Electronic musical instrument and control method
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United States of America Patent
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Nov 26, 2019
Grant Date -
Mar 28, 2019
app pub date -
Sep 25, 2018
filing date -
Sep 26, 2017
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Abstract
An electronic musical instrument including a musical instrument body which is supported by first finger of a hand of an instrument player and at least one finger other than the first finger, scale keys which are provided at positions that are contacted with fingers other than the first finger on one surface of the musical instrument body, and each of which specifies a scale of a musical sound, a touchpad which is provided in an area that is contacted with the first finger on an other surface of the musical instrument body, and includes a sensor that has a planar detection area for detecting a contact position of the first finger, and a processor which controls emission of the musical sound whose scale has been specified by the scale key in accordance with the contact position of the first finger detected by the touchpad.
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- 2018 Application Filing Year
- G10H Class
- 379 Applications Filed
- 296 Patents Issued To-Date
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