Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Musical instrument capable of producing additional vibration sound and method therefor
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Application No.: US16039699Application Date: 2018-07-19
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Publication No.: US10540949B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Shingo Ekuni , Tom Schröer
- Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi
- Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi
- Agency: Rossi. Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JP2016-008884 20160120
- Main IPC: G10H1/02
- IPC: G10H1/02 ; G10H3/00 ; G10H1/053 ; G10H1/00 ; G10H3/18

Abstract:
The musical instrument includes: a pickup that acquires an electric sound signal corresponding to a sound performed on the musical instrument; effector circuitry that imparts an effect to the acquired electric sound signal; a vibrator that produces mechanical vibration corresponding to the effect-imparted sound signal; and a transmission device that transmits the mechanical vibration, produced by the vibrator, to the body of the musical instrument with a characteristic having a fundamental frequency region of the musical instrument suppressed. The electric sound signal corresponding to the performed sound is imparted with an effect, the vibrator is driven by the effect-imparted sound signal, and a mechanical vibration sound is generated from the body of the musical instrument. The thus-generated mechanical vibration sound is audibly generated from the body as a vibration sound additional to the performed sound, which allows a user to experience a performance feeling that has never existed before.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180330703A1 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL VIBRATION SOUND AND METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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