Performance apparatus and performance apparatus control program

• US 20060005693A1
• Filed: 07/07/2005
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Nishibori, Yu, Iwai, Toshio, Asahi, Yasuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 7,536,257 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/723
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0016 Means for indicating which keys, frets or strings are to be actuated, e.g. using lights or leds
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/34 Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/015 Musical staff, tablature or score displays, e.g. for score reading during a performance. graphical musical score editing G10H2220/121; musical score displays resulting from a transcription G10H2210/086
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/145 Multiplayer musical games, e.g. karaoke-like multiplayer videogames
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/236 representing an active musical staff or tablature, i.e. with key-like position sensing at the expected note positions on the staff active keyboard representation on a touchscreen G10H2220/241
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/295 Switch matrix, e.g. contact array common to several keys, the actuated keys being identified by the rows and columns in contact
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/395 Acceleration sensing or accelerometer use, e.g. 3D movement computation by integration of accelerometer data, angle sensing with respect to the vertical, i.e. gravity sensing. conductor baton movement sensing G10H2220/206, angle sensing without reference to gravity G10H2220/391; player body joint angle sensing G10H2220/321
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/641 Waveform sampler, i.e. music samplers; Sampled music loop processing, wherein a loop is a sample of a performance that has been edited to repeat seamlessly without clicks or artifacts

Abstract

A performance apparatus which can realize interesting performance with game elements. Coordinates are designated in a matrix display input section, and sounding data corresponding to the designated coordinates are generated. Sounding of musical tones based on the generated sounding data is instructed. Based on the designation of coordinates, a moving route is set, and a moving ball indicating corresponding present position coordinates on the set moving route among coordinates in the matrix display input section is generated. At least when the moving ball has reached predetermined coordinates on the moving route, sounding data corresponding to the predetermined coordinates is generated, and sounding of a musical tone based on the sounding data generated in association with the predetermined coordinates is instructed.

Claims

1. A performance apparatus comprising:

a coordinate designating device capable of designating individual coordinates in a two-dimensional area;

a sounding data generating device that generates sounding data corresponding to coordinates in the two-dimensional area;

a musical tone generation instructing device that instructs sounding of musical tones based on the sounding data generated by said sounding data generating device; and

a moving coordinate generating device that sets a moving route based on the designation of coordinates by said coordinate designating device, and generates moving coordinates indicating corresponding present position coordinates on the set moving route among coordinates in the two-dimensional area, wherein at least when the moving coordinates have reached predetermined coordinates on the moving route, said sounding data generating device generates sounding data corresponding to the predetermined coordinates, and said musical tone generation instructing device instructs sounding of a musical tone based on the sounding data generated in association with the predetermined coordinates.

2. A performance apparatus according to claim ¹, wherein the moving route is set to pass through a plurality of coordinates designated by said coordinate designating device and to extend along a substantially straight line connecting between the designated plurality of coordinates.

3. A performance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said coordinate designating device is capable of canceling designation of individual ones of the designated coordinates, and the performance apparatus further comprises a route correcting device that corrects the moving route when said coordinate designating device cancels designation of any of the designated coordinates on the moving route.

4. A performance apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a route correcting device that is operable when the moving coordinates have reached an outer edge of the two-dimensional area, to correct the moving route so as to cause the moving coordinates to be reflected at coordinates of the outer edge.

5. A performance apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a shifting device that shifts a plurality of coordinates designated by said coordinate designating device while maintaining a relative positional relationship therebetween.

6. A performance apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

a plurality of visible display sections arranged with respect to respective coordinates in the two-dimensional area; and

a visible display section controller that controls the plurality of visible display sections, and

wherein said visible display section controller provides control such that at least when the moving coordinates have reached the predetermined coordinates on the moving route, a visible display section corresponding to the predetermined coordinates is visibly displayed.

7. A performance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said moving coordinate generating device sets the moving route according to a number of designated coordinates.

8. A performance apparatus control program for causing a computer to execute a performance apparatus control method comprising:

a coordinate designating step of designating individual coordinates in a two-dimensional area;

a sounding data generating step of generating sounding data corresponding to coordinates in the two-dimensional area;

a musical tone generation instructing step of instructing sounding of musical tones based on the sounding data generated in said sounding data generating step; and

a moving coordinate generating step of setting a moving route based on the designation of coordinates in said coordinate designating step, and generating moving coordinates indicating corresponding present position coordinates on the set moving route among coordinates in the two-dimensional area,

wherein at least when the moving coordinates have reached predetermined coordinates on the moving route, sounding data corresponding to the predetermined coordinates is generated in said musical tone data generating step, and sounding of a musical tone is instructed based on the sounding data generated in association with the predetermined coordinates in said musical tone generation instructing step.

9. A performance apparatus comprising:

a coordinate designating device capable of designating two-dimensional coordinates;

a coordinate moving device that moves coordinates designated by said coordinate designating device in a predetermined direction; and

a musical tone generation instructing device that is operable when the designated coordinates moved by said coordinate moving device have reached predetermined coordinates, to instruct sounding of a musical tone corresponding to the predetermined coordinates.

10. A performance apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when the designated coordinates are more than one, said coordinate moving device moves the designated coordinates while maintaining relative positional relationship between the designated coordinates.

11. A performance apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said coordinate designating device is capable of designating the two-dimensional coordinates with respect to a designation enable area, and the performance apparatus comprises a two-dimensional display area in which a plurality of visible display sections are two-dimensionally arranged, a visible display section controller that controls the plurality of visible display sections in the two-dimensional display area, and an area moving device that moves said designation enable area on a plane relative to the two-dimensional display area, and wherein said visible display section controller provides control such that at least one of the visible display sections corresponding to the designated coordinates in an area of the designation enable area included in the two-dimensional display area is visibly displayed.

12. A performance apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said musical tone generating instructing device is operable when the designated coordinates moved by said coordinate moving device have reached an outer edge position of a predetermined area, to instruct sounding of a musical tone corresponding to the outer edge position.

13. A performance apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said coordinate moving device causes the designated coordinates being moved to disappear from a predetermined area after the designated coordinates have reached an outer edge position of the predetermined area.

14. A performance apparatus according to claim 9, said coordinate moving device carries out at least one of automatic movement and manual movement of the designated coordinates that have been designated.

15. A performance apparatus control program for causing a computer to execute a performance apparatus control method comprising:

a coordinate designating step of designating two-dimensional coordinates;

a coordinate moving step of moving coordinates designated in said coordinate designating step in a predetermined direction; and

a musical tone generation instructing step of instructing sounding of a musical tone corresponding to predetermined coordinates when the designated coordinates moved in said coordinate moving step have reached the predetermined coordinates.