Electronic music apparatus, control method therefor, and program for implementing the control method

• US 20070033065A1
• Filed: 10/10/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Shibukawa, Takeo, Umezawa, Satoru, Yanase, Tsutomu
• Application Number:
  US11/545,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20070033065A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/308
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/023 Electrically operated
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• 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 1/0058 Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system G10H1/0083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/40 Rhythm
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/091 for performance evaluation, i.e. judging, grading or scoring the musical qualities or faithfulness of a performance, e.g. with respect to pitch, tempo or other timings of a reference performance
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/391 Automatic tempo adjustment, correction or control
• 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 2230/031 Use of cache memory for electrophonic musical instrument processes, e.g. for improving processing capabilities or solving interfacing problems
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/181 Billing, i.e. purchasing of data contents for use with electrophonic musical instruments; Protocols therefor; Management of transmission or connection time therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/241 Telephone transmission, i.e. using twisted pair telephone lines or any type of telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/271 Serial transmission according to any one of RS-232 standards for serial binary single-ended data and control signals between a DTE and a DCE
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/285 USB, i.e. either using a USB plug as power supply or using the USB protocol to exchange data
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/305 Internet or TCP/IP protocol use for any electrophonic musical instrument data or musical parameter transmission purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/311 MIDI transmission G10H2240/056 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/315 Firewire, i.e. transmission according to IEEE1394
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/1062 Data buffering arrangements, e.g. recording or playback buffers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 : for unicast

Abstract

An electronic music apparatus which can simplify the operating procedure for reproduction of sample contents. When a user designates a sample content as an object for download distribution using a setting operator, the sample content is distributed by download distribution and received by the electronic music apparatus. The received sample content is stored in a storage medium, and automatically read out from the storage medium and stored in a temporary memory. The sample content stored in the temporary memory is automatically reproduced.

Claims

1. An electronic music apparatus comprising:

a designating device that designates a content as an object for streaming distribution and instructs to use the content for score display or a performance lesson;

a receiving device that receives the content designated by said designating device and distributed by streaming distribution;

a temporary memory that temporarily stores the content received by said receiving device; and

a control device that is responsive to the instruction to use the content stored in said temporary memory for score display or a performance lesson, for providing control to display a score for the content or carry out a performance lesson based on the content.

2. A control method for an electronic music apparatus, comprising:

a receiving step of receiving a content designated by a designating device that designates the content as an object for streaming distribution and instructs to use the content for score display or a performance lesson and distributed by streaming distribution;

a temporary storage step of temporarily storing the content received in said receiving step in a temporary memory; and

a control step of providing control to display a score for the content stored in the temporary memory or carry out a performance lesson based on the sample content, in response to the instruction to use the content for score display or a performance lesson by the designating device.

3. A program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an electronic music apparatus, the method comprising:

a receiving step of receiving a content designated by a designating device that designates the content as an object for streaming distribution and instructs to use the content for score display or a performance lesson and distributed by streaming distribution;

a temporary storage step of temporarily storing the content received in said receiving step in a temporary memory; and

a control step of providing control to display a score for the content stored in the temporary memory or carry out a performance lesson based on the sample content, in response to the instruction to use the content for score display or a performance lesson by the designating device.