Electronic keyboard instrument and tone reproduction method therefor
US6828497B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 24, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S84/27
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
On a casing of an electronic keyboard instrument, there are provided front speakers, rear speakers and upper speakers as non-front speakers, a woofer speaker, and a vibrator. Tone generator section generates tone signals of tone colors corresponding to tones of various musical instruments. Assignment section adjusts, on a tone-color-by-tone-color basis, tone volume allocations, of the generated tone signals, to the speakers and vibrator. Further, the thus-adjusted tone signals are mixed for each of speaker reproduction systems and vibrator drive system, and then the resultant mixed tone signals of the speaker reproduction systems and vibrator drive system are supplied to corresponding ones of the speakers and vibrator.
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