公开(公告)号：US07044857B1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-16

申请号：US10270182

申请日：2002-10-15

申请人： Daniel B. Klitsner ,  Brian Clemens ,  Gary Levenberg

发明人： Daniel B. Klitsner ,  Brian Clemens ,  Gary Levenberg

IPC分类号： A63F13/00

CPC分类号： A63F13/245 ,  A63F13/10 ,  A63F13/28 ,  A63F13/44 ,  A63F13/54 ,  A63F13/814 ,  A63F2300/1043 ,  A63F2300/1062 ,  A63F2300/638 ,  A63F2300/8047 ,  G10H1/342 ,  G10H2210/091 ,  G10H2220/135 ,  G10H2230/135

摘要： Described is a hand-held musical game apparatus that is adapted to resemble a guitar, and that operates in a manner that facilitates a game played with it. Generally, the apparatus has a housing shaped to resemble a guitar with a body portion and a neck portion. The neck portion is rotatably connected to the body portion and the body portion has a strum bar. A slide element is slidably connected to the neck portion. Electronics are disposed within the housing to provide, as part of the game, audio and/or visual instructions to rotate the neck, slide the slide element, or strum the strum bar. The game entails a player rotating the neck, sliding the slide element, or strumming the strum bar in accordance with the instructions.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种适于类似吉他的手持式音乐游戏装置，并且以便于利用其播放的游戏的方式进行操作。 通常，该装置具有成形为类似于具有主体部分和颈部的吉他的壳体。 颈部可旋转地连接到主体部分，并且主体部分具有弹簧杆。 滑动元件可滑动地连接到颈部。 电子设置在外壳内，作为游戏的一部分，提供用于旋转颈部，滑动滑动元件或敲击弦杆的音频和/或视觉指令。 游戏需要玩家旋转颈部，滑动滑块，或按照说明书弹奏钢琴杆。

公开(公告)号：US20050235813A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-27

申请号：US10520223

申请日：2003-07-14

申请人： James Barry

发明人： James Barry

IPC分类号： G10H1/00 ,  G10H1/053 ,  G10H1/26 ,  G10H1/34 ,  G10H1/38 ,  G10H3/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/342 ,  G10H2220/541 ,  G10H2240/061 ,  G10H2240/285

摘要： The present invention provides an interactive multimedia apparatus (1, 11, 21) comprising a digital musical instrument (3, 14, 24, 41) and having a plurality of control members (42, 44, 45, 46) including at least one limited state (on/off) control member (44) and one or more dynamic range state control members (42, 45, 46). A central control unit (2, 12, 22) is also provided having a store of digital media stored thereon and a suite of software for interpreting the state of the control members (42, 44, 45, 46) in order to select, open and render the digital media. A control unit is associated with the digital musical instrument (3, 14, 24, 41) and has a CPU and a sensing means for identifying the state of the control members (42, 44, 45, 46). The control unit has means for communicating the current state of the control members (42, 44, 45, 46) to the central control unit (2, 12, 22) and the apparatus is characterised in that the sensing means comprises a plurality of independent transducers each of which monitors the activation of a separate dynamic range state control member (42, 45, 46).

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种交互式多媒体设备（1,11,21），包括数字乐器（3,14,24,41），并且具有多个控制构件（42,44,45,46），包括至少一个有限的 状态（开/关）控制构件（44）和一个或多个动态范围状态控制构件（42,45,46）。 还提供了一个中央控制单元（2,12,22），具有存储在其上的数字媒体存储器和用于解释控制构件（42,44,45,46）的状态的软件套件，以便选择打开 并呈现数字媒体。 控制单元与数字乐器（3,14,24,41）相关联并且具有用于识别控制构件（42,44,45,46）的状态的CPU和感测装置。 控制单元具有用于将控制构件（42,44,45,46）的当前状态传送到中央控制单元（2,12,22）的装置，并且该装置的特征在于，感测装置包括多个独立 换能器，每个换能器监视单独的动态范围状态控制构件（42,45,46）的激活。

