Claims
- 1. A musical sound control device comprising:
- a) detection means, attached to one or more portions of a human body, for detecting movement of said body portions to thereby create an output signal responsive to said movement of said body portions, said output signal varying over a range of values;
- b) control signal generation means for, in response to the output signal of said detection means generating a musical tone control signal, such that when said output signal is in a predetermined region within said range said musical tone control signal does not reflect the change of said output signal, and when said output signal lies within said range on either side of the predetermined region said musical tone control signal varies in response to the change of said output signal; and
- c) musical tone generating means for generating musical tones based on said musical tone control signal.
- 2. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 1 wherein the control signal generation means further comprises means for carrying out a conversion of said output signal into said musical tone control signal when said output signal lies outside of said predetermined region.
- 3. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said control signal generation means generates a musical control signal by performing predetermined calculations on the output of said detection means.
- 4. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said control signal generation means includes stored data tables and generates a musical control signal according to the output of said detection means by employing said stored data tables.
- 5. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body portions include an elbow and wherein at least one of said detection means is an elbow sensor of which the output varies continuously based on the angle formed by said elbow.
- 6. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body portions include an elbow and wherein said control signal generation means generates pitch bender control data according to the output of said detection means based on the angle formed by said elbow.
- 7. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body portions include an elbow and wherein said control signal generation means generates vibrato control data according to the output of said detection means based on the angle formed by said elbow.
- 8. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said body portions include one or more digits of a person's hand and at least one of said detection means is a finger sensor which outputs on-signals and off-signals based on the position of a respective digit.
- 9. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim wherein said control signal generation means generates keycodes corresponding to the on signals and off signals output from said at least one finger sensor.
- 10. A musical control device for use by an operator comprising:
- a) a plurality of movement detector means for detecting movement, applied to a plurality of the digits of the operator's hands, respectively, whereby movement of said digits is detected, thereby creating an output signal for each of said digits;
- b) calculation means, including means for providing a plurality of reference signals, which reference signals are different for at least two of said respective digits, for calculating calculation values in accordance with the output signals from said movement detector means and said reference signals; and
- c) conversion means for converting said calculation values to a variable music control signal for each of said movement detector means
- 11. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 10 wherein said conversion means outputs touch data corresponding to said calculation values.
- 12. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 10 wherein said calculation means outputs a key-on signal when said output signal from said movement detector means is greater than a corresponding reference signal.
- 13. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 10 wherein said calculation means is a counter.
- 14. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 10, wherein said calculation means calculates the calculation values by comparing each of the output signals with a first reference signal and a second reference signal only when said output signal from said movement detector means is greater than said first reference signal and less than said second reference signal.
- 15. A musical sound control device for use by an operator comprising:
- a) first designating means, applied to a plurality of the digits of the operator's hands, for designating plural notes of the scale of a musical tone, each note corresponding to activation of a single digit;
- b) second designating means, applied to at least one of the digits of the operator's hands, for designating the pitch and tone range of the musical tone; and
- c) musical tone generating means for generating musical tones based on the notes designated by said first designating means and the designated pitch and tone range designated by said second designating means.
- 16. A musical sound control device in accordance with claim 15 wherein said second designating means designates the octave of the musical sound.
- 17. A musical control device for use by an operator comprising:
- a) a plurality of movement detector means for detecting movement, applied to a plurality of th digital of the operator's hands, respectively, whereby movement of said digits is detected, thereby creating an output signal for each of said digits;
- b) calculation means for producing a touch response signal having a value corresponding to the speed at which the value of said output signal varies in a reference zone determined by at least one predetermined value; and
- conversion means for converting said touch response signal to a variable music control signal for each of said movement detector means.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/537,336 filed on Jun. 12, 1990 now abandoned.
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