Keyboard musical instrument, adjusting method thereof, and computer-readable recording medium therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10249274
APP PUB NO 20170206869A1
SERIAL NO

15407906

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A keyboard musical instrument includes a string-striking mechanism (hammer), driver, sound receiver, analyzer, and adjuster. The hammer strikes a string responsive to a change in position of an associated key of keyboard. The driver drives the hammer under a driving condition in accordance with control data. The sound receiver generates an audio signal corresponding to a sound occurring in the vicinity of the hammer. The analyzer detects the hammer striking a string by analyzing the audio signal generated when the hammer operates. The adjuster adjusts the control data in accordance with results of the analysis. The analyzer detects hammer striking a string in accordance with an intensity of the audio signal occurring within a search range, which has a predetermined relationship along a time axis with regard to a time at which the hammer commences operation.

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YAMAHA CORPORATIONHAMAMATSU

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Oba, Yasuhiko Hamamatsu, JP 41 327
Okuyama, Fukutaro Hamamatsu, JP 24 163

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