Musical tone generation control system, musical tone generation control method, and program for implementing the method

• US 6,919,503 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2002
• Issued: 07/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Masuda, Katsuhiko, Nakajima, Kazuhito, Nishitani, Yoshiki, Miyazawa, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): DONELS, JEFFREY
• Application Number:
  US10/271,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20030070537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: 846/00, 846/33, 846/65, 381/119
• US Class Current: 84/633
• 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 1/0091 Means for obtaining special acoustic effects combined with modulation G10H1/043
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/301 Soundscape or sound field simulation, reproduction or control for musical purposes, e.g. surround or 3D sound; Granular synthesis
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/201 for movement interpretation, i.e. capturing and recognizing a gesture or a specific kind of movement, e.g. to control a musical instrument
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/401 3D sensing, i.e. three-dimensional (x, y, z) position or movement sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/056 MIDI or other note-oriented file format
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/115 Instrument identification, i.e. recognizing an electrophonic musical instrument, e.g. on a network, by means of a code, e.g. IMEI, serial number, or a profile describing its capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/211 Wireless transmission, e.g. of music parameters or control data by radio, infrared or ultrasound
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 84/01 Plural speakers

Abstract

There is provided a musical tone generation control system that, even if the player moves, enables him/her to listen to good musical tones at a location to which the player has moved without the necessity of making adjustments by himself/herself. Information on a position of a listener is detected. A plurality of speakers are provided for sounding musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from said tone generator. The volume of musical tones to be sounded from the plurality of speakers according to the detected position.

Claims

1. A musical tone generation control system comprising:

a detecting device that detects information on a position of a listener;

a tone generator;

a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from said tone generator; and

a controller that individually controls the volume of musical tones to be sounded from each of said plurality of speakers according to the position of the listener detected by said detecting device.

2. A musical tone generation control system according to claim 1, wherein said controller selects one speaker from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the listener detected by said detecting device, supplies the musical tone signal only to the selected speaker, and controls a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the selected speaker.

3. A musical tone generation control system according to claim 1, wherein said controller specifies one speaker closest to the listener from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the listener detected by said detecting device, and provides control such that a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the specified speaker is greater than a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the speakers other than the specified speaker.

4. A musical tone generation control system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of speakers are arranged so as to have different orientations in which musical tones are sounded from said plurality of speakers, and

said controller specifies a speaker having an orientation corresponding to an area where the listener is located, from said plurality of speakers, and provides control such that a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the specified speaker is greater than a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the speakers other than the specified speaker.

5. A musical tone generation control system according to claim 1, wherein said detecting device comprises a plurality of human body sensors provided for respective ones of said plurality of speakers.

6. A musical tone generation control system comprising:

at least one operating terminal that can be carried by an operator, said operating terminal comprising a generating device that generates motion information by detecting motion of said operating terminal operated by the operator, and a transmission device that transmits the motion information; and

a musical tone generating apparatus comprising a receiving device that receives the motion information, a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones, and a controller that controls generation of the musical tones by said musical tone generating device according to the motion information received by said receiving device; and

wherein;

said musical tone generating device comprises a tone generator, and a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from the tone generator;

said receiving device comprises a detecting device that detects information on a position of the operator according to a reception state of the motion information upon receiving the motion information; and

said controller controls a volume of musical tones to be sounded from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the operator detected by said detecting device.

7. A musical tone generation control system according to claim 6, wherein:

said detecting device comprises a plurality of antennas each having a directivity in one direction for receiving the motion information, said plurality of antennas being arranged in different orientations; and

said detecting device detects the information on the position of the operator according to the reception state of the motion information received by the plurality of antennas.

8. A musical tone generation control system according to claim 6, wherein:

said detecting device comprises an antenna having a directivity in one direction for receiving the motion information, and a rotating device that rotates the antenna; and

said detecting device detects the information on the position of the operator according to the reception state of the motion information received by the antenna that is rotated by said rotating device.

9. A musical tone generation control system comprising:

at least one operating terminal that can be carried by an operator, said operating terminal comprising a generating device that generates motion information by detecting motion of said operating terminal operated by the operator, and a transmission device that transmits the motion information; and

a musical tone generating apparatus comprising a receiving device that receives the motion information, a detecting device that detects information on a position of the operator, a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones, and a controller that controls generation of the musical tones by said musical tone generating device according to the motion information received by said receiving device; and

wherein;

said musical tone generating device comprises a tone generator, and a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from the tone generator; and

said controller controls a volume of musical tones to be sounded from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the operator detected by said detecting device.

