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Musical tone control apparatus employing handheld stick and leg sensor

  • US 5,192,823 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1989
  • Issued: 03/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A musical tone control apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a stick having a shape which can be held by a person'"'"'s hand, said stick being provided with a first sensor and at least one switch, said first sensor detecting a physical parameter accompanied with a spatial displacement of said stick to be moved with a free motion of a person'"'"'s arm;

    (b) detecting means to be mounted to a person'"'"'s leg, said detecting means being provided with a second sensor for detecting a physical parameter accompanied with a spatial displacement of said detecting means in any of plural directions moved with a free ranging motion of the person'"'"'s leg;

    (c) musical tone generation control means for generating first and second musical tone generation control signals for controlling generation of musical tones which are respectively assigned to said stick and said detecting means based on detection results of said first and second sensors; and

    (d) tone control means for generating a tone color control signal for independently controlling tone colors of the musical tones, whose generation are controlled by said first and second musical tone generation control signals, in response to an operation of said switch.

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