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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1987
Filed:
May. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
D Scott Wedge, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
E-Mu Systems, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84-11 ; 84-119 ; 84-126 ; 84-127 ; 84DI / ;
Abstract
A touch sensitive electronic musical or sound generating instrument is disclosed. The invention utilizes digital techniques to sense how hard any one of a plurality of push buttons on a keyboard is depressed or actuated. The instrument generates a desired or particular sound (such as a musical note) at a desired parameter such as volume, corresponding to how hard a specific button was depressed.