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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Tabata, Tokyo, JP;
Ryutaro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 5/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); G10H 2220/455 (2013.01); G10H 2230/015 (2013.01); G10H 2230/281 (2013.01); G10H 2240/211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CPU () of a musical instrument () calculates distances between central positions of a plurality of virtual pads () and a position of a marker unit (), by making adjustment such that a distance is shorter as a size associated with the virtual pad () is larger. The CPUidentifies a virtual pad () corresponding to the shortest distance among the distances calculated, as a virtual pad () for outputting sound. The CPU () identifies a tone corresponding to the virtual pad () for outputting sound by referring to set layout information.