Electronic percussion instrument and recording medium with program recorded therein

• US 8,664,506 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2011
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamanouchi, Morio
• Primary Examiner(s): FLETCHER, MARLON T
• Application Number:
  US13/287,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20120111179A1
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 84/723
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/42 comprising tone forming circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/185 Stick input, e.g. drumsticks with position or contact sensors stick for music conducting applications, e.g. conductor baton movement detection G10H2220/206
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/391 Angle sensing for musical purposes, using data from a gyroscope, gyrometer or other angular velocity or angular movement sensing device angles measured by an accelerometer or gravimeter G10H2220/395; angles calculated from 3D position sensing G10H2220/401; player body joint angle sensing G10H2220/321
• 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

Abstract

An electronic percussion instrument including: a detecting section which is provided in a stick and detects acceleration and angular speed based on movement of the stick; a first timing generating section which generates beat timing based on a predetermined tempo and beat width; a first pre-sound-production movement detecting section which detects a pre-sound-production movement that is performed prior to sound production, based on the acceleration and the angular speed detected by the detecting section; and a sound production instructing section which instructs to produce a sound at the beat timing generated by the first timing generating section, when the first pre-sound-production movement detecting section detects the pre-sound-production movement.

Claims

1. An electronic percussion instrument comprising:

a stick; and

a main body section;

wherein the stick includes;

a detecting section which detects an acceleration and an angular speed based on movement of the stick;

a first timing generating section which generates a beat timing based on a predetermined tempo and beat width;

a first pre-sound-production movement detecting section which detects a pre-sound-production movement that is performed prior to sound production, based on the acceleration and the angular speed detected by the detecting section;

a first judging section which judges whether or not the first pre-sound-production movement detecting section has detected the pre-sound-production movement between a predetermined amount of time before a preceding beat timing and a predetermined amount of time before a current beat timing; and

a transmitting section which transmits a pre-sound-production movement detection signal, when the first judging section judges that the pre-sound-production movement has been detected; and

wherein the main body section includes;

a receiving section which receives the pre-sound-production movement detection signal transmitted from the stick;

a second timing generating section which generates a beat timing based on a predetermined tempo and beat width; and

a sound production instructing section which instructs to produce a sound at the beat timing generated by the second timing generating section, when the receiving section receives the pre-sound-production movement detection signal.

2. The electronic percussion instrument according to claim 1, wherein the stick and the main body section include a synchronizing section which synchronizes the beat timing generated by the first timing generating section provided in the stick with the beat timing generated by the second timing generating section provided in the main body section.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer in a stick and a computer in a main body section,

wherein the program is executable by the computer in the stick to perform functions comprising:

detection processing for detecting an acceleration and an angular speed based on movement of the stick;

first timing generation processing for generating a beat timing based on a predetermined tempo and beat width;

first pre-sound-production movement detection processing for detecting a pre-sound-production movement that is performed prior to sound production, based on the acceleration and the angular speed detected in the detection processing;

first judgment processing for judging whether or not the pre-sound-production movement has been detected in the first pre-sound-production movement detection processing between a predetermined amount of time before a preceding beat timing and a predetermined amount of time before a current beat timing; and

transmission processing for transmitting a pre-sound-production movement detection signal, when the pre-sound-production movement is judged to have been detected in the first judgment processing; and

wherein the program is executable by the computer in the main body section to perform functions comprising;

reception processing for receiving the pre-sound-production movement detection signal transmitted in the transmission processing;

second timing generation processing for generating a beat timing based on a predetermined tempo and beat width; and

sound production instruction processing for instructing to produce a sound at the beat timing generated in the second timing generation processing, when the pre-sound-production movement detection signal is received in the reception processing.