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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. 30, 2007
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Yutaka Hasegawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yutaka Hasegawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
CPUreads out plural chord data which are stored in external storage deviceor the like and represent a series of chords, and presents to a user the chords represented by the chord data. In presenting the chords to the user, displayor external displayerdisplays chord names along with a score or a lyric, or energizes key-press lampscorresponding to the chord tones constituting the chords. External storage deviceor the like is provided with a chord conversion table for converting hard-to-play chords to easy-to-play chords. In presenting the chords, CPUpresents the chords converted with the use of the chord conversion table. In this case, the hard-to-play chords may be controlled rank by rank or may be designated by the user. Thus, when chords are presented to a user, the user can perform chord playing smoothly at all times even if the user is a beginner player.