automatically played in accordance with performance data. The performance data include striking data (note-on event data) for designating timing at which the string should be struck by the hammer, velocity data indicative of an intensity of the striking, and muting data (soft pedal data) for controlling muting. A controller determines drive start timing of the hammer in accordance with the velocity data in such a manner that the string is struck by the hammer at the timing designated by the striking data and performs control such that the drive start timing is advanced in accordance with the muting data. Thus, the string is struck at the striking timing designated by the striking data, but also muting control is performed in accordance with the muting data. | 05-15-2014 |
| 084013000 | Pianos | 16 |
| 20090100979 | MUSIC PERFORMANCE SYSTEM FOR MUSIC SESSION AND COMPONENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - While a player is selectively depressing and releasing keys of a master musical instrument, the real key movements are expressed by pieces of key motion data, and physical quantity of keys are presumed at a time later than the present time by a time period equal to communication time lag on the key trajectories determined on the basis of the pieces of key motion data; the presumed physical quantity is transmitted to a slave musical instrument through the internet, and the key movements are reproduced on the basis of the presumed physical quantity so that the performance on the master musical instrument is synchronized with that on the slave musical instrument. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100162872 | SYNCHRONIZER FOR ENSEMBLE ON DIFFERENT SORTS OF MUSIC DATA, AUTOMATIC PLAYER MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZATION - In order to establish an automatic player piano and a home theater system in synchronization for ensemble, a set of playback pattern data expresses a series of pitch names, and is stored in a memory system independent of an audio data file and a music data file; while an audio signal is being supplied from a playback system to a synchronizer of the automatic player piano, the synchronizer extracts samples from the audio signal, and determines a series of pitch names through an FFT and a quantization; the series of pitch names of the samples is compared with the playback pattern data what part of the playback pattern data expresses the series of pitch name; since the each sample appears over an extremely short time period, the synchronizer accurately determines a lapse of time, and selects a note event data code to be processed from the music data file. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100288102 | ELECTRONIC SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR MUSICIANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An automatic player piano is equipped with an electronic supporting system, which makes a player learn an optimum pedal stroke to a half pedal region; while the player is practicing a music tune on the piano, the electronic supporting system monitors the damper pedal; when the player starts to depress the damper pedal, the electronic supporting system exerts an assisting force on the damper pedal so as to make the player feel the damper pedal light; when the damper pedal reaches an entrance of the half pedal region, the electronic supporting system removes the assisting force from the damper pedal so that the player feels the damper pedal heavy, whereby the player learns the pedal stroke to the half pedal region through the change of load borne by the player. | 11-18-2010 |
| 084016000 | Constant power | 1 |
| 084017000 | Electric control | 1 |
| 20090205476 | Pedal Control Apparatus of Electronic Keyboard Musical Instrument - Different kinds of control tables in which action of a pedal | 08-20-2009 |
| 084019000 | Electric power | 12 |
| 20090007749 | System and method for driving actuators in reproducing piano - A method and system for controlling actuators in a mechanical reproducing piano or other instrument. In one implementation, a single finite state machine is provided to control all the actuators. The finite state machine may be or include a shift register or a toggle register, which increases the operating speed. When a note is to be played, the desired dynamic is mapped into a start vector and a stop vector. The actuator is turned on when the state of the finite state machine is equal to the start vector, and is turned off when the state of the finite state machine is equal to the stop vector. Furthermore, the period of the finite state machine is adjusted to be directly proportional to the supply voltage. This allows notes to be played at the desired dynamics even when the supply voltage fluctuates. | 01-08-2009 |
| 084020000 | Key actuators | 11 |
