| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | SYSTEM TO ENABLE THE USE OF WHITE KEYS OF MUSICAL KEYBOARDS FOR SCALES | EP04733725.8 | 2004-05-18 | EP1625567A1 | 2006-02-15 | SIM, Wong, Hoo; LIM, Kok, Liang; SEOW, Phoei, Min, Paul |
| A method for the use of the white keys of a musical keyboard such as a MIDI keyboard for the playing a selected scale whereby all while keys of the keyboard are remapped to the selected scale such that adjacent keys of the keyboard can be used to play adjacent notes of the selected scale. There is also disclosed a method for providing a functional aspect to at least one black key of a musical keyboard such as a MIDI keyboard, wherein upon a key of the keyboard being pressed, a first check is conducted to determine if a user has activated the selected scale setting; and if the selected scale function has been activated, a second check is conducted to determine if the key is a black key or a white key. If the key is a black key a second lookup table is checked based on a MIDI message for the black key to determine a corresponding functional aspect corresponding to the black key. | ||||||
| 162 | Electronic keyboard having a discrete pitch bender | US682267 | 1996-07-17 | US5741993A | 1998-04-21 | Kiyomichi Kushimiya |
| Provided is an electronic keyboard, which has a sequentially variable operating terminal, that comprises: a detector for detecting an operational displacement of the sequentially variable operating terminal, a linear converter for converting into a linear value the operational displacement of the sequentially variable operating terminal that is detected by the detector, a linear conversion table that is to be referred to when the linear converter converts the operational displacement into the linear value, a bender MIDI converter for converting into a bender MIDI value the linear value that is obtained by the linear converter, and a bender MIDI conversion table that is to be referred to when the bender MIDI converter converts the linear value into the bender MIDI value; and wherein the bender MIDI converter refers to the bender MIDI conversion table to convert the operational displacement of the sequentially variable operating terminal into a discrete bender MIDI value. | ||||||
| 163 | Electronic keyboard instrument and program for attaining method for controlling the same | JP2008327672 | 2008-12-24 | JP2010151936A | 2010-07-08 | FUKADA ATSUSHI |
| <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic keyboard instrument capable of automatically driving keyboards according to streaming playback while performing the streaming playback of music content. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic keyboard instrument 100 automatically drives the keyboards 1 by playing back MIDI data according to the streaming playback of audio/video data and supplying an obtained node event to a key drive circuit 3. Then, when a predetermined amount of the audio/video data is accumulated, the streaming playback of the audio/video data is started, and playback of the MIDI data is simultaneously started. Furthermore, in consideration of time difference (for example, about 50-100 msec) to be taken until key depression or key release of a key to be driven is completed after the node event obtained by the playback of the MIDI data is supplied to the key drive circuit 3, the streaming playback of the audio/video data is started after waiting for the time difference after starting the playback of the MIDI data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT | ||||||
| 164 | Multimedia PC keyboard extended with music control keys | US09369228 | 1999-08-05 | US06351225B1 | 2002-02-26 | Enrique I. Moreno |
| A dual mode keyboard system with a modified keyboard arrangement allows PC users to have real-time control of MDI data. By toggling the keyboard system between a MIDI data input mode and an alphanumeric data input mode. The key board used in the current invention may either be a separate unit connected to a PC through a keyboard port or may be integrated as a single unit with PC hardware. The keyboard preferably has keys that are capable of operating in MIDI input mode and that are positioned at the top portion of the keyboard. The MIDI input keys are arranged to represent a keyboard instrument, such as a piano. The keyboard also has a MIDI control section for toggling between the MIDI input mode and the alphanumeric input mode, wherein the control section also has keys for choosing operating transposition octave levels of MIDI input keys. The keyboard is typically interfaced with the keyboard driver program and operating system or CPU of the PC. MIDI data inputted from the keyboard can directed through a sound card or music application software, before being played by and audio system or being sent to an external MIDI instrument. The dual mode keyboard system of the current invention provides for a simple and low cost alternative to current MIDI data manipulation systems. | ||||||