公开(公告)号：US20050126372A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-16

申请号：US10737043

申请日：2003-12-15

申请人： Lester Ludwig

发明人： Lester Ludwig

IPC分类号： G10H1/32 ,  G10H1/34 ,  G10H7/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/32 ,  G10H1/342 ,  G10H1/348 ,  G10H2230/085 ,  G10H2230/095 ,  G10H2230/101 ,  G10H2230/105 ,  G10H2230/115 ,  G10H2230/121 ,  G10H2230/125 ,  G10H2230/145 ,  G10H2230/151 ,  G10H2240/056

摘要： This invention allows for easy field-customization of mainstream and exotic electronic musical instruments with extensive support for the easy creation of aggregated instruments. This invention leverages extensive functional customization of instruments within mainstream accepted instrument modalities as well as opening a wide range of completely new instrument modalities. The invention further facilitates entirely new manufacturing, marketing, and sales paradigms permitting a broad range of open industry development and commerce, thus making an individual musician's creation of new exotic instrument arrangements an economically viable sector for both mass manufacturing and the niche cottage industry. New opportunities are provided for the creation of multiple-vendor standardizations, multiple-vendor manufacturing, multiple-vendor competitive features, etc. while offering the music equipment user and music industry as a whole, access to an extensive range of instrument customization, diversification, and education. The principles of the invention thus create a rich environment for instrument, user, feature, music, and market.

摘要翻译： 本发明允许对主流和异国电子乐器的现场定制进行简单的定制，并且广泛地支持容易地创建聚合的乐器。 本发明利用主流接受的仪器模式中的仪器的广泛功能定制以及开启广泛的全新仪器模式。 本发明进一步促进了全新的制造，营销和销售模式，允许广泛的开放行业发展和商业，从而使个体音乐家创造新的异域乐器安排在大众制造和利基小屋行业中成为经济上可行的领域。 为创建多厂商标准化，多供应商制造，多供应商竞争功能等提供了新的机会，同时为整个音乐设备用户和音乐行业提供了广泛的仪器定制，多样化， 和教育。 因此，本发明的原理为乐器，用户，特征，音乐和市场创造了丰富的环境。

公开(公告)号：US20040244566A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-09

申请号：US10428201

申请日：2003-04-30

发明人： H. M. Steiger

IPC分类号： G10H001/36 ,  G10H007/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/0016 ,  G10H1/342 ,  G10H1/36 ,  G10H2220/301 ,  G10H2230/135

摘要： An electric guitar facilitates isolating principles of making music such that an individual can learn one aspect at a time of playing the guitar and of playing music and can, to match the skill level of the player, progressively require more aspects to be mastered in order to play the guitar. The guitar includes one mode which requires only that the player strum the strings, includes a second mode which requires the player to play the strings and depress buttons, and includes a third mode that requires the player to play the strings and depress specific buttons on the guitar.

摘要翻译： 电吉他有助于分离制作音乐的原理，使得个人可以在弹吉他和播放音乐时学习一个方面，并且可以根据玩家的技能水平逐渐需要更多的方面来掌握，以便 弹吉他。 该吉他包括仅需要玩家弹奏琴弦的一种模式，包括要求玩家演奏琴弦并按下按钮的第二模式，并且包括第三种模式，其要求玩家演奏琴弦并按下 吉他。

公开(公告)号：US20020053276A1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-09

申请号：US09829194

申请日：2001-04-09

发明人： Po Wo Koo

IPC分类号： G10H005/00

CPC分类号： G10H1/342 ,  G10H2220/301 ,  G10H2230/145 ,  Y10S84/02 ,  Y10S84/30

摘要： An electronic guitar comprising a case (1), a keyboard (2), a sound synthesis electronic assembly (3), and an output line (4), characterized in that the keyboard (2) is divided into an upper keyboard (2-1) disposed on the neck (1-1) and a lower keyboard (2-2) disposed on the body (1-2); the upper and lower keyboards constitute a complex array; when a key on the upper keyboard and a key on the lower keyboard are pressed, a predetermined note is generated by the sound synthesis electronic assembly (3) and can be output to a karaoke CD player. It is possible to play this guitar while singing the karaoke, which is more pleasant. This guitar has novel and simple structure and is sure to be welcome.