| 20100101395 | AUTOMATIC PLAYER MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AUTOMATIC PLAYING SYSTEM INCORPORATED THEREIN AND OVERHEAT PROTECTOR FOR AUTOMATIC PLAYING SYSTEM - An automatic player piano is equipped with solenoid-operated actuators for moving keys in automatic performance without fingering of a human player, and an overheat protector is provided for the solenoid-operated actuators so as to prevent the solenoid-operated actuators from overheat; the overheat protector includes not only a temperature sensor and a rescuer but also an information processor, and a computer program runs on the information processor so as to realize a temperature rise estimator for estimating a solenoid temperature on the basis of the amount of current flowing through the solenoid and an environmental temperature determined through the temperature sensor estimator and an overheat detector so as to find an overheated solenoid, thereby making the rescuer interrupt the current for preventing the solenoid-operated actuator from the overheat. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100229707 | AUTOMATIC PLAYER PIANO EQUIPPED WITH SOFT PEDAL, AUTOMATIC PLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD USED THEREIN - An upright piano is equipped with a soft pedal, and a player makes the hammer stroke shorter by depressing the soft pedal; while a user is reproducing a music tune by means of an automatic player piano fabricated on the basis of the upright piano, the keys are servo controlled on the basis of a position difference of keys between target values and actual values and a key velocity difference, and the duty ratio of driving signal, which is supplied to solenoid-operated key actuators for the keys, are determined on the basis of multiplications between the position difference/key velocity difference and a position gain and a velocity gain; the value of position gain is reduced on the condition that the soft pedal is depressed for preventing the playback from an unintentional loud tone or tones. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110179935 | KEYBOARD DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - A keyboard device for an electronic keyboard instrument, capable of ensuring stable contact between movable contacts and fixed contacts of a switch body, to accurately detect key depression information. A hammer has a pressure-applying surface formed in a predetermined configuration. A key switch detects key depression information and comprises a substrate with fixed contacts, a hollow switch body with a pressure-receiving surface, and movable contacts provided inside the body. Pressing of the pressure-receiving surface by the pressure-applying surface sequentially brings the movable contacts into contact with the fixed contacts, causing switch body compressive deformation. The pressure-receiving surface and pressure-applying surface are complementary in shape, and an orientation of the former conforms to an orientation of the latter when hammer pivotal motion is terminated after the movable contacts are brought into contact with the fixed contacts. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20140020543 | KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ACTUATOR IN THE KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE ACTUATOR - A keyboard musical instrument including: a key; a hammer; an actuator configured to drive at least one of the key and the hammer in a movement direction in which the at least one of the key and the hammer moves in a key depression stroke; a hammer detector configured to detect a hammer-motion related value that relates to a motion of the hammer; a trajectory generator configured to generate a target trajectory of the at least one of the key and the hammer based on automatic performance information that defines a motion target value of the at least one of the key and the hammer; a feedback-value generator configured to generate a feedback value based on the hammer-motion related value in automatic performance detected by the hammer detector; and a controller configured to servo-control the actuator based on the generated target trajectory and the generated feedback value. | 01-23-2014 |
| 084021000 | With expression | 7 |
| 20090282962 | Piano With Key Movement Detection System - A piano includes a plurality of keys having forward and rearward ends and an emitter and a detector both disposed adjacent the rearward end of each key. The emitter emits a signal directed toward a surface of the rearward end of the key. The detector receives a signal reflected from the surface of the rearward end of the key. A controller is in communication with the emitter and the detector and processes detection signals received from the detector to determine key movement. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100043619 | System and method for driving actuators in a reproducing piano - A method and system for controlling actuators in a mechanical reproducing piano or other instrument. In one implementation, a single finite state machine is provided to control all the actuators. The finite state machine may be or include a shift register or a toggle register, which increases the operating speed. When a note is to be played, the desired dynamic is mapped into a start vector and a stop vector. The actuator is turned on when the state of the finite state machine is equal to the start vector, and is turned off when the state of the finite state machine is equal to the stop vector. Furthermore, the period of the finite state machine is adjusted to be directly proportional to the supply voltage. This allows notes to be played at the desired dynamics even when the supply voltage fluctuates. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110185876 | KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A keyboard musical instrument provides plural keys of a keyboard to be driven by an automatic playing system; although the automatic playing system selectively drives the keys in accordance with a performance rule expressing a music tune, a motion controller of the automatic playing system changes the performance rule if the human player drives the keys different from those defined in the performance rule so that the automatic playing system changes a part of the music tune in real time fashion during the automatic performance. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120174724 | Key Drive Device and Keyboard Musical Instrument - A key drive device to be installed on a musical instrument with a keyboard partly located above a leg block via a key bed, including: drive units to be at least partly inserted into a removal space in the key bed. In a state in which the drive units are installed, at least one drive unit which drives at least one key located above the leg block includes: (a) a first portion at least a part of which is inserted into an insertion space portion of the removal space between the leg block and the keyboard; and (b) a second portion at least a part of which is disposed in other space portion of the removal space, a dimension of the second portion in at least one of a vertical direction and a horizontal short-side direction being larger than that of the first portion. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20130125727 | DOUBLE KEYBOARD PIANO SYSTEM - A double keyboard piano system is provided. The double keyboard piano system may include a first automatic player piano, a second automatic player piano, and a double keyboard console including a first keyboard and a second keyboard mounted above the first keyboard. The first automatic player piano is in communication with the double keyboard console to receive a first signal including first information describing a first key for the first automatic player piano to automatically play based on a first key of the first keyboard being played, and the second automatic player piano is in communication with the double keyboard console to receive a second signal including second information describing a second key for the second automatic player piano to automatically play based on a second key of the second keyboard being played. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140345437 | Automatic Player Musical Instrument, Automatic Playing System Incorporated Therein and Overheat Protector for Automatic Playing System - An automatic player piano is equipped with solenoid-operated actuators for moving keys in automatic performance without fingering of a human player, and an overheat protector is provided for the solenoid-operated actuators so as to prevent the solenoid-operated actuators from overheat; the overheat protector includes not only a temperature sensor and a rescuer but also an information processor, and a computer program runs on the information processor so as to realize a temperature rise estimator for estimating a solenoid temperature on the basis of the amount of current flowing through the solenoid and an environmental temperature determined through the temperature sensor estimator and an overheat detector so as to find an overheated solenoid, thereby making the rescuer interrupt the current for preventing the solenoid-operated actuator from the overheat. | 11-27-2014 |
| 084022000 | By voltage change | 1 |
| 20100229708 | KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND SOLENOID DRIVE MECHANISM - A keyboard musical instrument has a solenoid including a plunger and a coil into which the plunger is inserted, a drive unit for applying voltage to the solenoid, and a key which moves together with the plunger, and on which a force generated by the solenoid is exerted. The drive unit includes a position detector for detecting position of the key in the direction in which the key is depressed or released. By varying voltage which is to be applied to the solenoid in accordance with the position of the key detected by the position detector while the key is in motion, the drive unit varies the force which is to be generated by the solenoid. | 09-16-2010 |
| 084083000 | Wind | 1 |
| 084084000 | Organs | 1 |
| 084089000 | Pneumatic action | 1 |
| 084090000 | With keys | 1 |
| 20100212473 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR THE HANDICAPPED - FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION | 08-26-2010 |
| 084940100 | Combs | 11 |
| 20120174725 | COMB-SHAPED UNIT USED IN A MUSIC BOX WITH MULTIPLE MUSICAL SCALES - A comb-shaped unit used in a music box includes a plurality of metallic strips and an integrally formed striker unit. Melodious music may be generated by the relative motion and hence the friction between the small protrusions and the comb-shaped unit as the cylindrical drum rotates. The strips are spaced apart. Each of some of the strips has a striker provided on its end portion. These strikers are in different sizes. The steel strips of the comb-shaped unit have a greater thickness and hence there is no need for the lead members of the strikers and the additional processes in the prior art. Therefore, the low-frequency effect may be reached and the relevant environmental protection regulations of European Union and the US may be met. | 07-12-2012 |