| 165 | Assisting apparatus and system for keyboard musical instrument | JP2004333279 | 2004-11-17 | JP2006145681A | 2006-06-08 | TAKEDA MASAYUKI; ISHIDA KATSUHISA; KITAHARA TETSURO |
| <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assist a player playing a keyboard musical instrument by securely transmitting information to the player in safety high instantaneously. <P>SOLUTION: When a note-ON message including a value indicating a depressed key as a key value is inputted from a MIDI keyboard (104), it is decided whether the key value of the inputted note-ON message and timing of input of the note-ON message are correct (108, 110) and when the pitch that key value of the note-ON message indicates and the pitch of sound information of melody data are different from each other or when the difference in timing between the note-ON message and the sound information of the melody data is not within a designated range, a note-ON message including a value equal to the key value of the inputted note-ON message as a key value is generated and outputted to the MIDI keyboard (114). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI | ||||||
| 166 | Outside appearance directing device of electronic keyboard musical instrument | JP2001341876 | 2001-11-07 | JP2003140651A | 2003-05-16 | TORII KATSUHIKO; KUREBAYASHI KIYOMI |
| PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an outside appearance directing device of an electronic musical instrument only by which visual effect by lighting can be obtained in addition to enjoyment in music and which can solve the problem that it is hard to view a keyboard part, a musical score, etc., in the presence of insufficient lighting during a musical performance. SOLUTION: A CPU detects the number of sounding keyboards according to inputted key event information or MIDI information. A light emitting circuit part makes a light emission part 19 to emit light according to the number of sounding keyboards detected by the CPU. The light emission part 19 has sufficient light emission illuminance for lighting and comprises light emitting components such as LEDs. According to the number of sounding keyboards, the light emission quantity, light emission illuminance and light emission colors of the light emission part 19, and their combination are changed. The light emission part 19 is arranged nearby a keyboard 7, atop of the keyboard, nearby a musical score stand 21, or on the back of a main body 22. The light emission part 19 is arranged nearby the keyboard 7 or musical score stand 21 to solve the problem that it is hard to view parts around the hands and the musical score during a musical performance in a place where lighting is not sufficient. | ||||||
| 167 | Manipulation guide device for keyboard musical instrument | JP18267398 | 1998-06-29 | JP2000020057A | 2000-01-21 | MATSUDA KAZUNORI |
| PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable guide display at timing desired by a player by displaying the sequence of manipulation on a guide display means according to the instructions from pedals. SOLUTION: The pedal 7 comprises a damper pedal and a soft pedal. The damper pedal is used to open all strings by parting dampers from strings. The soft pedal is used to generate soft tones by suppressing the magnitude of the tones and is also used to give instructions as to whether the guide display is executed or not. The respective pedals 7 have switches to be opened and closed according to stepping down. The states of the these switches are supplied to an electronic musical instrument device 3. A guide controller 8 drives a guide display device 9 in accordance with the guide data included in the play information from a MIDI device 2 and supplies the play information to be used for sound production to the electronic musical instrument device 3. The sequence of manipulation is displayed on the guide display device 9 in accordance with the instructions from the pedals 7. | ||||||
