G10H 1/0553
Using optical or light-responsive means
Official title: {using optical or light-responsive means}
G10H1/0553 (Using optical or light-responsive means) appears on 102 US grants and 72 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 102
- Published applications
- 72
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 158
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method and Apparatus for Position Sensing of a Musician Hands24 Jul 2025US 2025/0239244 A1
- Key depression amount sensor device29 May 2025US 2025/0172382 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Systems and methods for modifying musical signals29 May 2025US 2025/0174216 A1Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
- Percussion instrument and musical sound generation method6 Mar 2025US 2025/0078786 A1Roland Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- VideoHarp240US 4,968,877 ASensor Frame Incorporated · 1990
- Dynamically-activated optical instrument for producing control signals having a self-calibration means141US 5,442,168 AInteractive Light, Inc. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for optically determining note characteristics from key motion in a keyboard operated musical instrument102US 5,841,050 ABurgett, Inc. · 1998
- Musical sound effects controller having a radiated emission space95US 5,475,214 AInteractive Light, Inc. · 1995
- Apparatus for and method of controlling a device by sensing radiation having an emission space and a sensing space73US 5,414,256 AInteractive Light, Inc. · 1995