Electronic musical instrument and key operation detection method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12039961
APP PUB NO 20230326439A1
SERIAL NO

18335141

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An electronic musical instrument includes an instrument body and a plurality of keys, each of which has an operation surface operated by a player's finger is provided on an external surface of the instrument body. Among the plurality of keys, at least two keys are disposed to be adjacent to each other, and the operation surfaces of the at least two keys are configured to be inclined to descend toward between the at least two keys when viewed from a left-right direction of the electronic musical instrument.

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ROLAND CORPORATION2036-1 NAKAGAWA HOSOE-CHO KITA-KU HAMAMATSU SHIZUOKA 431-1304

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Terada, Yuji Shizuoka, JP 28 122
Togai, Hidemasa Shizuoka, JP 5 18

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