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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1990
Teruo Hiyoshi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hideo Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Eiichiro Aoki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Nakada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinji Kumano, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kunihiko Watanabe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masao Sakama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
The musical tone generating apparatus converts a movement of a man into a musical tone. Such movement of the man includes a walking or running movement, a jumping movement, a rubbing movement and a beating movement, a turning movement and the like. More specifically, a tone pitch, a tone color, a tone volume or other parameters of the musical tone to be generated is controlled based on a value of a moving speed, a value of a jumping height or a value of frictional heat produced by the rubbing movement of player's hands.