摘要翻译： 一种电子吉他，包括壳体（1），键盘（2），声音合成电子组件（3）和输出线（4），其特征在于键盘（2）被分为上键盘 1）和设置在所述主体（1-2）上的下键盘（2-2））。 上下键盘构成复杂阵列; 当上键盘上的键和下键盘上的键被按下时，由声音合成电子组件（3）产生预定的音符，并且可以输出到卡拉OK CD播放器。 可以在唱卡拉OK的同时玩这把吉他，这是更愉快的。 这把吉他具有新颖而简单的结构，一定要受到欢迎。

公开(公告)号：US06252153B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-26

申请号：US09649502

申请日：2000-08-28

申请人： Motoki Toyama

发明人： Motoki Toyama

IPC分类号： G09B500

CPC分类号： G10H1/0008 ,  A63F2300/8047 ,  G10H1/342 ,  G10H1/361 ,  G10H2220/141 ,  Y10S84/06

摘要： A song accompaniment system includes a karaoke machine and a simulated guitar machine, and the karaoke machine downloads accompanying music in the form of MIDI data from a source data storage. Of the MIDI data downloaded from the source data storage, a simulative instrument part of the accompanying music is transferred to the simulated guitar machine. In the simulated guitar machine, an allocation processor allocates individual sounds of the simulative instrument part to three scroll bars in a guidance picture which is presented on a monitor of the simulated guitar machine, and operating timing for producing the individual sounds is indicated by note marks which are scrolled along the scroll bars. When a player plays a simulated guitar, tone waveforms contained in the MIDI data received from the source data storage are modulated and an audio signal thus generated is output from speakers. If the simulated guitar is correctly operated, the accompanying music is reproduced in proper fashion.

摘要翻译： 歌曲伴奏系统包括卡拉OK机和模拟吉他机，卡拉OK机从源数据存储器以MIDI数据形式下载伴奏音乐。 在从源数据存储器下载的MIDI数据中，伴随音乐的模拟乐器部分被传送到模拟吉他机。 在模拟吉他机中，分配处理器将模拟乐器部分的各个声音分配到在模拟吉他机的监视器上呈现的引导画面中的三个滚动条上，并且用于产生各个声音的操作时间由注记标记 它们沿滚动条滚动。 当播放器播放模拟吉他时，从源数据存储器接收的MIDI数据中包含的乐音波形被调制，并且由扬声器输出如此产生的音频信号。 如果模拟吉他正确操作，伴奏音乐将以适当的方式进行复制。

公开(公告)号：US06191350B1

公开(公告)日：2001-02-20

申请号：US09496040

申请日：2000-02-02

申请人： Paul Okulov ,  Ubaldo Fasano ,  Jean-Pierre Paradis

发明人： Paul Okulov ,  Ubaldo Fasano ,  Jean-Pierre Paradis

IPC分类号： G10H118

CPC分类号： G10H3/185 ,  G10H1/0008 ,  G10H1/342 ,  G10H1/386 ,  G10H3/18 ,  G10H3/26 ,  G10H2220/301 ,  G10H2220/475 ,  G10H2220/485 ,  G10H2220/525 ,  G10H2240/311

摘要： A guitar is disclosed which is adapted for use with a battery power source and having a CPU and a memory including preprogrammed chord tables and melody tables. The guitar provides electro conductive strings and frets and a system for recognizing finger positioning by a user. The vibration of the strings is picked up by piezo elements and amplified. By making use of the piezo elements the intensity of the vibration by its velocity can be preserved and the envelope of sound for a note/chord remain commensurate with the intensity intended by the user.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种适用于电池电源并具有CPU和包括预先编程的和弦表和旋律表的存储器的吉他。 吉他提供导电串和音频，以及用于识别用户的手指定位的系统。 弦的振动由压电元件拾取并放大。 通过利用压电元件，可以保持其速度的振动强度，并且用于音符/弦的声音的包络与用户期望的强度保持相称。