| 084940200 | Combined | 2 |
| 20110067547 | SINGING CAKE KIT SYSTEMS - A musical recording and playback device is disclosed herein comprising: a flexible plastic bag enclosure serving as a isolator; an electronic integrated circuit for storing a pre-programmed recorded message; at least one speaker for audibly emitting the pre-programmed recorded message to at least one honored recipient; a portable DC power source; a start button acting as an on/off switch for turning the device on to play a message and/or song. The flexible enclosure isolatably contains the generally planar electronic integrated circuit, the speaker, and the portable DC power source assembly. The musical recording and playback device is associated with a festive cake comestible. A kit for use with the cake and method of use is also disclosed herein. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110179936 | Musical balloon accessories - The hanging musical attachment device is an attachment to an inflatable balloon that adds ornamental features allowing the balloon to hang as an ornament creating additional appeal to generic balloon and adding the accompaniment of a musical playing device. This attachment can be used with balloons without the need for helium, because the attachment is the means of support for the balloon. The interchangeable balloons allow for the musical device to be replaced without the need to replace the entire device. | 07-28-2011 |
| 084950100 | Cylinder type | 4 |
| 20110303071 | REINFORCED MUSIC BOX - A reinforced music box includes a base portion, a two-sided cogwheel, a step type cogwheel, a music generator, a cover portion and a friction set. The two-sided cogwheel is disposed in the base portion and may rotate axially. The cover portion has a main part, a friction part and a supporting part. The main part, friction part and supporting part are integrally formed and either the main part or supporting part has a plurality of engagement holes that can engage with the fixing protrusions of the base portion. The friction set has a friction part and a spirally cogged stick. The spirally cogged stick may engage with the second cogwheel of the two-sided cogwheel at 90 degree. Therefore, the cover portion, which is integrally formed, may provide better protection and the cost in manufacturing and assembly may be reduced. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120192697 | PIN-BARREL FOR A MUSICAL BOX AND MUSICAL BOX COMPRISING THE SAME - The pin-barrel ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20140202302 | MUSIC BOX - A music box includes a plurality of star wheels, a plurality of vibration valves, a plurality of anchoring members, a plurality of electromagnets, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control one or more of the plurality of the electromagnets to be a first state by supplying a first electricity and control each of the plurality of electromagnets to be a second state by supplying a second electricity. Each of the plurality of anchoring members is configured to engage with one of the plurality of protruding parts in the second state. The one or more of the plurality of anchoring members is configured to rotate about a second axis extending parallel to a first axis in the first state, and the one or more of the plurality of anchoring members is positioned remote from the electromagnet with a gap therebetween in the first state. | 07-24-2014 |
| 084950200 | Combined | 1 |
| 20120204701 | MUSIC BOX WITH INTERCHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC MOVEMENT - A music box having an easily removable electronic movement. The easily interchangeable nature of the movement allows consumers to easily combine a desired music box configuration with an electronic movement that plays a desired musical tune. It also allows a consumer to purchase multiple movements to thereby allow the consumer to periodically change the musical tune played by the music box. | 08-16-2012 |
| 084097000 | Disk type | 4 |
| 20110041669 | HOLIDAY ORNAMENT HAVING A ROTATING MECHANISM AND INTERNAL MUSIC-PRODUCING MECHANISM - An automated ornament includes a power source coupled to a drive shaft that provides rotatory power about a drive axis. The drive shaft is coupled to a first drive gear, which engages a second idler gear such that rotation of the first gear in one direction causes the second gear to rotate in the opposite direction. A third driven gear engages the second gear such that rotation of the second gear in one direction causes the third gear to rotate in the opposite direction. The gear ratio of the first gear to the third gear is at least two to one. When the automated ornament is supported by support means, the power source causes an ornamental housing to rotate about the support means via the first, second, and third gears. The power source also can cause a sound module to produce musical notes via a subsidiary gear train. | 02-24-2011 |
