Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reed for electronic musical instrument, and electronic musical instrument
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Application No.: US15692249Application Date: 2017-08-31
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Publication No.: US09984669B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Chihiro Toyama , Kazutaka Kasuga , Ryutaro Hayashi
- Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chen Yoshimura LLP
- Priority: JP2016-180061 20160915
- Main IPC: G10H3/16
- IPC: G10H3/16 ; G10H1/06

Abstract:
The present invention provides a reed for an electronic musical instrument and an electronic musical instrument in which determination of lip position is not susceptible to the influence of noise and the like. In one embodiment of the present invention, an electronic musical instrument is provided with a reed and a plurality of sensor electrodes in the reed, arranged next to one another from a tip side of the reed towards a base side of the reed, each of the sensor electrodes having a center portion projecting towards the tip side of the reed. The lip position of the performer is determined in accordance with the output from the plurality of sensors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180075831A1 REED FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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