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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Roland Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roland Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/14 (2006.01); G10H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/146 (2013.01); G10H 1/32 (2013.01); G10H 2220/161 (2013.01); G10H 2220/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic percussion instrument and a hitting detection method are provided. The electronic percussion instrument includes: a head of which an upper surface is formed as a hitting surface; a body part, which is cylindrical and has an opening at an upper end side, the opening is covered by the head; and a plurality of head sensors provided on an inner peripheral side of the body part and detects a hitting on the hitting surface. The plurality of head sensors are in contact with a lower surface of the head in an area in which a distance from a center of the hitting surface is 50% or more and 75% or less of a radius of the hitting surface.