10. A musical tone generation control system according to claim 9, wherein:

said detecting device comprises a plurality of human body sensors provided for respective ones of said plurality of speakers; and

said controller specifies one speaker closest to the listener from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the operator detected by said detecting device, and provides control such that a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the specified speaker is greater than a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the speakers other than the specified speaker.

11. A musical tone generation control system comprising:

at least one operating element unit that comprises a performance operating element and can be carried by a player;

a first detecting device that detects information on a position of the player carrying said operating element unit;

a second detecting device that detects an operating condition of the performance operating element;

a tone generator that generates a musical tone signal according to the operating condition of the performance operating unit detected by said second detecting device;

a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to the musical tone signal generated by said tone generator; and

a controller that controls a volume of the musical tones to be sounded from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the player detected by said first detecting device.

12. A musical tone generation control system comprising:

at least one operating element unit that comprises a performance operating element and can be carried by a player;

a first detecting device that detects information on a position of the player carrying said operating element unit;

a second detecting device that detects an operating condition of the performance operating element;

a storage device that stores musical composition data;

a tone generator that generates a first musical tone signal according to the operating condition of the performance operating unit detected by said second detecting device, and generates a second musical tone signal different from the first musical tone signal, based on the musical composition data;

a plurality of speakers that comprise at least one speaker that sounds a monotone corresponding to either one of the first musical tone signal and the second musical tone signal generated by said tone generator, and at least one speaker that sounds a chord corresponding to both of the first musical tone signal and the second musical tone signal; and

a controller that controls a volume of the monotone to be sounded from the at least one speaker that sounds the monotone and controls a volume ratio between respective musical tones constituting the chord to be sounded from the at least one speaker that sounds the chord, according to the information on the position of the player detected by said detecting device.

13. A musical tone generation control system comprising:

a plurality of operating element units that each comprise a performance operating element and can be carried by players;

a first detecting device that detects information on a position of each player carrying said operating element unit for each of said operating element units;

a second detecting device that detects an operating condition of the performance operating element of each of said operating element units for each of said operating element units;

a tone generator that generates a musical tone signal according to the operating condition of the performance operating unit of each of said operating element units detected by said second detecting device;

a plurality of speakers that comprise at least one speaker that sounds a monotone corresponding to one of the musical tone signals generated by said tone generator, and at least one speaker that sounds a chord corresponding to at least two of the musical tone signals; and

a controller that controls a volume of the monotone to be sounded from the at least one speaker that sounds the monotone and controls a volume ratio between respective musical tones constituting the chord to be sounded from the at least one speaker that sounds the chord, according to the information on the position of the player detected by said detecting device.

14. A musical tone generation control method comprising the steps of:

detecting information on a position of a listener; and

individually controlling the volume of musical tones to be sounded from each of a plurality of speakers according to the detected position of the listener.

15. A musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating terminal that can be carried by an operator and comprises a generating device that generates motion information by detecting motion of said operating terminal operated by the operator, and a transmission device that transmits the motion information, and a musical tone generating apparatus comprising a receiving device that receives the motion information, a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones, a controller that controls generation of the musical tones by said musical tone generating device according to the motion information received by said receiving device, and wherein the musical tone generating device comprises a tone generator, and a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from the tone generator, the musical tone generation control method comprising the steps of:

causing a detecting device provided in the receiver device to detect information on a position of the operator according to a reception state of the motion information upon receiving the motion information; and

causing the controller to control a volume of musical tones to be sounded from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the operator detected by the detecting device.

16. A musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating terminal that can be carried by an operator and comprises a generating device that generates motion information by detecting motion of said operating terminal operated by the operator, and a transmission device that transmits the motion information, and a musical tone generating apparatus comprising a receiving device that receives the motion information, a detecting device that detects information on a position of the operator, a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones, and a controller that controls generation of the musical tones by said musical tone generating device according to the motion information received by said receiving device, and wherein the musical tone generating device comprises a tone generator, and a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from the tone generator, the musical tone generation control method comprising the step of:

causing the controller to control a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the operator detected by the detecting device.

17. A musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating element unit that comprises a performance operating element and can be carried by a player, a first detecting device, a second detecting device, a tone generator, a plurality of speakers, and a controller, the musical tone generation control method comprising the steps of:

causing the first detecting device to detect information on a position of the player carrying the operating element unit;

causing the second detecting device to detect an operating condition of the performance operating element;

causing the tone generator to generate a musical tone signal according to the operating condition of the performance operating element detected by the second detecting device;

causing the plurality of speakers to sound musical tones corresponding to the musical tone signal generated by the tone generator; and

causing the controller to control a volume of the musical tones to be sounded from the plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the player detected by the first detecting device.

