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Patent US7342164 - Performance apparatus and tone generation method using the performance apparatus - Google Patents
Key switches are arranged to form plural rows, and light emitting elements are provided in corresponding relation to the key switches. For each of the rows, any operated key switch is detected, and, on the basis of such detection, the light emitting elements are sequentially illuminated so that an illuminated...http://www.google.com/patents/US7342164?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7342164 - Performance apparatus and tone generation method using the performance apparatus
Publication number US7342164 B2
Also published as CN101676990A, CN101676990B, EP1748415A2, EP1748415A3, US20070022865
Publication number 11495467, 495467, US 7342164 B2, US 7342164B2, US-B2-7342164, US7342164 B2, US7342164B2
Patent Citations (50), Non-Patent Citations (27), Referenced by (6), Classifications (11), Legal Events (4)
US 7342164 B2
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Cooperative Classification G10H2220/026, G10H2220/236, G10H2220/295, G10H2220/221, G10H1/0016, G10H2220/161, G10H1/34