Voice assist device and program in electronic musical instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9218798
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14819078

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Provided is a voice assist device in an electronic musical instrument in which tone selection or a sound setting corresponding to a key is performed in advance by pressing the operation button 1 while pressing one of the keys in the keyboard 2, including a changed state recognizing unit 3 that recognizes from a pressed key a changed state of tone selection or a sound setting determined corresponding to the key in advance, a setting item name storing unit 4 that stores a setting item name of the tone selection or sound setting as voice data, and a sound emitting unit 5 that emits a setting item name corresponding to the changed state, and the changed state recognizing unit 3 includes a voice assist recognizing unit 6 that detects a depression for a preset time or more of the operation button 1 prior to a depression of the key.

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KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO LTD200 TERAJIMA-CHO NAKA-KU HAMAMATSU-SHI SHIZUOKA 4308665

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Ilimura, Kohtaro Hamamatsu, JP 2 1
Ilimura, Sachie Hamamatsu, JP 2 1
Satoh, Takuya Hamamatsu, JP 41 453

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