Toy acting in response to a MIDI signal
First Claim
1. toy for simulating a play of musical instruments comprising:
- moving parts simulating playing said musical instruments;
means for receiving a MIDI signal including note numbers which are originally not programmed to move parts of a toy;
means for decoding said note numbers of said MIDI signal;
means for converting said decoded note numbers of said MIDI signal outputted from said decoding means into a plurality of actuating signals and respectively assigning said plurality of actuating signals to said moving parts; and
means for driving said moving parts responsive to said plurality of actuating signals assigned to said moving parts, whereby said instrument playing toy simulates said play of musical instruments.
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Abstract
Instrument playing toy for acting a simulated instrument play comprising receiving device for receiving instrument playing information programmed originally for playing instruments electrically but not programmed for driving moving parts of a toy, decoding device for decoding the instrument playing information, converting device for converting output of the decoding device into driving signals and assigning the driving signals to moving parts of the instrument playing toy and driving device for driving the moving parts in response to the driving signals, thereby the instrument playing toy performs simulated instrument playing movements. Sound may be generated from provided acoustic musical instruments activated by the moving parts, or derived from the instrument playing information, or from a sound signal obtained from a source different from the instrument playing information.
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8 Claims
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1. toy for simulating a play of musical instruments comprising:
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moving parts simulating playing said musical instruments; means for receiving a MIDI signal including note numbers which are originally not programmed to move parts of a toy; means for decoding said note numbers of said MIDI signal; means for converting said decoded note numbers of said MIDI signal outputted from said decoding means into a plurality of actuating signals and respectively assigning said plurality of actuating signals to said moving parts; and means for driving said moving parts responsive to said plurality of actuating signals assigned to said moving parts, whereby said instrument playing toy simulates said play of musical instruments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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