EP2084701A4 - Instrument de musique - Google Patents

Instrument de musique

Info

Publication number: EP2084701A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: musical instrument; musical; instrument
Prior art date: 2006-08-04
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 Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP07836491.6A

Other languages

German (de)

English (en)

Other versions

EP2084701A2 (fr

Inventor

Daniel E Sullivan

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.)

Zivix LLC

Original Assignee

Zivix LLC

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.)

2006-08-04

Filing date

2007-08-02

Publication date

2013-08-07

2006-08-04 Priority claimed from US11/498,996 external-priority patent/US7598449B2/en

2007-08-02 Application filed by Zivix LLC filed Critical Zivix LLC

2009-08-05 Publication of EP2084701A2 publication Critical patent/EP2084701A2/fr

2013-08-07 Publication of EP2084701A4 publication Critical patent/EP2084701A4/fr

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current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
- 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
- G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H1/02—Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos
- G10H1/04—Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos by additional modulation
- G10H1/053—Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos by additional modulation during execution only
- G10H1/055—Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos by additional modulation during execution only by switches with variable impedance elements
- G10H1/0553—Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos by additional modulation during execution only by switches with variable impedance elements using optical or light-responsive means
- 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
- G10H2220/135—Musical aspects of games or videogames; Musical instrument-shaped game input interfaces
- 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
- G10H2220/405—Beam sensing or control, i.e. input interfaces involving substantially immaterial beams, radiation, or fields of any nature, used, e.g. as a switch as in a light barrier, or as a control device, e.g. using the theremin electric field sensing principle
- G10H2220/411—Light beams
- G10H2220/415—Infrared beams

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Multimedia (AREA)
Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
Stringed Musical Instruments (AREA)

EP07836491.6A 2006-08-04 2007-08-02 Instrument de musique Withdrawn EP2084701A4 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US11/498,996 US7598449B2 (en)	2006-08-04	2006-08-04	Musical instrument
US93749007P	2007-06-28	2007-06-28
PCT/US2007/017383 WO2008019089A2 (fr)	2006-08-04	2007-08-02	Instrument de musique

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2084701A2 EP2084701A2 (fr)	2009-08-05
EP2084701A4 true EP2084701A4 (fr)	2013-08-07

Family

ID=39033499

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP07836491.6A Withdrawn EP2084701A4 (fr)	2006-08-04	2007-08-02	Instrument de musique

Country Status (2)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP2084701A4 (fr)
WO (1)	WO2008019089A2 (fr)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US7598449B2 (en)	2006-08-04	2009-10-06	Zivix Llc	Musical instrument
US8173887B2 (en)	2008-10-07	2012-05-08	Zivix Llc	Systems and methods for a digital stringed instrument
US7897866B2 (en)	2008-10-07	2011-03-01	Zivix Llc	Systems and methods for a digital stringed instrument
JP7095245B2 (ja) *	2017-09-25	2022-07-05	カシオ計算機株式会社	電子鍵盤楽器、鍵盤発光方法及び鍵盤発光プログラム

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2007
- 2007-08-02 EP EP07836491.6A patent/EP2084701A4/fr not_active Withdrawn
- 2007-08-02 WO PCT/US2007/017383 patent/WO2008019089A2/fr active Application Filing

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4630520A (en) *	1984-11-08	1986-12-23	Carmine Bonanno	Guitar controller for a music synthesizer
US20020148346A1 (en) *	2001-01-31	2002-10-17	Okulov Paul D.	Electronic-acoustic guitar with enhanced sound, chord and melody creation system
US20050183567A1 (en) *	2004-02-20	2005-08-25	Naofumi Aoki	Playing motion capturing apparatus, fingering analysis apparatus, string instrument for playing motion capturing, and string instrument for practicing fingering

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO2008019089A2 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP2084701A2 (fr)	2009-08-05
WO2008019089A3 (fr)	2008-06-19
WO2008019089A2 (fr)	2008-02-14

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2009-07-03	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2009-08-05	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20090303
2009-08-05	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2009-08-05	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL BA HR MK RS
2009-11-11	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2013-08-07	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20130710
2013-08-07	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: G10H 1/34 20060101ALI20130704BHEP Ipc: G10H 1/18 20060101AFI20130704BHEP
2014-04-16	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20140317
2017-02-19	GRAP	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1
2017-03-22	INTG	Intention to grant announced	Effective date: 20170220
2017-11-24	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2017-12-27	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20170704