Electronic sound generating apparatus using arbitrary bar code
First Claim
1. An electronic sound generating apparatus, for generating sound having a plurality of attributes controlled according to a scanned and decoded arbitrary bar code comprising:
- scanning means operable for scanning an arbitrary bar code, said arbitrary bar code representing a plurality of arbitrary bar code encoded digits, and said scanning means providing a plurality of decoded digits corresponding to said plurality of said arbitrary bar code encoded digits;
memory means for storing a plurality of sound attribute control data groups, each sound attribute control data group including a data element for controlling an attribute of a sound to be generated;
sound attribute selection means, coupled to said memory means and responsive to said decoded digits received from said scanning means, for selecting a data element from a sound attribute control data group according to a decoded digit from said plurality of decoded digits of said scanned arbitrary bar code, and for providing that selected data element to control a sound attribute; and
,sound generating means, responsive to each said selected data element provided by said sound attribute selection means, for generating sound having said sound attributes determined by said scanned arbitrary bar code.
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Abstract
An electronic sound generating apparatus which generates sound or recreates music performance according to the data included in a bar code. The apparatus includes a scanner to scan a bar code. Attributes of sound or music are assigned to parameters of control data for synthesizing sound or recreating music performance. Each of the parameters is given a specific value by the data included in a bar code scanned by the scanner. The resulted sound or music performance is provided with random, accidental, and unexpected characteristics, and an operator need not perform inputting operation to vary sound or music performance.
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1. An electronic sound generating apparatus, for generating sound having a plurality of attributes controlled according to a scanned and decoded arbitrary bar code comprising:
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scanning means operable for scanning an arbitrary bar code, said arbitrary bar code representing a plurality of arbitrary bar code encoded digits, and said scanning means providing a plurality of decoded digits corresponding to said plurality of said arbitrary bar code encoded digits; memory means for storing a plurality of sound attribute control data groups, each sound attribute control data group including a data element for controlling an attribute of a sound to be generated; sound attribute selection means, coupled to said memory means and responsive to said decoded digits received from said scanning means, for selecting a data element from a sound attribute control data group according to a decoded digit from said plurality of decoded digits of said scanned arbitrary bar code, and for providing that selected data element to control a sound attribute; and
,sound generating means, responsive to each said selected data element provided by said sound attribute selection means, for generating sound having said sound attributes determined by said scanned arbitrary bar code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic sound generating apparatus, for generating sound having a plurality of attributes controlled according to a scanned and decoded arbitrary bar code comprising:
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scanning means operable for scanning an arbitrary bar code, said arbitrary bar code representing a plurality of arbitrary bar code encoded digits, and said scanning means providing a plurality of decoded digits corresponding to said plurality of arbitrary bar code encoded digits; memory means for storing a plurality of sound attribute control data groups, each sound attribute control data group including a plurality of data elements, each data element in a respective one of said sound attribute control data groups controlling one attribute of the sound to be generated; sound attribute selection means, coupled to said memory means and responsive to said decoded digits received from said scanning means, for selecting data elements from said plurality of said sound attribute control data groups according to a plurality of decoded digits of said scanned arbitrary bar code, and for providing said plurality of selected data elements to control a plurality of sound attributes; and sound generating means, responsive to said plurality of selected data elements provided by said sound attribute selection means, for generating sound having sound attributes determined by said scanned arbitrary bar code. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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