Electronic musical instrument with velocity indicator
US7674964B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2220/311
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A keyboard electronic musical instrument is of a type which comprises a keyboard including a plurality of individual keys for playing individual musical notes and arrayed in a first direction, and a key detecting device for detecting respective key depression velocities of the individual keys. The instrument further comprises an indicator device which presents a plurality of bar-graphic indications respectively for the individual keys in the keyboard, the bar-graphic indications being arrayed side by side in the first direction, each bar-graphic indication being elongate in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction and representing the key depression velocity of each of the individual keys. When a key is depressed, the key depression velocity is detected and the bar-graphic indication which corresponds to the depressed key is illuminated in green color with a length representing the key depression velocity. When performance data containing velocity data of the respective note is given, the bar-graphic indication of the corresponding key of the note is illuminated in red color with a length representing the velocity of the note.
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