| 168 | Display device and keyboard instrument using the same | JP15478596 | 1996-05-28 | JPH09319292A | 1997-12-12 | KITAGAWA HIROSHI |
| PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a plurality of information with simple constitution by generating a control signal for inverting the on/off state of a display means in every display cycle based on designation from the outside and controlling the luminance, the lightness and the color of the display means. SOLUTION: A CPU 1 controls an entire electronic piano based on a control program stored in a ROM 3 and is equipped with a serial port to be connected to a timer interruption circuit and an MIDI interface circuit 2. In this device, a display unit which can be turned on/off at high speed is used and is driven in a cycle faster than the cycle which can be recognized by human eyes. Then, the on/off state of the display unit is inverted in every driving cycle based on control information, the number of the cycles in which the display unit is turned on or off is selected, or the driving cycle is circularly changed to make the display means in the on-state or the off-state only in the designated cycle. Thus, at least one of the luminance, the lightness and the color of the display unit is changed as compared with continuous lighting. COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO | ||||||
| 169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATION OF A VIRTUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT CONTROLS MULTIPLE SAMPLERS OR SYNTHESIZERS BY REMAPPING PORTIONS OF EACH TO A SINGLE KEYBOARD | PCT/US2007015860 | 2007-07-11 | WO2008008418A3 | 2008-03-27 | STONE CHRISTOPHER L |
| A method and system are disclosed for the playing of sounds from one or more sample-based or synthesizer-based instruments that are mapped to a single virtual instrument keyboard in such a manner that the range, sounded pitch, and other characteristics of each such remapped instrument are separately adjustable. Each remapped instrument is addressed on its own MIDI port and channel (or by use of an equivalent addressing scheme). | ||||||
| 170 | Linearly reciprocating keyboard key incorporating two guide pins | US40209 | 1993-04-01 | US5469772A | 1995-11-28 | Paul B. Vandervoort |
| A keyboard for use in a musical instrument or other application includes a key incorporating two guide pins extending downward from directly underneath the key. The front guide pin passes through two bushings, the rear guide pin passes through one bushing. Various preferred embodiments are disclosed including: Application to a Janko musical keyboard with independent keys and MIDI functions; A combination return spring and motion sensor; a swing arm return spring and contact spring mechanism; and a method of bundling together multiple frame members to hold multiple key rows with enhanced rigidity. | ||||||
| 171 | Functional extensions of traditional music keyboards | US10683914 | 2003-10-10 | US20040074379A1 | 2004-04-22 | Lester F. Ludwig |
| An invention extending functionality and applications of traditional music keyboards. Individual musical keyboard keys may have individual key displacement sensors measuring key travel. Individual keys may further include surface sensors measuring two additional parameters, creating three independent continuous parameters essential for controlled rendering of vowel sounds and orchestral timbre spaces. Surface sensors may comprise pressure sensor arrays, which, via geometric image-processing, may produce five to six readily controlled independent parameters per key, useful in controlling expressive soloing and long-duration background sounds. Per-key pressure sensor arrays may comprise mass-produced modular components including intelligent distributed image processing to simplify manufacturing and substantially reduce cost. Synthesized tactile feedback may render variable keyboard actions or create nullmultilevelnull key travel functionality. Miniature keyboards may be provided to idle fingers on other musical instruments. Specialized configurations permit keys of two or more keyboards to be played simultaneously with different fingers of the same hand. Outgoing MIDI signals may also be provided. | ||||||
| 172 | Method for producing real-time rhythm guitar performance with keyboard | US11150695 | 2005-06-11 | US07420114B1 | 2008-09-02 | Paul B. Vandervoort |
