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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Toshio Iwai, Mitaka, JP;
Nobuo Hara, Fukuroi, JP;
Masanori Negoro, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasuhiko Asahi, Iwata, JP;
Toshio Iwai, Mitaka, JP;
Nobuo Hara, Fukuroi, JP;
Masanori Negoro, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasuhiko Asahi, Iwata, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A skateboard SB has a boardthat is rotatably provided with a front wheeland rear wheel. Disposed on the both sides of the boardare speakers. On the undersurface of the boardthere are provided a floor sensorhaving a CCD camera for shooting a floor and a distance sensorfor sensing the distance to the floor. A control boxdisposed on the undersurface of the boardis equipped with a computer device and a tone generator. The computer device controls, in accordance with the color and lightness of the floor sensed by the floor sensorand the distance sensed by the distance sensor, the generation of musical tone signals by the tone generator and the mode in which the musical tone signals are generated. A moving apparatus constructed as described above enables a player to listen to music that corresponds to changes in external conditions where the moving apparatus is placed, bringing more fun to the player without making the player tired.