Electronic percussion instrument and hitting detection method
AssigneeRoland Corporation
InventorsKeita UTSUMI, Yutaka Morita, Ko Imai
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Abstract
An electronic percussion instrument and a hitting detection method are provided. The electronic percussion instrument includes: a head of which an upper surface is formed as a hitting surface; a body part, which is cylindrical and has an opening at an upper end side, the opening is covered by the head; and a plurality of head sensors provided on an inner peripheral side of the body part and detects a hitting on the hitting surface. The plurality of head sensors are in contact with a lower surface of the head in an area in which a distance from a center of the hitting surface is 50% or more and 75% or less of a radius of the hitting surface.
Claims20
An electronic percussion instrument comprising:
- a head of which an upper surface is formed as a hitting surface;
- a body part, which is cylindrical and has an opening at an upper end side, the opening is covered by the head;
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- a plurality of head sensors provided on an inner peripheral side of the body part and detects a hitting on the hitting surface,
- wherein the plurality of head sensors are in contact with a lower surface of the head in an area in which a distance from a center of the hitting surface is 50% or more and 75% or less of a radius of the hitting surface.
An electronic percussion instrument comprising:
- a head of which an upper surface is formed as a hitting surface;
- a body part, which is cylindrical and has an opening at an upper end side, the opening is covered by the head;
- a frame which is fixed to an inner peripheral side of the body part and faces a lower surface of the head;
- a rim sensor which is supported by the frame and detects a hitting on an edge of the body part;
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- a plurality of head sensors which are in contact with the lower surface of the head while being supported by the frame and detect a hitting on the hitting surface,
- wherein the rim sensor is disposed at a center side of the frame, and
- wherein the plurality of head sensors are disposed closer to an outer edge side of the frame than the rim sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.