| A microprocessor-controlled data-processing system is used to process key strokes from a musical keyboard and output a series of note events (e.g., via midi) to a tone-producing device. The microprocessor runs software which splits the keyboard into at least two zones: A root-select zone which consists of at least one octave of keys, and a strum-trigger zone. Pre-determined notes lists, or chords, are stored in an array in the system's memory. The array classifies the note lists according to (1) chord root (C, C#, D, etc.), and (2) chord type (e.g., major, minor, etc.). Different keys within the strum-trigger zone are pre-assigned to different chord types. Depression of a strum-trigger key as a root-select key is depressed causes the data-processing system to (1) select one of the note lists, and (2) output an arpeggio of the notes contained within the selected list. The note list is selected from the array based on the root note corresponding with the depressed root-select key and the chord type corresponding with the depressed strum-trigger key. Hence, each strum-trigger key performs the dual function of chord type selection and strum triggering. | ||||||
| 173 | Automatic play synchronizing device, automatic play keyboard instrument, and program | JP2008333219 | 2008-12-26 | JP2010152287A | 2010-07-08 | MATAHIRA KENJI; UEHARA HARUKI |
| <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic play device, an automatic play keyboard instrument, and a program, enabling synchronization between MIDI data and audio signals without making dedicated contents. <P>SOLUTION: This automatic play keyboard instrument has the automatic play synchronizing device. A play synchronizing part 100 which is attained by a control program executed by a control part of the automatic play synchronizing device acquires the audio signal Sa reproduced by a reproduction device, compares acquisition pattern data Ps with previously stored reproduction pattern data Pa, specifies the reproduction position of the audio signal Sa being reproduced currently, and reads musical sound control data Sc in synchronization with the reproduction position. Thereby, synchronization with reproduction of the audio signal Sa can be performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT | ||||||
| 174 | System to enable the use of white keys of musical keyboards for scales | US10442708 | 2003-05-20 | US07208670B2 | 2007-04-24 | Wong Hoo Sim; Phoei Min Paul Seow; Kok Liang Lim |
| A method for the use of the white keys of a musical keyboard such as a MIDI keyboard for the playing a selected scale whereby all while keys of the keyboard are remapped to the selected scale such that adjacent keys of the keyboard can be used to play adjacent notes of the selected scale. There is also disclosed a method for providing a functional aspect to at least one black key of a musical keyboard such as a MIDI keyboard, wherein upon a key of the keyboard being pressed, a first check is conducted to determine if a user has activated the selected scale setting; and if the selected scale function has been activated, a second check is conducted to determine if the key is a black key or a white key. If the key is a black key a second lookup table is checked based on a MIDI message for the black key to determine a corresponding functional aspect corresponding to the black key. | ||||||
| 175 | System to enable the use of white keys of musical keyboards for scales | US10442708 | 2003-05-20 | US20040231500A1 | 2004-11-25 | Wong Hoo Sim; Phoei Min Paul Seow; Kok Liang Lim |
| A method for the use of the white keys of a musical keyboard such as a MIDI keyboard for the playing a selected scale whereby all while keys of the keyboard are remapped to the selected scale such that adjacent keys of the keyboard can be used to play adjacent notes of the selected scale. There is also disclosed a method for providing a functional aspect to at least one black key of a musical keyboard such as a MIDI keyboard, wherein upon a key of the keyboard being pressed, a first check is conducted to determine if a user has activated the selected scale setting; and if the selected scale function has been activated, a second check is conducted to determine if the key is a black key or a white key. If the key is a black key a second lookup table is checked based on a MIDI message for the black key to determine a corresponding functional aspect corresponding to the black key. | ||||||
| 176 | Dynamic chord interval and quality modification keyboard, chord board CX10 | US019137 | 1993-02-18 | US5440071A | 1995-08-08 | Grant Johnson |
