Information processing terminal that displays information related to a function selected based on a positional relation, and system

• US 9,275,615 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2011
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Hinokio, Akie, Katsumata, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J
• Application Number:
  US13/271,822
• Publication Number:
  US 20120090447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,602 Days
• Field of Search: 846/01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/24 for selecting plural preset register stops
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/32 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/096 using a touch screen touch screen note input, e.g. using a displayed keyboard G10H2220/241; personal digital assistant [PDA] G10H2230/015
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/106 using icons, e.g. selecting, moving or linking icons, on-screen symbols, screen regions or segments representing musical elements or parameters
• 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 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

Abstract

A sound generating system in the embodiment of the invention includes an information processing terminal displaying a screen relating to a setting for controlling an electronic musical instrument determined based on a positional relation with the electronic musical instrument on a display screen and transmitting control information based on an operation performed on a touch sensor, and the electronic musical instrument performing the setting relating to sound generation according to the received control information to generate an audio signal based on the performed setting.

Claims

1. An information processing terminal which communicates with an electronic device, the electronic device including a casing having a detection area defined thereon, the information processing terminal comprising:

a specifying device for specifying a positional relation between the electronic device and the information processing terminal, wherein the positional relation includes a position of the information processing terminal on the detection area;

a display for displaying a screen;

a function selector for selecting a function from among a plurality of functions of the electronic device by referring to function assignment information which denotes a correspondence between the positional relation specified by the specifying device and a function of the plurality of functions of the electronic device, wherein the function assignment information denotes a correspondence to different functions for different specified positional relations,

a display controller for controlling the display such that the display displays an information related to the function selected by the function selector;

a control information generator for generating control information for controlling the electronic device based on an operation, by a user, on function-related information displayed on the display; and

a control information transmitter for transmitting the control information generated by the control information generator to the electronic device;

wherein the electronic device is an electronic musical instrument.

2. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

an attitude detector for detecting attitude of the information processing terminal; and

a communication device for communicating, when the attitude detected by the attitude detector satisfies a first condition, with an external device which stores an information regarding control of the electronic device,

wherein the display controller controls the display such that, when the communication device performs the communication, the display displays an information based on the communication performed by the communication device, and

the control information generator generates the control information when the attitude detected by the attitude detector satisfies a second condition.

3. The information processing terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the specifying device specifies the positional relation by detecting one of a plurality of positional information outputted by the electronic device.

4. The information processing terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the function to be selected based on the positional relation is defined by a plurality of positional relations in a plurality of levels of hierarchy.

5. A sound generating system comprising the information processing terminal according to claim 1 and the electronic device, wherein

the electronic device comprises:

a control information receiver for receiving the control information transmitted from the information processing terminal;

a setting device for performing a setting regarding sound generation based on the control information received by the control information receiver;

an acquiring device for acquiring an instruction information indicating instruction of sound generation; and

an audio signal generator for generating an audio signal based on the setting performed by the setting device and the instruction information acquired by the acquiring device.

6. The sound generating system according to claim 5, wherein

the information processing terminal further comprises a generation start detector for detecting start of generation of the audio signal by the audio signal generator, and

the display controller controls the display such that the information displayed on the display is changed when the generation start detector detects the start of generation of the audio signal.

7. The sound generating system according to claim 5, wherein

the electronic device further comprises a setting information transmitter for transmitting setting information indicating present status of the setting performed by the setting device to the information processing terminal,

the information processing terminal further comprises:

a setting information receiver for receiving the setting information transmitted from the electronic device; and

a setting information storing device for storing the setting information received by the setting information receiver, and

the control information generator generates control information to instruct the setting device of the electronic device to perform the setting based on the setting information stored by the setting information storing device.

8. A system comprising the information processing terminal according to claim 1 and the electronic device, wherein

the electronic device comprises:

a control information receiver for receiving the control information transmitted from the information processing terminal;

a setting device for performing a setting based on the control information received by the control information receiver;

an acquiring device for acquiring an instruction information indicating instruction of operation of the electronic device; and

a processor for executing processing based on the setting performed by the setting device and the instruction information acquired by the acquiring device.

9. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, the detection area being divided into a plurality of areas, wherein

the positional relation includes information about at which of the divided areas the information processing terminal is placed.