EP0284047A3 - Electronic stringed instrument - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0284047A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: stringed instrument; electronic stringed; electronic; instrument; stringed
Prior art date: 1987-03-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP88104659A

Other versions

EP0284047A2 (en

EP0284047B1 (en

Inventor

Naoaki Pat. Dept. Dev. Div. Hamura R&D Matsumoto

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Casio Computer Co Ltd

Original Assignee

Casio Computer Co Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1987-03-24

Filing date

1988-03-23

Publication date

1990-03-28

1987-03-24 Priority claimed from JP62067919A external-priority patent/JP2679725B2/en

1987-05-27 Priority claimed from JP8065987U external-priority patent/JPH0648557Y2/en

1987-05-27 Priority claimed from JP8066087U external-priority patent/JPS63191397U/ja

1988-03-23 Application filed by Casio Computer Co Ltd filed Critical Casio Computer Co Ltd

1988-09-28 Publication of EP0284047A2 publication Critical patent/EP0284047A2/en

1990-03-28 Publication of EP0284047A3 publication Critical patent/EP0284047A3/en

1994-03-02 Application granted granted Critical

1994-03-02 Publication of EP0284047B1 publication Critical patent/EP0284047B1/en

2008-03-23 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
- G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
- G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
- G10H3/14—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
- G10H3/18—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar
- G10H3/186—Means for processing the signal picked up from the strings
- G10H3/188—Means for processing the signal picked up from the strings for converting the signal to digital format
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
- G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H1/32—Constructional details
- G10H1/34—Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H1/342—Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments for guitar-like instruments with or without strings and with a neck on which switches or string-fret contacts are used to detect the notes being played
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
- G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
- G10H2220/155—User input interfaces for electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H2220/265—Key design details; Special characteristics of individual keys of a keyboard; Key-like musical input devices, e.g. finger sensors, pedals, potentiometers, selectors
- G10H2220/275—Switching mechanism or sensor details of individual keys, e.g. details of key contacts, hall effect or piezoelectric sensors used for key position or movement sensing purposes; Mounting thereof
- G10H2220/295—Switch matrix, e.g. contact array common to several keys, the actuated keys being identified by the rows and columns in contact
- G10H2220/301—Fret-like switch array arrangements for guitar necks

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Multimedia (AREA)
Signal Processing (AREA)
Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)

EP19880104659 1987-03-24 1988-03-23 Electronic stringed instrument Expired - Lifetime EP0284047B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP67919/87		1987-03-24
JP62067919A JP2679725B2 (en)	1987-03-24	1987-03-24	Electronic string instrument
JP8065987U JPH0648557Y2 (en)	1987-05-27	1987-05-27	Electronic stringed instrument
JP80660/87		1987-05-27
JP8066087U JPS63191397U (en)	1987-05-27	1987-05-27
JP80659/87		1987-05-27

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0284047A2 EP0284047A2 (en)	1988-09-28
EP0284047A3 true EP0284047A3 (en)	1990-03-28
EP0284047B1 EP0284047B1 (en)	1994-03-02

Family

ID=27299576

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19880104659 Expired - Lifetime EP0284047B1 (en)	1987-03-24	1988-03-23	Electronic stringed instrument

Country Status (2)

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EP (1)	EP0284047B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE3887997T2 (en)

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4321852A (en) *	1979-12-19	1982-03-30	Young Jr Leroy D	Stringed instrument synthesizer apparatus
US4372187A (en) *	1981-05-01	1983-02-08	Ab Laboratories, A Limited Partnership	Novel guitar-like electronic musical instrument
US4630520A (en) *	1984-11-08	1986-12-23	Carmine Bonanno	Guitar controller for a music synthesizer

1988
- 1988-03-23 DE DE19883887997 patent/DE3887997T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-03-23 EP EP19880104659 patent/EP0284047B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4321852A (en) *	1979-12-19	1982-03-30	Young Jr Leroy D	Stringed instrument synthesizer apparatus
US4372187A (en) *	1981-05-01	1983-02-08	Ab Laboratories, A Limited Partnership	Novel guitar-like electronic musical instrument
US4630520A (en) *	1984-11-08	1986-12-23	Carmine Bonanno	Guitar controller for a music synthesizer

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0284047A2 (en)	1988-09-28
DE3887997T2 (en)	1994-09-29
EP0284047B1 (en)	1994-03-02
DE3887997D1 (en)	1994-04-07

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EP0340734A3 (en)	1990-05-23	Electronic stringed instrument
HK188896A (en)	1996-10-18	Electronic musical instrument
EP0251329A3 (en)	1990-01-17	Electronic stringed instrument
EP0227906A3 (en)	1989-02-08	Electronic stringed instrument
HK134495A (en)	1995-09-01	Electronic musical instrument
GB8520019D0 (en)	1985-09-18	Electronic musical instrument
EP0312062A3 (en)	1990-07-18	Electronic musical instrument
EP0288062A3 (en)	1990-01-17	Electronic musical instrument
EP0215478A3 (en)	1989-02-01	Electronic musical instrument
GB8521447D0 (en)	1985-10-02	Electronic musical instrument
GB2217901B (en)	1992-12-09	Electronic musical instrument
EP0339575A3 (en)	1990-07-11	Electronic musical instrument
KR920008297B1 (en)	1992-09-26	Electronic musical instrument
GB8616624D0 (en)	1986-08-13	Electronic musical instrument
GB8504348D0 (en)	1985-03-20	Electronic musical instrument
HK132995A (en)	1995-09-01	Electronic musical instrument
GB8506306D0 (en)	1985-04-11	Electronic musical instrument
GB8818731D0 (en)	1988-09-07	Electronic musical instrument
GB8706054D0 (en)	1987-04-15	Musical instrument
GB2167594B (en)	1988-06-22	Electronic musical instrument
GB8709101D0 (en)	1987-05-20	Musical instrument
AU91479S (en)	1985-12-19	Electronic musical instrument
GB8512116D0 (en)	1985-06-19	Electronic musical instrument
GB8402436D0 (en)	1984-03-07	Electronic musical instruments
EP0284047A3 (en)	1990-03-28	Electronic stringed instrument

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