G10H 2220/165
For string input, i.e. special characteristics in string composition or use for
Official title: for string input, i.e. special characteristics in string composition or use for sensing purposes, e.g. causing the string to become its own sensor
G10H2220/165 (For string input, i.e. special characteristics in string composition or use for) appears on 59 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 101
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Water harp with optical sensing of the break of flowing water streams8 Sep 2026US 12,731,567 B2Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Toys with capacitive touch features22 Jul 2025US 12,366,941 B2Kids II Hape Joint Venture Limited
- Toys with connected play28 Jan 2025US 12,210,707 B2Kids II Hape Joint Venture Limited
- Manual music generator1 Oct 2024US 12,106,739 B2
- Toys with capacitive touch features26 Dec 2023US 11,853,513 B2Kids II Hape Joint Venture Limited
- Sound production method for intelligent error-correcting guitar7 May 2026US 2026/0128023 A1
- Water harp with optical sensing of the break of flowing water streams3 Oct 2024US 2024/0331670 A1Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Toys with connected play8 Sep 2022US 2022/0283655 A1Kids II Hape Joint Venture Limited
- Toys with capacitive touch features16 Jun 2022US 2022/0187934 A1Kids II Hape Joint Venture Limited
- Keyboard With Strum String Apparatus24 Feb 2022US 2022/0059065 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic musical instrument114US 4,658,690 ASynthaxe Limited · 1987
- Electronic music system97US 5,270,475 ALyrrus, Inc. · 1993
- Electronic stringed instrument41US 5,025,703 ACasio Computer Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Acoustic detection of note bending in stringed M.I.D.I. compatible musical instruments35US 4,991,488 A1991
- Note sensing in M.I.D.I. guitars and the like35US 5,033,353 A1991