Apparatus and method for generating musical tone according to motion

• US 7,723,604 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2007
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Ji-hyun, Kim, Yeun-bae, Bang, Won-chul, Sohn, Jun-il, Choi, Eun-seok, Kim, Dong-yoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren; David S.
• Application Number:
  US11/704,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20070186759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• Field of Search: 846/15, 846/26, 846/53, 846/62
• US Class Current: 84/615
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0041 in coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/34 Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/351 Environmental parameters, e.g. temperature, ambient light, atmospheric pressure, humidity, used as input for musical purposes
• 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. conductor baton movement sensing G10H2220/206, angle sensing without reference to gravity G10H2220/391; player body joint angle sensing G10H2220/321
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/401 3D sensing, i.e. three-dimensional (x, y, z) position or movement sensing. movement pattern or gesture sensing G10H2220/201; geolocation sensing G10H2220/355, 3D sensing with accelerometer G10H2220/395
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/015 PDA [personal digital assistant] or palmtop computing devices used for musical purposes, e.g. portable music players, tablet computers, e-readers or smart phones in which mobile telephony functions need not be used touch-screen interfaces G10H2220/096
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/315 Sound category-dependent sound synthesis processes [Gensound] for musical use details of musical waveform synthesis G10H2250/541; general musical sound synthesis principles G10H2250/471; Sound category-specific synthesis-controlling parameters or control means therefor

Abstract

An apparatus and method to output a musical tone is disclosed. More particularly, disclosed is an apparatus and method to output a musical tone according to motion, which divides a space in which a terminal can move into a plurality of subspaces, and matches the subspaces with different musical tones, so that the terminal can output a musical tone matched with a specific subspace when the terminal has moved into the specific subspace.

Claims

1. An apparatus to generate a tone according to a motion of the apparatus, comprising:

a motion-input unit to detect motion of the apparatus which a first motion for movement and a second motion having a predetermined pattern are input by using at least one of a gyro-sensor and an acceleration sensor;

a location-identifying unit to identify a location of a subspace of the apparatus determined by the first motion in a space of the apparatus divided into at least one subspace;

a tone-extracting unit to extract a combined tone of a first tone corresponding to the subspace at the identified location and a second tone corresponding to the pattern of the second motion; and

an output unit to output the extracted tone.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion-input unit separately comprises a first motion input module and a second motion input module to receive the first motion and the second motion, respectively.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein locations, shapes, and sizes of the subspaces, into which the space is divided, are determined by the user or when the apparatus is manufactured.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein tones corresponding to the subspaces are determined by the user or when the apparatus is manufactured.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tone-extracting unit extracts a tone of a musical instrument corresponding to a pattern type included in the second motion.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs an effect sound when the determined subspace has been changed by the first motion.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output unit displays a color corresponding to a kind of a subspace determined by the first motion.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output unit displays a color corresponding to the extracted tone.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output unit generates a vibration when the determined subspace has been changed by the first motion.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output unit generates a vibration corresponding to a kind of a subspace determined by the first motion.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output unit generates a vibration corresponding to the second motion.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprises at least one of a motion direction detection unit to detect at least one of a direction of the movement and the first movement distance of the apparatus, and a motion-pattern detecting unit to detect the predetermined pattern of the second motion.

13. A method of generating a tone according to a motion of an apparatus, comprising:

receiving a first motion for movement and a second motion having a predetermined pattern from at least one of a gyro-sensor and an acceleration sensor;

identifying a location of a subspace of an apparatus determined by the first motion in a space divided into at least one subspace;

extracting a combined tone of a first tone corresponding to the subspace at the identified location and a second tone corresponding to the pattern of the second motion; and

outputting the extracted tone.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving the first motion for movement and the second motion comprises:

receiving the first motion; and

receiving the second motion.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein locations, shapes, and sizes of the subspaces, into which the space is divided, are determined by the user or when the apparatus is manufactured.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein tones corresponding to the subspaces are determined by the user or when the apparatus is manufactured.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein, the extracted tone includes a tone of a musical instrument corresponding to a pattern type included in the second motion.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein, the output tone includes a sound effect output when the determined subspace has been changed by the first motion.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein, a color corresponding to a kind of the subspace determined by the first motion is displayed together with the output tone.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein, a color corresponding to the extracted tone is displayed together with the output tone.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein, a vibration is generated when the determined subspace has been changed by the first motion, together with the output tone.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein, a vibration corresponding to a kind of a subspace determined by the first motion is generated together with the output tone.

23. The method of claim 13, wherein, a vibration corresponding to the second motion is generated together with the output tone.

24. The method of claim 13, further comprises at least one of detecting at least one of a direction of the movement and the first movement distance, and detecting the predetermined pattern of the second motion.

25. An apparatus for generating a tone according to a motion, comprising:

a motion-input unit to detect motion which a first motion for movement and a second motion having a predetermined pattern are input by using at least one of a gyro-sensor and an acceleration sensor;

a motion direction detection unit to detect at least one of movement direction and the first movement distance of the apparatus;

a motion-pattern detecting unit to detect the second motion of the apparatus;

a location-identifying unit to identify a location of a subspace determined by the first motion in a space divided into at least one subspace;

a tone-extracting unit to extract a combined tone of a first tone corresponding to the subspace at the identified location and a second tone corresponding to the pattern of the second motion; and

an output unit to output the extracted tone.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprises a storage unit to store a tone.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprises at least one of a display module to display a color on the apparatus and a vibration module to vibrate the apparatus.