US Patent Issued to Ef-Note on Oct. 6 for "Electronic performance device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,724, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Ef-Note Inc. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Electronic performance device" was invented by Kazuaki Inoue (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yoshiaki Mori (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic performance device includes a storage mechanism 1, a detection mechanism 2 and an output mechanism 3. The storage mechanism 1 is configured to store data waveforms per level of hit strength. The detection mechanism 2 is configured to transmit a detection signal at the time of hitting. The output mechanism 3 is configured to output data waveforms corresponding to the hit strength indicated by the detection...