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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:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masami Katsui, Suwa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Terashima, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84612 ; 84627 ; 84633 ; 84DI / ;
Abstract
A sound generating device for generating a variety of sounds has a main control circuit which includes a ROM for storing melody data. A sound source is coupled to the control circuit in accordance with sound scale data stored in the ROM. The sound source has a waveform memory for storing a sound waveform in a digital form. The sound waveform memory is read at a frequency corresponding to the sound scale data. An envelope waveform memory stores an envelope waveform in a digital form. A digital to analog conversion circuit converts the digital envelope waveform in accordance with the digital sound waveform to produce an analog voltage.