G10H 2220/021
Indicator, i.e. non-screen output user interfacing
Official title: Indicator, i.e. non-screen output user interfacing, e.g. visual or tactile instrument status or guidance information using lights, LEDs or seven segments displays
G10H2220/021 (Indicator, i.e. non-screen output user interfacing) appears on 379 US grants and 407 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 379
- Published applications
- 407
- Assignees
- 162
- Inventors
- 733
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 15 |
| 2025 | 12 | 22 |
| 2026 | 7 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Input apparatus, electronic keyboard instrument and electronic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,755,721 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Method, apparatus, electronic device, and computer-readable medium for displaying lyric effects14 Apr 2026US 12,603,970 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- System and method for learning to play a musical instrument24 Feb 2026US 12,562,073 B2
- Spatial music creation interface10 Feb 2026US 12,548,538 B2Snap Inc.
- Electronic device and electronic musical instrument10 Feb 2026US 12,548,539 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- A system for, and a method of, facilitating music composition and music performance23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212847 A1Jabriffs Limited
- Karaoke sound system with intelligent wireless microphones16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204245 A1Vizio Inc.
- Performance input device and performance input method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0190200 A1Yamaha Corporation
- Panel, electronic musical instrument, and electronic device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179591 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Spatial music creation interface4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155122 A1Snap Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solid state interactive music playback device200US 5,986,200 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1999
- Keyboard instrument with the display device employing fingering guide153US 6,008,783 AKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for simulating a jam session and instructing a user in how to play the drums113US 5,739,457 A1998
- Electronic music system97US 5,270,475 ALyrrus, Inc. · 1993
- Interactive musical instrument instruction system86US 5,585,583 AMaestromedia, Inc. · 1996