公开(公告)号：US5698808A

公开(公告)日：1997-12-16

申请号：US647313

申请日：1996-05-09

申请人： Randall L. Hamlin

发明人： Randall L. Hamlin

IPC分类号： G10H1/34 ,  G10H3/18 ,  G10H1/18

CPC分类号： G10H3/18 ,  G10H1/342 ,  Y10S84/30

摘要： An electronic stringed instrument which simulates an acoustic counterpart, such as a guitar, in the aspect of string arrangement. The strings on the novel electronic instrument are actually depressed and picked in a manner similar to playing the acoustic counterpart to sound musical tones. The strings form partial circuits conducting signals to a conventional musical tone synthesizer. The pick completes the circuit for each tone, having a flexible conductor electrically joining the pick to each circuit. A complete signalling circuit for each tone is closed when the string is contacted by the pick, and when the string simultaneously contacts an electrically conductive terminal forming part of the circuit. Contact of the string is achieved either by depressing the string or by leaving the string undisturbed. In each instance, a signal will sound a tone corresponding to that which would ensue if the same actions were taken on the acoustic counterpart.

摘要翻译： 一种电子弦乐器，用于在琴弦排列方面模拟诸如吉他之类的声音对应物。 实际上，新颖的电子乐器上的琴弦按照类似于播放声音对应物的方式被按压并拾音以产生音乐音调。 琴弦形成部分电路向常规乐音合成器传导信号。 拾音器为每个音色完成电路，具有将拾音器电连接到每个电路的柔性导体。 当琴弦与拾音器接触时，并且当弦同时接触形成电路的一部分的导电端子时，用于每个音调的完整信号电路闭合。 字符串的接触可以通过按下字符串或使字符串不受干扰来实现。 在每种情况下，如果在声音对应物上采取相同的动作，信号将会发出与之相应的音调。

公开(公告)号：US5223659A

公开(公告)日：1993-06-29

申请号：US875542

申请日：1992-04-27

申请人： Kazuyoshi Shiraki ,  Shiro Ishiguro ,  Akinori Matsubara

发明人： Kazuyoshi Shiraki ,  Shiro Ishiguro ,  Akinori Matsubara

IPC分类号： G10H1/34 ,  G10H1/38

CPC分类号： G10H1/342 ,  G10H1/383 ,  G10H2210/591 ,  G10H2210/596 ,  G10H2210/601 ,  G10H2210/616 ,  G10H2220/301 ,  Y10S84/22

摘要： Root and type of a chord are discriminated at discriminators in accordance with the operation status on a fingerboard. The chord is designated according to a simplified fingering rule predetermined on the fingerboard so as to designate the chord. An automatic accompaniment or a manual play is performed according to the discriminated chord obtained at chord discriminating device

摘要翻译： 根据指板上的操作状态，在鉴别器处鉴别和弦的根和类型。 根据在指板上预定的简化的指法规则来指定和弦以指定和弦。 根据在和弦识别装置中获得的识别的和弦执行自动伴奏或手动播放

公开(公告)号：US5094137A

公开(公告)日：1992-03-10

申请号：US464430

申请日：1990-01-12

申请人： Naoaki Matsumoto

发明人： Naoaki Matsumoto

IPC分类号： G10H1/34 ,  G10H3/18

CPC分类号： G10H3/188 ,  G10H1/342 ,  G10H2220/301

摘要： When picking of a string is performed, the vibration of the string is detected accurately and quickly. When a fret operation position is changed during generation of a musical tone caused by the string picking, the pitch of the musical tone is changed to the one corresponding to the new fret operation position without generating a new musical tone. When the same string is stroked successively, the succeeding musical tone is generated while keeping the reverberation of the previous musical tone. The musical tone once generated will be stopped from being generated upon elapse of a predetermined time from the beginning of the tone generation, irrespective of the type of its timbre. When a fret operation state is changed to an open-string operation state after the string picking, the generation of the musical tone being generated stops at that timing. When this change occurs, it is selectable whether the generation of the musical tone is to be stopped or its pitch is to be changed to the one corresponding to the open-string operation state. The generated musical tone can freely be stopped from being generated through a manual operation.