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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Yamaha Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10F 1/02 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10F 1/02 (2013.01); G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); G10H 1/0066 (2013.01); G10H 2210/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A keyboard device includes a plurality of keys, and a keyboard driver configured to drive at least a part of the plurality of keys. The keyboard device is configured such that, in accordance with determination whether a key corresponding to a pitch of event data is drivable by the keyboard driver, sound is generated based on a first sound-generating process in which the keyboard driver is configured to drive the key corresponding to the pitch or a second sound-generating process that is different from the first sound-generating process.