| The Chord Board is a revolutionary musical instrument that simplifies and expands on the traditional piano-style keyboard interface through the use of computer technology. Musicians skilled or unskilled alike will be able to take advantage of this new musical interface which makes the playing of an unlimited variety of chords and their respective note patterns not only possible, but easy. Yet the design of the Chord Board allows for an extremely complex performance from a musician who has the ability and skill to make such a performance. The Chord Board is designed to maximize the potential for the introduction of the human element into the musical performance. The player interface of the Chord Board departs significantly from the traditional piano. There are eight banks of eight keys each, three for the left hand, and five for the right hand. These keys are similar in size and shape to the traditional piano-style key, yet there are no black keys in between the white keys. Each of these piano-like keys is mapped to a specific note of a chord grouping. Therefore, it is only possible to play notes that belong to a particular chord, eliminating the possibility of playing an accidental. The chord grouping is selected from an adjacent set of chord selection buttons some of which may be selected simultaneously as modifiers, providing for well over a hundred variations of chord structure within a single chord family. Because the Chord Board is also a full-fledged MIDI controller, the instrument is not limited to a particular niche, but may be used in a variety of musical applications. | ||||||
| 177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATION OF A VIRTUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT CONTROLS MULTIPLE SAMPLERS OR SYNTHESIZERS BY REMAPPING PORTIONS OF EACH TO A SINGLE KEYBOARD | PCT/US2007/015860 | 2007-07-11 | WO2008008418A2 | 2008-01-17 | STONE, Christopher, L. |
A method and system are disclosed for the playing of sounds from one or more sample-based or synthesizer-based instruments that are mapped to a single virtual instrument keyboard in such a manner that the range, sounded pitch, and other characteristics of each such remapped instrument are separately adjustable. Each remapped instrument is addressed on its own MIDI port and channel (or by use of an equivalent addressing scheme). |
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| 178 | Multiple-paramenter instrument keyboard combining key-surface touch and key-displacement sensor arrays | US10683914 | 2003-10-10 | US07408108B2 | 2008-08-05 | Lester F. Ludwig |
| An invention extending functionality and applications of traditional music keyboards. Individual musical keyboard keys may have individual key displacement sensors measuring key travel. Individual keys may further include surface sensors measuring two additional parameters, creating three independent continuous parameters essential for controlled rendering of vowel sounds and orchestral timbre spaces. Surface sensors may comprise pressure sensor arrays, which, via geometric image-processing, may produce five to six readily controlled independent parameters per key, useful in controlling expressive soloing and long-duration background sounds. Per-key pressure sensor arrays may comprise mass-produced modular components including intelligent distributed image processing to simplify manufacturing and substantially reduce cost. Synthesized tactile feedback may render variable keyboard actions or create ‘multi-level’ key travel functionality. Outgoing MIDI signals may also be provided. | ||||||
| 179 | 具有數位音訊之鍵盤 KEYBOARD WITH DIGITAL AUDIO | TW093113151 | 2004-05-11 | TWI343535B | 2011-06-11 | 沈望傳 |
| 本發明係揭示一種用於主機電腦之文字數字鍵盤，該種文字數字鍵盤具有複數個文字數字鍵、及一聲音複製系統。該聲音複製系統係包括：一資料處理器，其係用於控制該聲音複製系統之操作功能；及一音訊處理器，其係用於接收複數個音訊輸入的至少一者且提供至少一個類比音訊輸出。一鍵盤控制器係亦存在，其係用於感測複數個文字數字鍵的一或多者之使用且通過鍵盤掃描碼至該主機電腦。該鍵盤控制器更致能複數個文字數字鍵的預定鍵之使用，以提供使用者輸入至操作功能之控制。用於主機電腦之一連接係提供一第一複數個數位音訊輸入；一多通道數位音訊輸入/輸出連接係提供一第二複數個數位音訊輸入；且一MIDI輸入/輸出連接係提供其將轉換為數位音訊之數位資料，以提供一第三複數個數位音訊輸入。 | ||||||
| 180 | 具有數位音訊之鍵盤 KEYBOARD WITH DIGITAL AUDIO | TW093113151 | 2004-05-11 | TW200506698A | 2005-02-16 | 沈望傳 SIM, WONG HOO |
| 本發明係揭示一種用於主機電腦之文字數字鍵盤，該種文字數字鍵盤具有複數個文字數字鍵、及一聲音複製系統。該聲音複製系統係包括：一資料處理器，其係用於控制該聲音複製系統之操作功能；及一音訊處理器，其係用於接收複數個音訊輸入的至少一者且提供至少一個類比音訊輸出。一鍵盤控制器係亦存在，其係用於感測複數個文字數字鍵的一或多者之使用且通過鍵盤掃描碼至該主機電腦。該鍵盤控制器更致能複數個文字數字鍵的預定鍵之使用，以提供使用者輸入至操作功能之控制。用於主機電腦之一連接係提供一第一複數個數位音訊輸入；一多通道數位音訊輸入／輸出連接係提供一第二複數個數位音訊輸入；且一MIDI輸入／輸出連接係提供其將轉換為數位音訊之數位資料，以提供一第三複數個數位音訊輸入。 | ||||||
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