| 084098000 | With star wheels | 2 |
| 20140202303 | MUSIC BOX - A music box includes a plurality of star wheels, a plurality of sun wheels, a drive unit, a plurality of anchoring members, a plurality of vibration valves, a rotating disk, a detection unit, and a control unit. Each of the plurality of anchoring members is configured to engage one of a plurality of protruding parts of the plurality of star wheels. The rotating disk is configured to rotate according to a rotation of an axis. The rotating disk is formed with a plurality of slits arrayed in a circumferential direction of the rotating disk. The detection unit is configured to detect a passage of one or more of the plurality of slits. The control unit is configured to control one or more of the plurality of anchoring members to disengage one of the plurality of protruding parts, based on a detection result of the detection unit. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140202304 | MUSIC BOX - A music box includes a plurality of star wheels, a frame, a casing, a vibration plate, and a moving mechanism. Each of the plurality of star wheels being configured to rotate about a first axis. The frame is configured to rotatably support the first axis. The vibration plate comprises a plurality of vibration valves corresponding to the plurality of star wheels. Each of the plurality of vibration valves is extending in a first direction. The plurality of vibration valves is arrayed along a second direction parallel to the first axis. The vibration plate is fixed to the casing. The moving mechanism is configured to move the frame to the vibration plate in the first direction. | 07-24-2014 |
| 084100000 | With phonograph spindle | 1 |
| 20120167742 | Systems and Methods for Playing a Musical Composition in an Audible and Visual Manner - Disclosed are systems and methods for playing a musical composition in an audible and visual manner. In one aspect, a visual representation of a phonograph playing an analog record is transmitted to a viewer/listener along with the actual analog audio generated by same. Such transmission may occur via television networks, the Internet, or other similar networks. In another aspect, such visual representations are played with digitally recorded audio in a time-correlated manner. In yet another aspect, such visual representations are recorded with digital audio in a soft format such as a digital file, MP3 file, or the like for use with portable audio and visual devices, for streaming via the Internet, for use in gaming, and/or for use as software. Such visual representations may also be displayed at live events such that the timing of the video play and the performance of the live or recorded audio is correlated. | 07-05-2012 |
| 084103000 | Bells | 2 |
| 20120247303 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING AN ANGKLUNG MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A system and an apparatus to play an Angklung musical instrument automatically consisting of hardware and software. The hardware consists of Angklung, two vertical poles, horizontal pole to hang Angklungs, bottom supporting frame which is equipped with an actuator supporting frame, the actuator is in the form of electric motor mounted on the actuator supporting frame connected in a cross-sectional position with each Angklung, an eccentric disk which is equipped with eccentric shaft, vibrator sleeves for connecting the electric motor with an Angklung, controller device consisting of the controller driver and the flow controller as a track storage and regulator of pulses of electrical current that would flow to the electric motor. The software installed on the computer that consists of an interface program to download, remove, save or record the songs stored on the controller device, and other programs to write songs. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120318116 | PORTABLE BELL SYSTEM - A bell unit of a portable bell system, including a support structure, a plurality of bells mounted on the support structure, a bell shell including a plurality of segments, at least one of which is displaceable to allow a size change of the bell unit. The bell shell is configured to be in a first position when the plurality of segments form a shell that is of a shape of a bell, and hangs over and partially encloses the support structure and the plurality of bells, and is in a second position when the at least one segment is displaced to effectuate the size change. | 12-20-2012 |
| 084115000 | Selectors | 1 |
| 20130312583 | VIBRATION PLATE FOR MUSIC BOX AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is an music box vibration plate and the Preparation method thereof, which comprises of a plurality of vibration piece disposed in parallel and having a thin flat sound generation pin with different length and generating sound as it is hit by the protrusion of the cylindrical drum or the disc and a fixing portions formed at the base end of the sound generation pin and having an enlarged thickness with the shape of plate, and a plurality of spacer disposed between each fixing portions of the vibration pieces to separate the vibration pieces, and a clamping member to clamp the fixing portions and the spacers. | 11-28-2013 |