18. A musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating element unit that comprises a performance operating element and can be carried by a player, a first detecting device, a second detecting device, a storage device, a tone generator, a plurality of speakers, and a controller, the musical tone generation control method comprising the steps of:

causing the first detecting device to detect information on a position of the player carrying the operating element unit;

causing the second detecting device to detect an operating condition of the performance operating element;

storing musical composition data in the storage device;

causing the tone generator to generate a first musical tone signal according to the operating condition of the performance operating element detected by the second detecting device;

causing the tone generator to generate a second musical tone signal different from the first musical tone signal and based on the musical composition data;

causing at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers to sound a monotone corresponding to either one of the first musical tone signal and the second musical tone signal generated by the tone generator, and causing at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers to sound a chord corresponding to both of the first musical tone signal and the second musical tone signal; and

causing the controller to control a volume of the monotone to be sounded from the at least one that sounds the monotone and controls a volume ratio between musical tones constituting the chord to be sounded from the at least one that sounds the chord according to the information on the position of the player detected by the detecting device.

19. A program for implementing a musical tone generation control method, comprising:

a detecting module for detecting information on a position of a listener; and

a control module for individually controlling the volume of musical tones to be sounded from each of a plurality of speakers according to the position of the listener detected by said detecting module.

20. A program for implementing a musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating terminal adapted to be carried by an operator, and a musical tone generating apparatus comprising a receiving device that receives the motion information, a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones, and a controller that controls generation of the musical tones by said musical tone generating device according to the motion information received by said receiving device;

and wherein the musical tone generating device comprises a tone generator and a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from the tone generator, the program comprising;

a detecting module for causing a detecting device provided in the receiver device to detect information on a position of the operator according to a reception state of the motion information upon receiving the motion information; and

a control module for causing the controller to control a volume of musical tones to be sounded from said plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the operator detected by the detecting module.

21. A program for implementing a musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating terminal that can be carried by an operator and comprises a generating device that generates motion information by detecting motion of said operating terminal operated by the operator, and a transmission device that transmits the motion information, and a musical tone generating apparatus comprising a receiving device that receives the motion information, a detecting device that detects information on a position of the operator, a musical tone generating device that generates musical tones, and a controller that controls generation of the musical tones by said musical tone generating device according to the motion information received by said receiving device, and wherein the musical tone generating device comprises a tone generator, and a plurality of speakers that sound musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from the tone generator, the program comprising

a control module for causing the controller to control a volume of musical tones to be sounded from the plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the operator detected by the detecting device.

22. A program for implementing a musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating element unit that comprises a performance operating element and can be carried by a player, a first detecting device, a second detecting device, a tone generator, a plurality of speakers, and a controller, the program comprising:

a first detecting module for causing the first detecting device to detect information on a position of the player carrying the operating element unit;

a second detecting module for causing the second detecting device to detect an operating condition of the performance operating element;

a generating module for causing the tone generator to generate a musical tone signal according to the operating condition of the performance operating element detected by the second detecting device;

a sounding module for causing the plurality of speakers to sound musical tones corresponding to the musical tone signal generated by the tone generator; and

a control module for causing the controller to control a volume of the musical tones to be sounded from the plurality of speakers according to the information on the position of the player detected by the first detecting device.

23. A program for implementing a musical tone generation control method executed by a musical tone generation control system comprising at least one operating element unit that comprises a performance operating element and can be carried by a player, a first detecting device, a second detecting device, a storage device, a tone generator, a plurality of speakers, and a controller, the program comprising:

a first detecting module for causing the first detecting device to detect information on a position of the player carrying the operating element unit;

a second detecting module for causing the second detecting device to detect an operating condition of the performance operating element;

a storage module for storing musical composition data in the storage device;

a first generating module for causing the tone generator to generate a first musical tone signal according to the operating condition of the performance operating element detected by the second detecting device;

a second generating module for causing the tone generator to generate a second musical tone signal different from the first musical tone signal and based on the musical composition data;

a sounding module for causing at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers to sound a monotone corresponding to either one of the first musical tone signal and the second musical tone signal generated by the tone generator, and causing at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers to sound a chord corresponding to both of the first musical tone signal and the second musical tone signal; and

a control module for causing the controller to control a volume of the monotone to be sounded from the at least one that sounds the monotone and controls a volume ratio between musical tones constituting the chord to be sounded from the at least one that sounds the chord according to the information on the position of the player detected by the detecting device.