Electronic musical apparatus and program for controlling the same

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US007368653B2

(12) United States Patent

Shibukawa et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 7,368,653 B2 May 6, 2008

(54) ELECTRONIC MUSICAL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

(75) Inventors: Takeo Shibukawa, Shizuoka-ken (JP);

Tsutomu Yanase, Hamamatsu (JP)

(73) Assignee: Yamaha Corporation (JP)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 331 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 11/031,324

(22) Filed: Jan. 7, 2005

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2005/0150363 Al Jul. 14, 2005

(30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Jan. 8, 2004 (JP) 2004-003218

Jan. 8, 2004 (JP) 2004-003219

(51) Int. CI.

G10H 5/00 (2006.01)

(52) U.S. CI 84/653; 715/777

(58) Field of Classification Search 84/653;

715/777

See application file for complete search history.

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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

JP 2002-152328 A 5/2002

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JP 2003-255934 A 9/2003

* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—Lincoln Donovan

Assistant Examiner—Christina Russell

(7'4) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Rossi, Kimms & McDowell,

LLP

An electronic musical apparatus in which operators for changing pages on a musical instrument function-related screen and history pages on a Web screen are shared, so that those pages can be changed using similar operating systems to improve the userfriendliness. A display controller 38 is operable when the Web screen is displayed by the display 19, to change the history pages of the Web screen forward in terms of time in response to operation of a Next switch 47, and the display controller 38 is operable when the Web screen is displayed by the display 19, to change the history pages of the Web screen backward in terms of time in response to operation of a Back switch 48.

11 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets